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Thursday, November 1, 2012
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Sister Giant: Being Seen and Heard in the Age of Facebook

I met Marianne Williamson a few weeks ago.  I doubt that anyone in our community needs further introduction, but just in case: Marianne is a much loved spiritual teacher and author of many books. Return to Love is one of her best known works. Marianne and Buddhist scholar Robett Thurman were teaching a workshop a […]

Friday, August 24, 2012
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Male Infertility on the Rise but not for Fertile Heart™ Dads: Hey Daddy, Have Some Walnuts but Don’t Stop There!

In the last few months, lots of attention is focused on wannabe dads. Does food really matter? First, we received the startling news that what men eat or whether they smoke or drink doesn’t affect their fertility. Sperm counts, sperm morphology, overall semen quality won’t change, claimed the researchers, if you load up on junk […]

Tuesday, August 14, 2012
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Unexplained Infertility, Unexplained fertility & Billie Holiday

“When Unexplained Infertility is the Lucky Hand You’ve Been Dealt” is the title of the new video I uploaded yesterday. And now I find myself walking around the house singing the sultry Billie Holiday song, “Hush now don’t explain, just say you’ll remain”…Such a sexy tune! No, Billie is not talking about unexplained infertility; she’s […]

Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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Birth-Defect Risk Seen in Assisted Reproduction: Tilting the Scale toward a Roof-Raising-Pregnancy and Game-Changer Child

The Fertile Heart response to the May 10, 2012 Fertility Study in New England Journal of Medicine.   Yes, the Australian study published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine, which showed a 28% greater risk of birth defects in children conceived with fertility treatment, is the largest to date. The findings however are nothing new. […]

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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Fertile Heart Mother’s Day Extravaganza: Ditch the Coping and Get Some Red Satin!

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 really 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 […]

Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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A Safe and Fertile Space: The Howling Orphans and Fledgling Visionaries in Our Fertile Hearts.

This happened long ago and far away. Or maybe just yesterday. It’s a story worth telling. We’ll call her Laila. It was circle time. The irony of something Laila said, struck me and I responded with what I thought was a lighthearted comment.  I anticipated laughter in response. Instead, my words hit a nerve. Laila […]