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Saturday, October 15, 2011
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Stress Reduction for Successful IVF: Run as Fast as You Can!

Hear this dear Fertile Heart Sisterhood: Nivedita, a 28 year old young woman in Andheri India, childless after four years of marriage is “stressed” after two failed IVF cycles. Then a benevolent Delhi based clinic’s psychologist counsels the young woman to be less “stressed” about her treatment and her infertility. She receives “stress reduction counseling,”  her […]

Tuesday, September 6, 2011
European Bee-eater bird about to eat a bee.

Serono Birds and the Bees Campaign: Raising Awareness about Infertility?

The Fertile Heart Response to Serono Lab’s Educational Videos: How, I wonder do the birds and the bees feel about the Birds and the Bees Campaign sponsored by EMD Serono, the pharmaceutical company that manufactures Gonal-f, a synthetic hormone that stimulates follicle and egg production? Serono tells us the campaign intends to raise awareness about […]

Thursday, August 4, 2011
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The Fertile Heart Answer to "Why Me?"

To  Morgan and Fertile Heart Sisterhood: The “Why Me?” question comes up a lot on our fertility journey and I’ve attempted to answer  it in many ways over the years, but some weeks ago, you Morgan, have inspired me to go a little deeper with the answer.  In one of your message board posts you shared […]

Monday, June 13, 2011

Fertile Heart Pre-Conception Detox Fest

IVF Study Shows Direct Effect of BPA on Human Eggs by Julia Indichova If IVF is on your calendar this year, perhaps it would be worth your while to consider re-scheduling. I realize the subject of BPA and egg quality doesn’t make for the most cheer-inducing message, since it’s been in the news and certainly […]

Monday, April 25, 2011
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Fertile Heart Mother’s Day Challenge

Going Sane in a Mad World To be sane in a mad world is bad for the brain, and worse for the heart,” says the beloved poet, philosopher, Wendel Berry. I called 911 a couple of weeks ago, because my heart was hurting so badly I thought a heart attack was imminent. Thankfully all the […]

Tuesday, March 29, 2011
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Congratulations Mandy, Lisa, Princess R., Julia: The Courage to Receive Contd.

Crossing the Bridge from Coping to Receiving On December 1st of last year, I dedicated a post titled “The Courage to Receive” to Mandy, and to each of you who have asked for support on your baby making pilgrimages. I began that post copying Mandy’s message from the community forum on our message board. And […]