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Bust An Infertility Myth: Infertility Is A Private Affair

I went to get a massage the other day. I was looking forward to relaxing and easing some of the strain of carrying around two newborns that had settled in ...

Promoting Animal Rights On the Backs of the Infertile – Shame On PETA!

Shame on you PETA. I have been a long time believer in your cause and think your ads with celebrities going naked instead of wearing fur is wonderful but this ...

IVF, Octomom, and Irresponsible Medicine

You may have heard that Dr. Michael Kamrava transfered 12 embryos into Nadia Suleman (octomom) and was kicked out of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as a result. This ...

Breastfeeding Through Fertility Treatments (IVF and FET)

So, I've made an important decision. I didn't make it lightly or quickly. It involved information that was, frankly, very hard to find. I want to include my research here ...

10 Things NOT To Say To the Parent of an A.R.T. Child

A.R.T. Assisted Reproductive Technology. I'm a Mom of an IVF/ICSI baby but there are many other types of A.R.T. parents: ZIFT, GIFT, Microsort, IUI, DI, DE, DI/DE, etc. Like what ...

Mother’s Day eCards for Childless Moms

UPDATE: You can now order one of the eCard designs in print at Cafe Press! Click here to view the card.I can say from experience that Mother's Day is the ...

The Gift of Infertility

My mom pays me the greatest compliment when she tells me what a calm, confident mother I am. I know she means "you are such an uptight freak normally!" LOL. ...

My Infertile Heart

My perfect miracleAfter the first few years of infertility you no longer get a punch in the gut when you see a baby - you learn over time to gird ...

Remembering Childless Mothers

This day last year was the first day of my IVF cycle and thus my pregnancy with Aellyn. Of course I wouldn't have my eggs harvested until the 23rd and ...

The View Talks About IVF

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aYAkRvxDy4&hl=en&fs=1]Today on The View, while talking about California's newborn octuplets, Sherri Shepherd talked about her experience with in vitro fertilization and cleared up some misconceptions. She also advocated for insurance ...

Bust An Infertility Myth: Infertility Is A Private

Promoting Animal Rights On the Backs of the