Happy Father’s Day to all FertileHearted Dads! I’m thinking of Jon, Annabelle’s Dad who became a father the second time around just this week. Welcome Otis! (If you need inspiration, you can read that family’s stunning story) And as I began thinking of all the dads celebrating for the first time after a long, long wait: Tom, Jason, and Josh and– so many [...]
The most unpopular teacher during my high school days was an elderly woman, we’ll call her Mrs. Green. Mrs Green taught literature and every couple of weeks she assigned a paper about a poem or short story or about one of her favorite writers. The thing about these essays was that after we handed them [...]
How does Orphan Annie become a Mommy? You know we really did conceive our inconceivable baby on red sheets. True, they were red flannel sheets. Not sure why I didn’t go for satin. But it worked! As every year, the emails with subject lines, ”Coping with Mother’s Day,” Infertility and Mother’s Day: Tips for Dealing with Mother’s Day [...]
Infertility can certainly FEEL like a CRUEL punishment. The Orphans in us can come up with 10,00 reasons to see it as such. And if that is the truth you want to live, you’ll find masses of supporters to march to that tune with you. But wouldn’t it make more sense to do a little reality check? Wouldn’t make a whole [...]
The Fertile Heart Approach to Raising Awareness: Aha Moments from the Fertile Heart Community Chat Our Fertile Heart Free Community Chat last night was a joy to be part of. These are a few aha moments from the two sessions that are just too good not to share, mostly because I suspect they might help clear [...]
Fertile Prayers: Boston Bombing, Orphan Rage and Visionary Anger; Parenting for Peace Rage, rage if I send you away, you’ll be back another day…That was the chant we sang in our Fertile Heart Visionary Mama teleconference yesterday as we talked about the anger and rage that is rising up for many of us on this [...]
Congratulations to EricaG, the winner of the Fertile Heart Contemplating Love Contest! Erica received the most replies to her comment and she chose a private phone consultation with Julia. The Fertile Heart team also chose four additional winners: Lilli, Libi, Jessica, who are offered the 5 Session Fertile Heart Visionary Mama Teleconference Series, and Swati invited to [...]
A Fertile Heart “Contemplating Love” Contest. Time to talk love today, play a little game for the pleasure of playing, the reward of insights you might gain, and even a chance to win some goodies. Valentine’s Day is upon us, window displays with sparkling red hearts, and images of romantic getaways are crowding our field of [...]
by Gen G. I have not been on the Fertile Heart website for many months, but felt compelled to share my story of hope. I came to Julia’s website www.fertileheart.com just over a year ago with 6 failed IUIs, 5 failed IVF cycles, and 4 more cancelled IVF attempts. I had been trying to have a [...]
Chances are, this year I will be just as scared, just as frustrated, arms flailing, grasping for a rescuer. On bad days I might feel as jealous, and petty as I did last year. As I perhaps will intermittently keep feeling for the rest of my life. Except. Except that I’m also quite certain that [...]
5 Failed IVF’s, 4 Cancelled IVF’s, 6 Failed IUI’s & a Fertile Heart Baby: A Story of Hope
by Gen G. I have not been on the Fertile Heart website for many months, but felt compelled to share my story of hope. I came to Julia’s website www.fertileheart.com just over a year ago with 6 failed IUIs, 5 failed IVF cycles, and 4 more cancelled IVF attempts. I had been trying to have a [...]
Alkalize for Fertility and Health Basic Guidelines for Tilting the Scale toward an Alkaline, Conception Friendly Holy Human Loaf Can our pH levels, in other words our acid-alkaline balance affect conception, implantation, egg and sperm quality and just about every organ function involved in getting pregnant? The answer is a resounding yes. If your cervical [...]
Now that I’m a Mom: The Next Stage of the Pilgrimage
by Mandy Queally “The moment a child is born the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother never. A mother is something absolutely new.” -Rajneesh I became a mother at 4:23 in the morning on November 11th, 2011. I have been a mother now for a total of [...]
Your Most Fertile Days: Timing is Everything
Identifying Ideal Baby Making Days of Your Menstrual Cycle; A Refresher on the Most Common Signs, Symptoms of Ovulation By Julia Indichova If getting pregnant is the destination, knowing your most fertile day is without a doubt an eminently useful piece of information. In a recent Fertile Heart workshop several women had questions about identifying the most [...]
"Two years ago today I took Julia’s workshop through the Learning Annex. It was Saint Patrick;s day and my friend Alice and I went. We sat in the first row and I was so moved and inspired by Julia and her experience that I decided to join her Fertile Heart Circle Meetings in New York city. I now have a son Alejandro who is 2 months old today. I know my meeting Julia and her work was a huge contribution to my getting pregnant naturally at age 43 and giving birth 3 days before my 44th birthday. I strongly encourage anyone interested in getting pregnant or “giving birth” to whatever that may be to take Julia’s workshop. I am forwarding Julia’s information to the women in my life." —Kathy I., New Jersey
Fertile Heart Chef’s Favorite Brown Rice Pudding:
In macrobiotic literature, overcooked short grain brown rice is a hormone balancing agent. This favorite of our family, is a delicious way to take advantage of this grain’s medicinal properties. Almond milk is alkalizing and a good source of protein. So curl up with a good book, and luxuriate! This is an easy easy recipe. [...]
Fertile Soups for Your Fertile Heart
To give our bodies the best possible chance of healing and fixing what’s broken, we want to make sure that the tough job of digestion is completed before we go to bed.
There are many types of lentils: brown, red, french(green), regular. I prefer French Green, I have only seen these in health food stores, so they might be hard to get. They are smaller and firmer and maintain there shape. You should experiment with different types of lentils. The cooking method is the same, except the [...]
You can really clean house with this soup. Almost anything goes. As with the other vegetable only soups, onions are the most important ingredient. I’ve found that since I started adding potatoes my girls are much happier. It makes them not notice the kale, chard and other good stuff. I have to agree. I staggered [...]
This one is a variation on the vegetable soup except it’s a little more like a potato stew. I wanted to make my usual recipe however I was short on onions. Now after I have told you how important onions are I suppose I should have put my shoes on and went running to the [...]
