Is It Me, Or Is My Fertility Doctor From Hell? When I think back to my first experience with a reproductive endocrinologist (RE), “fertility doctor” for short, I can’t help but have an uncomfortable mix of feelings ranging from anger, disbelief, embarrassment, and most importantly compassion for the vulnerable and naive me that once was. […]
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When Infertility Treatments Fail–The Place No One Wants To Go… There is a bizarre dance of contradiction that goes on in our heads as we embark on our fertility journey. We are achingly committed to staying positive, yet there is deafening drone of “what if” brand negativity on heavy rotation in the background, whose volume
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The other day, I had the good fortune of stumbling upon a fantastic blog post by Cheri, the creator of No Kid On The Block. Smart, funny, and seriously kick-ass, Cheri generously shares her journey, the reality of living with premature ovarian failure, and spot on musings about the life she lived prior to trying
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When Couples Disagree Over Infertility Treatment: The Impasse Whether you are just planting your feet on the path to the fertility journey for the first time, or if your shoes are well worn, we all brace ourselves for the infertility tempest headed in our direction. The problem is that there is one squall that so
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As Gorgeous As A Lab Rat Poked, prodded, bloated, cranky, heartbroken, and engaged in a terrifying level of intimacy with a sonogram probe, knee deep in my fertility journey, I felt about as gorgeous as a lab rat. My skin broke out, my pants were tight, and I had a couple small bald patches on
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Motherhood…Nah, I’ll Take Paris Instead? No one who knows me would ever accuse me of being outwardly maternal. While other little girls liked to play house and swaddle baby dolls, I was swept away by day dreams of traveling to far away places and doing “big” things. This desire intensified when my Mom bought me
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Baby Making… How Hard Can It Be? When I started thinking seriously about having a baby, I knew nothing short of the obvious mechanism by which conception occurred. I was woefully ignorant of the integral role things such as “egg white” cervical mucus, luteinizing hormone surges, luteal phases, progesterone levels, and thyroid function played. In
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Taking Up the Gauntlet at 35+ During one of my manic midnight data mining expeditions on the subject of conception, on more than a few occasions my eyes spied the gentle suggestion that women over 35 should see a doctor after 6 months of unsuccessful “trying.” Despite being written in all lower caps, that ominous
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