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The American Fertility Association Blog

A Card That Hallmark Doesn’t Make
Wed, 05 May 2010 18:00:00 -0400
By Carolyn Berger, LCSW The greeting card industry’s outpouring of wishes to mothers on Mother’s Day tries to take all kinds of mothers into account. A recent trip to my local stationery store turned up cards for “ordinary” mothers— appropriate for mothers who gave birth to or adopted thei...
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Sadness and Stress
Tue, 04 May 2010 17:03:42 -0400
An AFA Fact Sheet Hormone levels rise and fall every month you try to conceive, but there’s only one way for your stress level to go: up, up, up. Anger. Depression. Anxiety. The sadness that hits you every month when you discover you’re not pregnant can be profound and paralyzing. Research shows...
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Managing Mother's Day
Mon, 03 May 2010 17:58:20 -0400
by Shannon Berg Oh how I used to love Mother's Day as a child, all those homemade cards and trinkets we made for my mother were priceless to her. It wasn't until I was 28 years old that I began loathing Mother's Day. Not dislike, but hate! Let me back up to my history, I am an adopted child and was ...
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Empty arms on Mother's Day
Sun, 02 May 2010 19:39:17 -0400
by Corey Whelan For all too many women, the most dreaded day of the year is Mother's Day. On this particular Sunday the thought of attending Church, or even of spending time with one's own mother might seem to be an impossible task. In the United States 12% of women of reproductive age, or roughly o...
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A Color Semen Shouldn't Be
Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:00:54 -0400
By Harry Fisch, MD On a fairly regular basis, I come into an exam room and find a guy with a very worried look on his face. Sometimes it takes awhile for them to articulate their concern, but, eventually, I hear some variation of: “Doc…you know…it’s pink…my semen is pink.” This is an und...
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Single Mama Sandra!
Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:24:33 -0400
by Corey Whelan How wonderful! Sandra Bullock is showing soon to be ex husband Jesse James the door, but she isn't losing a husband (not one worth keeping, anyway), instead she's gaining a beautiful baby boy. According to People Magazine, Bullock began the adoption process with James four years ago ...
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Stop Stressing
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:00:00 -0400
By Merry Armentrout My life is changing. Change is good, probably. Change is stressful, definitely. This time last year, I was in the best shape of my life. I was eating healthy, exercising constantly and felt fantastic. I even created a yoga room in my house where I began every morning. My life was...
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Yes you can. Breastfeeding after infertility.
Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:24:24 -0400
by Corey Whelan Women who undergo infertility treatment often report that their self confidence continues to be shaken, even if pregnancy results. An inability to conceive naturally may leave women feeling betrayed by their own bodies, and it can take years of proactive work as well as outside suppo...
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Cancelling IVF, Converting to IUI, and a Few Other Things.
Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:16:25 -0400
by Fred Licciardi, M.D. What if you are on drugs for an IVF cycle and there is a low number of follicles? Should you do cancel and have an iui (provided there is sperm and at least one tube is open) or should you have the retrieval? The number of eggs is less important the younger you are. So at age...
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Old gay bones
Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:30:09 -0400
by Corey Whelan At the end of the day, what we most hope for as human beings is that our lives count. That we matter. That when we die, we leave something of value behind. That we are not just bones in the ground. For many of us, the something that we leave behind is our children, those we have help...
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