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Category: The Cycle Relay Forum

One Small Step For Infertility Awareness, One Giant Leap For Society

Posted on September 30, 2013August 2, 2016 by Pamela Tsigdinos

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,…

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Teach and Learn: Lift the Veil on a Taboo

Posted on September 22, 2013June 5, 2018 by Pamela Tsigdinos

UPDATE: Hat tip to Amy McVay Abbott, the journalist who wrote Infertility: The Billion Dollar Business & the Heartbreaking Realities and Jody Day for thought-provoking perspectives on our event, The Cycle: Living A Taboo. About the importance of participating in the conversation. Jody wrote: “I get that it’s daunting to attend something where you’ll be…

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The Forum: What Would Make You Attend a Public Infertility Discussion?

Posted on June 24, 2013September 30, 2018 by Pamela Tsigdinos

New celebrity infertility disclosures have been popping up left and right in popular media. Starting in April there was Nia Vardolos on the interview circuit for her new book, Instant Mom. Nia, as reported in various online publications, tried for nearly a decade to have a family, going through 13 IVFs in the course of pursuing infertility treatments, and failed adoptions before…

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