Welcome to Day 3 of the "To Mom or Not to Mom" Open Salon with yours truly and Pamela of Silent Sorority. We created this dialogue to discuss both sides of the motherhood debate from our unique perspectives. Why? To parse out the concerns and vulnerabilities of transition within … Read More »
The Other Keiko: Motherhood’s Alternate Universe
Welcome to Day 2 of our open salon, hosted by yours truly and Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos, author of Silent Sorority. We created this dialogue to discuss both sides of the motherhood debate from our unique perspectives. Why? We seek to parse out the concerns and vulnerabilities of … Read More »
To “Mom” or Not to “Mom”
To Mom or Not to Mom: A 5-Day Open Salon on Infertility, Motherhood and the Silent Sorority Welcome to our open salon, hosted by yours truly and Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos, author of Silent Sorority. We created this open salon to discuss both sides of the motherhood debate from … Read More »
IVF Raffles and the Disparity of Care: What Needs to Be Said
There's a piece in the NY Times this weekend about the latest infertility clinic to sponsor a raffle of an IVF cycle. And, like so many pieces on this controversial subject, it gets at the ethical dilemma of such raffles: “It is against the law to raffle off a puppy, but we’re … Read More »
Seeing Pink, Blue – and Green
For two years, I've been driving around with a box of pregnancy tests in the glove compartment of my car. Back when I was on the Board for RESOLVE New England, I grabbed one of the bright pink boxes of First Response Early Results pregnancy tests sitting in the basket for our … Read More »
Awesomesauce Around the ALI Blogosphere
This has been a crazy week, for a variety of reasons. There's a lot going on around the ALI blogosphere, so I wanted to make sure you're all in the loop. Check out all the events and fun stuff happening around the fertility web right now: The Creme de la Creme List is Now … Read More »
Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day: Being in the Moment
October 15 is recognized as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day around the globe. Right now, around the world, people are lighting candles in memory of their lost children, of dreams unrealized, of lives unfulfilled. I know that my pregnancy announcement coincided with … Read More »
An announcement, a proposal, a prayer and a promise.
I have been writing this post, over and over and over, trying best to figure out just how I was going to phrase my words to you today. There's so much I want to say, so I imagine this will be a wordy post. I figured the best way to get through it all was to break it down into … Read More »
12dp3dt: Beta Day
It's beta day. I left the house at 6am, the night receding, the crescent moon like a sleepy eye waking from a dream. All summer, I'd been searching the night skies for Orion, not realizing he's an autumnal constellation. As I walked to my car, I looked up and there he was: … Read More »
11dp3dt: Pulling in the Oars
A Wise Woman once told me: sometimes, you have to pull in your oars and let the river take you where it wants to go. You have to let go of that control and instead be carried by - and ultimately, trust - the Universe. There is no amount of wishing, praying, begging or … Read More »
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