Single Embryo Transfer
Posted on January 22, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility, Premature Births, pregnancy | 9 Comments
What would you say to your doctor if he recommended a single embryo transfer (instead of 2 or 3)? Would you follow his advice and proceed or would you protest he transfer at least 2 embryos? After all, you, not your insurance company, are paying for this procedure and you have the right to take [...]
Read More..>>Join Me Wednesday
Posted on January 13, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility, pregnancy | 1 Comment
On Wednesday, Jan. 14th, I’ll be on the Creating A Family radio show at 12noon CST. Click Creating A Family to listen. I’ll be on the show with Dawn Davenport (the owner of the radio show) and Dr. Robert Stillman, an RE and professor at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. We’ll be discussing infertility [...]
Read More..>>Stress and Pregnancy (and Pre-Pregnancy Too)
Posted on December 23, 2008 - Filed Under Premature Births, pregnancy | 9 Comments
A study in Denmark is suggesting that prematurity might be caused by stress prior to pregnancy. The article in the BBC News suggests that women who experience sever stress six months prior to pregnancy are more likely to experience premature birth, i.e., the birth of their baby before 37 weeks gestation. The prematurity rates in [...]
Read More..>>Support Groups
Posted on December 11, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility, Resources, pregnancy | 6 Comments
The RESOLVE chapter in Arizona has started a couple new support groups, one for men and one for pregnancy & beyond. The infertility support groups have been very successful in Phoenix. We have three locations for the IF support groups through-out the Phoenix Metro area and they seem to be well attended most of the [...]
Read More..>>What It Was Like
Posted on November 30, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility, Premature Births, pregnancy | 1 Comment
This will be my last post in November to honor National Prematurity Awareness Month. During the month I’ve been blessed to find new bloggers and resources that focus on both infertility and premature birth. These two topics go together more often than we realize. If we all work together we can raise the level of [...]
Read More..>>The Male Perspective
Posted on November 11, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility, Relationships, pregnancy | 1 Comment
When my husband and I were trying to have a baby I rarely consider how he felt about the monthly disappointment of not getting pregnant. Partially because he didn’t seen to be bothered by it. It was his opinion that it was just taking a little longer than most people, but that everything would be [...]
Read More..>>It’s No Big Deal…
Posted on October 20, 2008 - Filed Under Premature Births, Resources, pregnancy | 2 Comments
At a luncheon event I attended today I briefly shared my story of infertility and premature birth. At the end of the meeting a woman puts her hand on my shoulders and says, “Having a premature baby is no big deal.” She went on to tell me that both of her children, born premature, are [...]
Read More..>>Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day-Oct. 15th
Posted on October 10, 2008 - Filed Under pregnancy | 1 Comment
Reposted from: Antigone Lost. Please visit her blog and consider posting this notice on yours too. October 15th is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in the United States. More than 25,000 children are stillborn in the United States every year leaving mothers, entire families and communities devastated. Estimates of the rate of occurrence [...]
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