Infertility

Manicures & Martinis & MDs

May 20, 2009

One of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn’t belong Can you guess which thing is not like the others…? The Sesame Street song was in my head as the nail tech pushed back my cuticles at the American Fertility Association‘s Manicures & Martinis event last week in Denver. [...]

So Close: a Book Shower

May 3, 2009

Have you heard about all the books being born from the ALI community? We’re pretty darn fertile in the pages department. There’s The Land of If: Understanding Infertility and Exploring Your Options by Melissa Ford. There’s Silent Sorority: A Barren Woman Gets Busy, Angry, Lost and Found by Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos. And now, So Close: [...]

What was IN that coffee!?

April 16, 2009

It’s important to honor the journey of those on the path of infertility and to occasionally mark the progress and triumphs. It can be sticky to do so, though, because when navigating IF, we move forward at different speeds and on different sub-paths. Still, if I were to put off a Status Check until everybody [...]

Perfect Moment Monday: Spirals

March 30, 2009

Perfect Moment Monday is more about noticing a perfect moment than about creating one. Perfect moments can be momentous or ordinary or somewhere in between. We gather here once a week to engage in mindfulness about something that is right with our world. Everyone is welcome to join. Details on how to participate are at [...]

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