My Debate with A Reproductive Endrocrinologist
Posted on August 18, 2008 - Filed Under Doctors, Infertility, Premature Births | 3 Comments
Welcome to the Twin Peas Blog and Podcast! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my updates by RSS feed or you can have new posts and episodes sent right to your Email. Thanks for visiting!Last week I attended a conference called the Arizona Perinatal Trust where they discussed pregnancy […]
Read More..>>Acupuncture and IVF
Posted on August 13, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility, pregnancy | 2 Comments
A new study shows the benefits of utilizing alternative treatments along with IVF. The Colorado fertility clinic noticed a 15 percent increase in pregnancies and a 23 percent in live births. So not only does acupuncture help women to get pregnant, it seems to help women stay pregnant too. Many women in the study […]
Read More..>>Five Embryos
Posted on August 11, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility | 1 Comment
Five embryos were transferred for an IVF cycle by a Reproductive Endocrinologist in Arizona. FIVE. The woman, luckily, is pregnant with a single baby. FIVE.
The story goes… After failed cycles (I don’t know how many because I came into the conversation late) she and her husband decided to take every risk in hopes to become […]
Low Birthweight Tied to Infertility, Not Treatments
Posted on August 7, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility, Premature Births, pregnancy | Leave a Comment
I’m assuming that if you travel through the Internet for information about infertility you’ve run across the recent articles that tie infertility, the medical issue, to low birthweight, i.e., premature births. I find myself sitting smack dab in the middle on how I feel about prematurity stemming more from infertility, the disease, than from fertility […]
Read More..>>New York Times article - Life Without Children…
Posted on June 10, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility | Leave a Comment
A friendly article was published in the New York Times about women who have struggled with infertility. The main article is about Pamela Jean at Coming2Terms. Read the article in full at: Facing Life Without Children When It Isn’t by Choice.
There are also short clips with differing perspectives on the journey of infertility and the […]
Read More..>>My Story…
Posted on June 2, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility, Marriage, Premature Births | 9 Comments
As I was touring the NCLM blogs, one of the gals repeated her story for those of us who were new to her blog. I thought it was such a great idea, then went through my beginning blogs to see what I originally said about who I was and noticed that I never told my […]
Read More..>>A Talk With My Husband On Our IVF Experience (Twin Peas Pod Episode 8)
Posted on May 29, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility, Marriage, Personal Growth, Relationships, communication | 11 Comments
Today, I interview my husband, Dave, about our infertility journey. I didn’t provide him with the questions ahead of time so I hope you’ll notice his genuine responses.
I often tease my husband that he is arrogant; he says it’s a matter of confidence, not arrogance. As we discuss his male factor infertility, he never felt […]
Infertility and Diet
Posted on May 28, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility | Leave a Comment
Jimmy Moore of The Livin La Vida Low-Carb blog and show interviewed Dr. Julie Kahn, a fertility specialist with iProgressiveMed, about infertility and diet. Jimmy has a low sperm count and his wife, Christine, has Endometriosis. Jimmy and Christine tried IVF at the end of 2007. They’re still considering their options for adding a child […]
Read More..>>What Would You Do Differently?
Posted on May 20, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility, pregnancy | 1 Comment
Two days in a row I was asked a similar question. The first question was: why didn’t we opt for my husband to have surgery to try to improve his semen so that we could attempt to conceive naturally? And the second was, would you do it all over again - taking the same risks?
My […]
Twin Peas POD: Tina Nelson, a Volunteer with RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association
Posted on May 16, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility | Leave a Comment
Welcome back for another Twin Peas Pod episode!
In today’s episode, I interview Tina Nelson. Tina has held leadership positions with the Arizona affiliate of RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association for three years. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Tina through RESOLVE and I have the utmost respect for her. She is an amazing women […]
