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Loss and Life Beyond Failed Fertility

Posted on March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Loss lives on in ways large and small following an infertility diagnosis and failed IVF. This truth permeates the world of IVF survivors. That’s just one of many topics explored in a new Life Beyond Failed Fertility podcast with yours truly now available on iTunes and on Spotify, Podomatic, and Amazon. Loss Reflections When the podcast…

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Mother

Mother Is Also a Verb

Posted on May 8, 2020May 9, 2020 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Mother is a word typically associated with an individual. This gets hammered hard particularly toward the second week in May as greeting card companies and consumer marketing teams get busy. But, let’s remember mother is also a verb (and an adjective for that matter). Mother Of All Change We’ve had to rethink many things during…

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Stuck? Seems We’ve Been Here Before

Posted on April 16, 2020March 1, 2023 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Stuck? Spinning your wheels? Same here. The world feels akin to Contagion, Ground Hog’s Day and Lost in Translation — combined. And so, no surprise, I identify these days as mostly stuck. Some days I feel caught, somehow, as if in amber. Worries and COVID fears abound in the news and seize my attention. Even…

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affected

How Has Not Having Kids Affected You? How Much Time Do You Have…

Posted on December 1, 2019December 2, 2019 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Greetings, longtime blog readers! My recent blog sabbatical wasn’t planned. Competing writing projects, doctor visits and travel demanded my time. More on those activities in a subsequent post. Meanwhile, I’m happy to report our community continues to make new inroads into education and support for those affected by involuntary childlessness. First Up: Fresh and Frank…

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royal

Royal Birth Creates Royal Rethinking

Posted on May 10, 2019November 29, 2020 by Pamela Tsigdinos

We’ve seen this movie before. Like many around the world I greeted news of the newest royal baby with joy. The joy is easy to understand. Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex have beamed with more brilliance than usual since their pregnancy announcement. Both are modern role models for self-empowerment and compassion. They’ve been…

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An idea for Michelle Obama: Use 2019 bully pulpit to convey IVF risks, realities

Posted on December 28, 2018December 31, 2018 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Michelle Obama can help educate her audiences and followers about the reality of IVF and its risks.

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IVF is 40

IVF is 40, Untold Stories Cast Milestone in New Light

Posted on July 15, 2018July 16, 2018 by Pamela Tsigdinos

IVF is 40 this month. Type ‘IVF is 40’ into your news search engine of choice. You’ll find headlines that reflect a one-dimensional narrative. Missing from the narratives are couples who’ve had to cope with the aftermath of 20 million failed IVF cycles. You also won’t read about the health toll on young women involved…

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ReproTechTruths

Have a Story to Tell? #UnmaskingIVF

Posted on June 10, 2017June 12, 2017 by Pamela Tsigdinos

One story will forever mark a turning point for me. It ran June 10, 2008 so that date now has special significance. It’s the day I crossed over from a blogger writing under a pseudonym to my reveal on The New York Times homepage (yeah, I know, it still blows my mind, too). In the…

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life

How Honest Talk About Infertility Breaks Down Barriers

Posted on August 5, 2016November 6, 2021 by Pamela Tsigdinos

You want to talk about a loaded topic? There are few disclosures as emotionally charged as admitting that you were unable to conceive children. If you think it’s awkward for a woman, try wading into that discussion as a man.  There are very few who possess the courage or emotional stamina to go there. As…

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Room for Dissent on IVF?

Posted on May 5, 2016May 22, 2016 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Should IVF Coverage Be Mandatory? Writer Christina Gombar first posed this provocative question in 2009.  In a stand against RESOLVE’s stated goal to “control the conversation,” she agreed to let me repost her dissent perspective here. ~~ A couple of Decembers ago, I got an email from Resolve, the national infertility organization — a plea…

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