12 Wishes For The New Year
Posted on December 31, 2008 - Filed Under Personal Growth | 2 Comments
When I was younger I used to set new years resolutions. I never followed through on any of them. So, I stopped making resolutions. And what a relief it was to start the new year without any strings attached. The other day I was asked if I had made my resolutions yet. I laughed and [...]
Read More..>>Re-post from GNMparents and Reviews
Posted on December 27, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility, Relationships | 4 Comments
Below is a reprint of an article I wrote for GNMparents: Last week I saw a disturbing post on Twitter. There was a link to an blog post about “the” Childless B*tch. I was so taken aback that my curiosity got the better of me and I clicked on the link to read the post. [...]
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..>>And The Winner Is…
Posted on December 22, 2008 - Filed Under contest | 3 Comments
Using a very sophisticated method of putting names on paper and drawing out of a hat…the winner of the latest book giveaway is Jeanne from Jeanne’s Endo blog. Congratulations on winning the book, hope for the flowers by Trina Paulus. It’s a cute little story and an easy uplifting read. Thanks Jeanne for your comments [...]
Read More..>>Crazy Week
Posted on December 18, 2008 - Filed Under Personal Growth, contest | 3 Comments
On Monday I went to the doctor because I had these weird pulsating migraine type pains on the side of my head. They continued even with Tylenol or Motrin. They hurt like hell and all I could do to make them better was lay on my right side. So Monday I venture into the doctor [...]
Read More..>>Sperm and Intelligence
Posted on December 16, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility, contest | 1 Comment
Last week I read and article that found a correlation between sperm and intelligence. According to the article smart men have good sperm. So I guess that means dumb me have poor sperm. I have to disagree with the article. My husband is one of the smartest people I know. At the young age of [...]
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..>>Oh Brother!
Posted on December 8, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility | 2 Comments
Did you see Brothers and Sisters on Sunday night? I was conflicted while watching the show. On one hand they were showing how a family can come together in times of need. The surviving IVF twin needed a liver transplant and the donor i.e., biological father, who no one knew until last night, was the [...]
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