The Infertile Couple – 3 Questions
Posted on March 26, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility, Marriage, communication | 3 Comments
When my husband and I started down the path of infertility we were on two different planets pursuing two different paths. He wanted to live childfree and although he had mentioned this to me in a round-about-way, I wasn’t listening. I wanted to pursue fertility treatments, something he didn’t want to do, and he wasn’t [...]
Read More..>>The 3 C’s
Posted on March 24, 2009 - Filed Under Doctors, Personal Growth | 1 Comment
Infertility taught me a lot of lessons. I’ve learned patients (to some extent). I’ve become a more active participant in my health as well as the health of my family. And I judge my providers; making changes when their approach doesn’t fit my needs. I’ve created the 3 C’s that I use now when assessing [...]
Read More..>>Take Action-Tobacco Bill Needs Your Support!
Posted on March 23, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility, Premature Births, pregnancy | 1 Comment
Last night I sent an email to my US Representative about the Tobacco Bill. Even though I do not smoke, I recognize that smoking is harmful to an unborn baby when the mother smokes. In addition, habits such as smoking can impact a woman or a man’s fertility. Please consider sending your US Representative an [...]
Read More..>>Twin Peas Podcast (Epsiode 22) Budgeting For Infertility
Posted on March 19, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility, Podcast, Resources | Leave a Comment
This month on the Twin Peas Podcast we have Evelina Sterling the co-author of Budgeting for Infertility: Bringing Home Baby Without Breaking the Bank. Ms. Sterling offers some great tips on how to negotiate the cost of your fertility treatments – did you know that you could do this? I didn’t. She also talks about [...]
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Family Building Legislation
Posted on March 18, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility, Resources | Leave a Comment
Georgia SB169 is a step in the wrong direction for infertility. Thankfully the first version of this bill failed, however, it was passed by the Senate after many revisions. The consequences to the infertility community if this bill passes the House will be HUGE. This bill is not just about Georgia, it’s about the rest [...]
Read More..>>A Is For Advocacy
Posted on March 16, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility | 1 Comment
When you are faced with a medical crisis the word advocate often takes on new meaning. For me, it was a means of survival. I needed to know everything about infertility; what caused it, how to treat it, who the best doctors were, how much it cost, etc. I spent hours online researching our condition; [...]
Read More..>>What is PSG?
Posted on March 13, 2009 - Filed Under Resources | Leave a Comment
While I was reading the recent issue of Twins Magazine there was a letter to the editor stating that twins were going to be a thing of the past due to the PGS technology doctors are starting to use with IVF cycles. I had heard of PGS, but didn’t know much about it so I [...]
Read More..>>Georgia – Please Take Action to Save IVF
Posted on March 12, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility | Leave a Comment
This is a repost of an email I received from RESOLVE: Everything is at stake. Please, if you can, drop what you’re doing to help. You may have written or called before, but we really need you to do it again NOW! Details below. On Thursday, March 12, the Senate in Georgia is going to [...]
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