The Things People Say (Episode 4)
Posted on April 25, 2008 - Filed Under Personal Growth, Podcast, Relationships, communication | 2 Comments
In today’s episode, I discuss 3 tips on how to manage those often insensitive and unwelcome comments made by others. The relationship with your spouse might be challenged by your infertility journey, but you other relationships might prove difficult to navigate too. Comments made by family members are sometimes the most upsetting because you expect [...]
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Fertility and Diet
Posted on April 23, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility | 2 Comments
A friend of mine recently attended the 2008 Nutrition & Metabolism Society Seminar and we met for dinner. I’m not really all that savvy when it comes to nutrition so I asked him a ton of questions about low-carb and his nutritional lifestyle. It was interesting to hear how diet has impacted his life – [...]
Read More..>>Brothers & Sisters
Posted on April 21, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility, Premature Births | Leave a Comment
There are a few shows that I really like. I’m not the kind of person to record a show to watch it at a later time, if I miss it I just have to play catch-up once I see the next episode and try to figure out what I missed. Thankfully, most shows aren’t too [...]
Read More..>>Relating with friends and family during your infertility journey (Episode 3)
Posted on April 18, 2008 - Filed Under Marriage, Personal Growth, Podcast | Leave a Comment
cc photo courtesy of Flickr user theparadigmshifter. In today’s episode, I discuss how to manage relationships as you navigate your infertility journey. I openly discuss how I handled my relationships during our infertility. Infertility creates an interesting dynamic between the fertile and infertile as well as those who just don’t “get it.” When we found out [...]
Read More..>>March of Dimes in Arizona
Posted on April 17, 2008 - Filed Under Premature Births | 1 Comment
This Saturday we’ll be putting on our walking shoes and joining thousands of others for the March for Babies event in downtown Phoenix, AZ. I’ll be setting up the Family Team Tent at 5:30 a.m. – a little early for me! I think I’ll be grabbing a full-caffeinated coffee Saturday morning (I generally don’t drink [...]
Read More..>>The Choices We Make
Posted on April 16, 2008 - Filed Under Personal Growth | Leave a Comment
The other day I learned that my brother was back in AA. This is his third trip to AA. I don’t understand how he has allowed his life to be full of addictions and anger. If my mom reads this post, it may upset her, but the point is about more than my brother. Our [...]
Read More..>>How would I be?
Posted on April 14, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility | 2 Comments
This past weekend my husband and I had dinner with two amazing people from out-of-town. I met these folks online and they were in town for business reasons. So we got together to talk about this and that. Sometimes my poor husband was left out of the conversation as we talked about blogs and internet [...]
Read More..>>Navigating Infertility Doctors: Tips on finding your Reproductive Endocrinologist (Episode 2)
Posted on April 11, 2008 - Filed Under Doctors, Infertility, Podcast, Resources | 2 Comments
Reproductive Endocrinologist Jeffrey Fisch , M.D. Welcome to episode 2 of the Twin Peas Podcast. This episode features 4 great tips to help you select the best fertility doctor for you! In today’s episode, I discuss how my husband Dave and I navigated finding an RE (Reproductive Endocrinologist) for our IVF treatment. I recommend [...]
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