Silent Sorority
Posted on April 28, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility, Personal Growth | 1 Comment
The reality of infertility is that not everyone diagnosed with this disease will become parents. Medical treatments are not an option for all couples either for physical or religious reasons. While adoption is a good means to build a family, it too isn’t right for every couple. Imagine living in a world where everyone around [...]
Read More..>>National Infertility Awareness Week
Posted on April 24, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility, Resources | Leave a Comment
The sad fact of infertility is that most people think infertility is a lifestyle choice, not a disease. RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association and other infertility organizations are trying to educate the general public that infertility is a disease. RESOLVE also provides great support for couples during their journey. Whether you want to join a [...]
Read More..>>Walk of Hope
Posted on April 20, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility | 1 Comment
On Sunday I participated in the first annual Walk of Hope in Phoenix, Arizona. We met our goal for the number of registrants. At one point we were hoping for at least 100 walkers/registrants. By the end of Sunday we had almost 250 walkers/registrants. While 250 people may not seem like a lot, this was [...]
Read More..>>ecostore USA
Posted on April 16, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility, Premature Births, Resources, pregnancy | 1 Comment
Recently I was contacted by ecostore USA to try their natural products and post a review. I don’t generally do product reviews, but since infertility can be linked to the harmful chemicals that surround us I decided to give their soap and shampoo a try. My mom used Melaleuca briefly when I was still living [...]
Read More..>>Join WEGO Health
Posted on April 14, 2009 - Filed Under Resources | 2 Comments
Recently I joined a health advocacy community called WEGO Health. They are committed to building a strong infertility community. They plan to offer educational webcasts as well as post events offered by other groups that might be of interest to the infertile community. They have interviewed a number of folks from the online communities, such [...]
Read More..>>Arizona – Win a Free IVF
Posted on April 10, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility | 1 Comment
If you live in Arizona you cannot miss the first annual Walk of Hope sponsored by the Arizona chapter of RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association. Not only is this event the first of it’s kind in the Valley to support all means of family building, but if you register you will be eligible to win [...]
Read More..>>March for Babies
Posted on April 8, 2009 - Filed Under Premature Births, Resources | Leave a Comment
This year will be our 4th year participating in the March for Babies event in Phoenix, AZ. As you may know, my twins were born at 30 weeks gestation and spent 7 weeks in the Neonatal ICU. One of my girls had medical complications and we are truly lucky she is with us today. On [...]
Read More..>>Embryo Adoption
Posted on April 6, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility, adoption | 7 Comments
When my husband and I completed the mountains of paperwork for our IVF cycle we were focused on getting pregnant and having a baby. It never occurred to either of us to ask what our clinic would do with our unused embryos. We had 3 embryos that we were able to freeze after our fresh [...]
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