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Living a Fertile Life: January Recap

On January 31, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Coping and Emotions, Fertile Living, Food, Good Stuff, Milestones, Support, Women's Empowerment

I feel like I blinked and January was gone.

Why I’ve Been Somewhat Off the Radar

To say it’s been busy around these parts is kind of an understatement. Between building a new website for RESOLVE New England and building two more of my own, I’ve had a lot on my plate. Not to mention [...]

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A Chronic Illness Confessional

On January 24, 2012 · 22 Comments · In Advocacy and Awareness, Coping and Emotions, Support, Thyroid Issues

This is a difficult post to write today.

Living with a chronic illness is not easy.

This post isn’t about the Pain Olympics. I’m not here to say that one chronic illness is worse than another. It’s just like our infertility diagnoses; there isn’t truly one that’s “worse” than another because it’s such a [...]

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Turning Points in My Infertility Journey

On January 19, 2012 · 7 Comments · In Blogs, Good Stuff, Milestones, Support, Time Warp Tuesdays, Work, Writing

I’m a couple of days behind in posting for Kathy’s Time Warp Tuesday. I had some medical issues on Tuesday that prevented me from doing much of anything (which I’ll talk about more tomorrow – in brief, I’m fine). This week’s Time Warp Tuesday has us talking about moments of [...]

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Amy Winehouse

My Infertility Playlist

On January 13, 2012 · 13 Comments · In Coping and Emotions, Fertile Living, Support

Sometimes, when I think about infertility, I think Amy Winehouse said it best:

Okay, to be fair: she was talking about a crazy volatile relationship in her song, Me & Mr. Jones. But truly, what is infertility if not a crazy volatile relationship with one’s own body?

Amirite or amirite?

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A Guide for Fertile Living

Living a Fertile Life in 2012

On December 30, 2011 · 19 Comments · In Coping and Emotions, Fertile Living, Food, Good Stuff, Hope, Judaism, Marriage, Milestones, NaNoWriMo, Support, Women's Empowerment, Writing

A good friend of mine is in an improv theatre/comedy troupe called Mosaic. Their show changes based on 18 tiles representing 18 sketches. The shows change about ever 6 weeks and no two shows are ever really the same. Mosaic is at once funny, political, and biographical for each performer; it’s a neat experience.

One [...]

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In Defense of the Duggars

On December 16, 2011 · 20 Comments · In Advocacy and Awareness, Blogs, Coping and Emotions, In the News, Media, Support

Let me put this scenario out there:

Imagine a dear friend of yours – a parent – has lost their child. Their child has died. It doesn’t matter how, but merely this child that was once theirs and here in this world and perhaps their whole world – is no longer. They hold onto the [...]

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"Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?" - Sun Tzu (Photo by Keiko Zoll.)

Letting Go of Our Babymakin’ Fantasies

On December 7, 2011 · 60 Comments · In Coping and Emotions, Family, Milestones, Support

Sorry to be such a downer recently, but I walked away from this blog for over a week and now that I’m back, I’m returning to it for the very reasons I started it in the first place: it’s a place of catharsis for me.

I’m struggling with the holidays [...]

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