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Julia’s Blog – Birthing Our Families & Our Fiercely Fertile Selves

Wednesday, January 22, 2014
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Fertile Idolatry: A Doctor, a Rabbi and a Priest Walk Into a Womb (In support of NYT columnist Amy Klein)

This post is about our human propensity for misplaced worship—which in the world of baby-making puts us at great risk.

Friday, January 10, 2014
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Peacemaking 101: Can Amy & Julia “Heart” Each Other?

Turning our legacy of losses into a force for good.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014
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Lessons InFertility: Are We Each Other’s Healers? Can Amy Klein & Julia Indichova “Heart” Each Other?

Yesterday I met Amy Klein,the NYT Fertility Diary columnist. We didn’t actually meet face to face. We tweeted at each other.

Monday, January 6, 2014
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Off to See the Wizard: Who is Your Fertility Authority?

Engaging consultants can be useful, but giving away your power to “great healers” in Chinatown is not much different from giving away your power to the fertility specialist on Park Avenue.

Wednesday, December 18, 2013
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Mourning Newtown: How Red Does a Red Flag Need to Get?

                  I was reading the NYT piece about JP Morgan’s culpability in the Madoff scam, the red flags they missed and the penalty they must now pay. And I couldn’t help but think about the ten thousand missed red flags of behavior that begged to be addressed by […]

Tuesday, December 17, 2013
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The New York Times Fertility Diary: Naivete, Blinding Desperation, or Plain Old Human Arrogance?

I hope Amy Klein’s education in I.V.F. continues. I hope she keeps questioning her doctor. She may want to ask him about the most recent study published in PLOS on causes of I.V.F. failure, showing that “ICSI ” the next step she is prepping for, may fertilize the egg but it does not improve implantation and live birth rates in women over 37.