Fear, failure and fertility: should we really continue to stay silent about...
I am getting over a pretty nasty bought of pneumonia. And as a result, I have had a lot of time to think. To think about everything that I should be doing in the office but can’t. To think about...
View ArticleWhen Infertility Professionals Get it Wrong.
You know it’s not that often that I see glaringly offensive comments or information from professionals in the infertility world. Most of us know to be very careful with the language we use so that we...
View ArticleThe painful silence of recurrent pregnancy loss and stillbirth. A first hand...
The shrowd of silence around stillbirth and pregnancy loss finally is being lifted. Someone is making a documentary about miscarriage, recurrent pregnancy loss, and stillbirth. This morning I watched...
View ArticleThe Burning Pain of Infertility
Infertility brings with it many kinds of pain. The pain of an empty uterus could be used as the catch-all category for the pain we infertile folk feel, but really it can and should be broken down into...
View ArticleAdoption friendliness at its best. How one nurse blew me away and changed how...
Adoption is a complex world. As anyone who is going through the process, or who has gone through the process knows, the legal issues are complicated, the emotional issues are highly charged — about as...
View ArticleThe Risk of Choosing The Mindset of Infertility
I’m back (after a blogging break) and I’m mad. Very mad. I am mad at doctors, mad at the media, mad at the reproductive community, mad, mad, mad! Why am I mad you ask? Good Question. It took me...
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Never, Ever Give Up
Today is one of those days where I wish I could make all the hurt and pain go away for one of my clients. For today, everything seems to be falling apart on their path to parenthood. The thing is, I...
View ArticleSherri Shepherd’s Surrogacy Battle and the View from the Other Side.
Sherri Shepherd. Who hasn’t heard her name recently? The former host of The View is in the midst of a major lawsuit with her ex-husband over her son. She claims she doesn’t have any responsibility...
View ArticleFive Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Six Hundred Minutes – How do you measure...
Five Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Six Hundred Minutes How do you measure your life in infertility treatment? How do you measure a day, or a year? Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred tests...
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If you have ever been infertile, Mother’s Day Can Freakin’ Suck.
If you have ever been infertile, Mother’s Day Can Freakin’ Suck. This is a picture of my mom. She had Stage IV endometriosis (like me), and as a result, only had me. She wanted more babies but...
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