New Infertility Book – Blowing Out the Candle
Posted on March 23, 2011 - Filed Under Infertility, Patient Advocacy, Resources | Leave a Comment
There are two new books written with the male perspective in mind. It is great to see men taking their journey through infertility as seriously as their female counterparts. Sometimes the general public makes the assumption that it is only the woman who is struggling emotionally, but her husband often times is as disappointed and [...]
Read More..>>New Infertility Book – When You’re Not Expecting
Posted on March 18, 2011 - Filed Under Infertility, Patient Advocacy, Resources | Leave a Comment
It seems infertility books are making a resurgence. Just in the past 2 weeks I have received notice of 3 new books that might be of interest to couples in their infertility journey. When You’re Not Expecting: An Infertility Survival Guide by Connie Shapiro, MSW, Ph.D. According to Dr. Shapiro, the features of this book [...]
Read More..>>Advocacy for Fertility
Posted on January 31, 2011 - Filed Under Infertility, Patient Advocacy, Womens Issues | Leave a Comment
A replay of the Surrogacy Lawyer show on the Arizona advocacy efforts can be heard here: The Surrogacy Lawyer Radio Show: Your Guide to IVF and Third Party Family Building. On the show we discussed the unfriendly legislation that was proposed in 2010 and what awaits the fertility community in 2011. There are a lot [...]
Read More..>>The Surrogacy Lawyer Radio Showing
Posted on January 18, 2011 - Filed Under Infertility, Patient Advocacy, Resources | Leave a Comment
On January 20th at 11 a.m. PST I’ll be on the The Surrogacy Lawyer Radio Show: Your Guide to IVF and Third Party Family Building episode discussing the advocacy efforts in Arizona. Theresa Erickson, the host of the show, is the managing partner of Erickson Law (www.ericksonlaw.net) and chair and founder of Conceptual Options, The [...]
Read More..>>Information on Embryo Donation
Posted on November 8, 2010 - Filed Under Infertility, Patient Advocacy, Resources | Leave a Comment
Do you know about embryo donation? Is this an idea your RE offered, but you are not sure how it works or why you should consider it? View RESOLVE’s National Advocacy for Embryo Donation video: So what exactly is embryo donation? This video series was launched because embryo donation can be a challenge for some [...]
Read More..>>Embryo Donation
Posted on November 3, 2010 - Filed Under Infertility, Patient Advocacy, Resources | Leave a Comment
Want information on embryo donation? Join RESOLVE for an interview with Barb Collura about this important family building topic. On November 5th at 3 p.m. ET, blogger Lori Holden, one of Parenting Magazine’s Top 10 Must-Read Moms, will host a Twitterview featuring RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association’s executive director Barbara Collura. The Twitterview – an [...]
Read More..>>Filming Embryos
Posted on October 25, 2010 - Filed Under Infertility, Patient Advocacy, Resources | Leave a Comment
A journalist sent me a link to a video about filming embryos. Since every bit of information is good when you are dealing with a medical procedure such as IVF, I volunteered to post the link here. Basically, the video talks about how filming embryos as they grow the first few day may help doctors [...]
Read More..>>IVF – it is a good thing!
Posted on October 21, 2010 - Filed Under Doctors, Infertility, Womens Issues | 1 Comment
I cannot believe it has been 2 months since I wrote a blog post for Twin Peas. I guess that is what happens when you start working. So much has happened the past few weeks in the infertility world. Journalists were busy writing articles about families that have had a baby using IVF since Dr. [...]
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