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A Whole Lot of Nothin’

On August 29, 2011 · 9 Comments · In Coping and Emotions, Food, In the News, Premature Ovarian Failure, Video

So, Beyonce’s pregnant. Good for her. I’m actually quite happy for Mr. & Mrs. Jay-Z because I’ve seen some horrible tweets and gossip rag items rumoring they were infertile. And that’s just mean.

Hearing the news that Hilary Duff is [...]

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You Asked, I Answer: Infertility Questions

On August 27, 2011 · 16 Comments · In Adoption, Blogs, Coping and Emotions, Donor Egg, Family, Hope, IVF, Marriage, Men's Perspective, Premature Ovarian Failure, Reproductive Health, Support

Yesterday I answered all of the Fun and Deep Questions from my little Formspring experiment. I got a lot of questions related very specifically to infertility and our journey, so I wanted to give those answers their very own (very [...]

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I Always Knew I Might Be Infertile

On August 18, 2011 · 27 Comments · In Blogs, Coping and Emotions, Marriage, Premature Ovarian Failure, Reproductive Health

Things I have said many times before:

“I would never wish infertility on my worst enemy.”

“If I could wave a magic wand and take it all away, I wouldn’t.”

“Infertility does not define me, but it does color the way I look at the world.”

With all of that said…

If I had known [...]

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Thoughts On Choosing the Donor Egg Path

On June 6, 2011 · 22 Comments · In Coping and Emotions, Donor Egg, IVF, Premature Ovarian Failure, RESOLVE

Photo by Frank Monnerjahn via Flickr

IVF with donor egg is a tough concept to wrap your brain around; I certainly struggled with it initially. We’ve certainly flip-flopped around in our family building plans in the two years since I was diagnosed:

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Surrogacy Lawyer Radio Show Update: MP3 Available Online

On April 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Advocacy and Awareness, Coping and Emotions, Hope, Media, National Infertility Awareness Week, PETA, Premature Ovarian Failure, Reproductive Health, RESOLVE, Video

If you missed me on last week’s The Surrogacy Laywer Radio Program with Evelina Sterling, you can download the show as an mp3 to listen to at your leisure!

Click here to download Premature Ovarian Failure and the NIAW/PETA Debate with Evelina Weidman Sterling and Keiko Zoll. {link inactive}

As the title mentions, Evelina [...]

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Talking About POF Today on The Surrogacy Lawyer Radio Show

On April 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Blogs, Coping and Emotions, Good Stuff, Media, PETA, Premature Ovarian Failure, RESOLVE, Support

Do you have one free hour at 11am PST/2pm EST today? Want to know more about premature ovarian failure? Tune in to Theresa Erickson’s \The Surrogacy Lawyer Radio Program today to hear me and Evelina Sterling from Rachel’s Well talk about POF, menstrual health, and share a few insights on this PETA thing.

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This Friday is D-Day.

On March 14, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Coping and Emotions, Milestones, Premature Ovarian Failure, Support

St. Patrick’s Day will never be the same for me.

It’s not like I roam the streets of Boston half-drunk or anything, quite the contrary: I deliberately avoid the nightlife scene on March 17th. When you work in higher education and your school just [...]

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