The American Fertility Association Blog

Fall is (almost) here! Can The AFA's Fertility and Adoption Directory be far behind?
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:51:09 -0400
by Corey Whelan Despite the fact that New York City school children are not yet back in school, summer really is whispering goodbye. I can't believe it's Labor Day Weekend. Heat wave notwithstanding, sunscreen bottles will eventually get relegated to the back of the medicine cabinet, and weekend exc...
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Raising barns in Farmville? Or raising hell that 1 in 70 American boys now have autism?
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:34:03 -0400
by Jackie Lombardo And it's not just autism...1 in every 3 children in the U.S. has either allergies, ADHD, asthma, or a mental health problem, and is predicted by the CDC to be diabetic and/or obese by adulthood. Do you remember when children used to be healthier than their parents? When children w...
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Shaving, bleaching, waxing, threading...huh?
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:57:43 -0400
by Lisa Marsh, The AFA's London Correspondent Second installment in Lisa's Single Dad series Men, do you remember when you used to watch your father shave in the mirror every morning? It's entrancing; not least because hair on your smooth face was hard to contemplate. The concentration required mean...
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Here is today's ARGHHHHH!!! Lupron and Endometriosis
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:46:59 -0400
by Fred Licciardi, M.D. What if you were diagnosed with stage one enodmetriosis and were told to take Lupron for 3 months? Here is today’s ARGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! No research study to my knowledge has ever shown that being on Lupron after surgery does anything to reduce endometriosis or improve pregnan...
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Everything Fertility
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:23:06 -0400
by Merry Armentrout I moved from Birmingham, AL to Boston when I was 22 years-old. I immediately fell in love with the city. There are so many differences between my Southern hometown and Beantown. When I left Birmingham most of my friends were either planning a wedding or enjoying life as a newlywe...
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Marriage Equality – Let’s Talk About the Children
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:01:33 -0400
by Theresa Ericson, Esq. In the United States, we thrive on our individuality, our independence, our right to privacy, and our right to procreate. We even thrive on our state’s individual rights as a general premise, even though under the full faith and credit clause of the U.S. Constitution, stat...
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In Honor and in Memory
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:04:02 -0400
by Corey Whelan I know it's coming, I've felt it for about a week now. It usually comes on me while I'm running, some song will come on my ipod and next thing I know I'm crying, hoping no one will see the dumb girl with tears streaming out of her eyes while she's taking a hill. i don't know why it's...
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A Babies Manger: How were you conceived?
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:33:15 -0400
By Jamie Schenk DeWitt Last weekend I had dinner with four of my closest friends. We all met almost thirteen months ago at a local "Mommy and Me" class when our babies were three months old. At first we bonded while sitting around in a circle talking about our “pregnancy experience” in a class f...
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The egg recall, salmonella and pregnancy: what women who are trying to conceive need to know now.
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:54:52 -0400
by Corey Whelan 500 million eggs have been recalled to date by two major Iowa producers, Wright County Eggs and Hillandale Farms. To date, the recall impacts 14 states throughout the West and Midwestern United States These eggs are infected with a bacteria known as salmonella, and can be found in br...
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Is It Unexplained Infertility or is it Celiac Disease?
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:00:38 -0400
by Corey Whelan You've gone through a full infertility work up, done all the tests and still no conclusive reason for your inability to conceive can be found. Unexplained infertility is a diagnosis that up to 25% of couples attempting to have a baby will receive. In around four to eight percent of t...
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