Typically, if you want to empty a room, simply say, “infertility.” It works like a charm. Trust me. Infertility realities, long time blog readers know, once dominated my waking and sleeping. Those who have walked in my shoes know well that infertility initially rips through your mind like a meteor. What was that? I might…
Category: Documentary
Anything You Lose
Anything You Lose. That’s the name of a timely documentary that puts infertility in the spotlight. This film opens minds and generates discussion. Furthermore, it’s earning awards of excellence and will have its North American premier in Los Angeles on Saturday, Oct. 7. Chalk it up to kismet or mercury retrograde, but I reconnected recently…
One Small Step For Infertility Awareness, One Giant Leap For Society
My expectations for September 27 and The Cycle: Living A Taboo were very high — not only for those of us presenting at the forum, but for those who would join us. What transpired surpassed my expectations. As the evening drew near, we speakers assembled in Tribeca from Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Spanish Harlem, Boston,…
Do You Live A Taboo? I Do, Too!
UPDATE 8/27/2013: For those of you around the world who are unable to join us in person in New York City, we’ve opened up a page on our event website to share your thoughts. Please comment below and we’ll include you as virtual participants. …when a path wasn’t clear, the natural instinct was to go…
Let’s Change Some Attitudes
“I don’t know how to deal with this…” That’s a common response, albeit usually unspoken, for people in the throes of reconciling an infertility diagnosis. Curiously, those are also the same eight words that pop into the head of someone who isn’t dealing directly with infertility when they learn someone close is swept up in…