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Treasure Trove of Truth: Blogging Infertility

Posted on February 3, 2016February 8, 2021 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Nine years ago tonight the blog Coming2Terms arrived on the scene. It started with a hesitant point and click … PUBLISH. The blogosphere in 2007 was still relatively new and more than a bit wild and disordered. It seemed the perfect place to explore taboo topics. Discussion about infertility and failed fertility treatment was, indeed, not…

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No More Silencing: Speaking Our Truth

Posted on July 13, 2015July 13, 2015 by Pamela Tsigdinos

This guest post comes from Andrea Rose, teacher and budding artist. Andrea’s first husband became infertile due to cancer in their first year of marriage while they were in their early twenties. She and her current husband struggled with male factor and age-related infertility for over ten years. She has had to make difficult decisions…

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A Conversation on Infertility Misconceptions

Posted on July 1, 2015July 1, 2015 by Pamela Tsigdinos

On the heels of her recent BBC interview (Drawing the Line: When IVF Doesn’t Work) health advocate and blogger Lesley Pyne offered to have an in-depth chat about my latest writing project, Finally Heard. Grab a cup of coffee or tea (or libation of your choice) and join Lesley and me as we launch into…

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Hello Strangers: I’m an Infertility Survivor and I’m Not Ashamed to Say It

Posted on February 2, 2015February 8, 2021 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Here is Part III of the ‘Bitter Infertiles’ conversation — on the anniversary of the day the podcast took place. This where we own up to our experiences as ‘Infertility Survivors.’  (In Part II of the ‘Bitter Infertiles’ podcast transcript (Part I here or listen to the podcast here), we talk infertility trauma, the assault…

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Keeping it 100: Identity Crisis and Emotional Cratering in a Mommy Mad World

Posted on January 28, 2015May 7, 2016 by Pamela Tsigdinos

In Part II of the ‘Bitter Infertiles’ podcast transcript (Part I here or listen to the podcast here), we talk infertility trauma, the assault to identity and misplaced mommy glorification… Mo: One of the big issues we discussed last month with a therapist was the devastating effect that infertility can have on the emotional well-being….

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When Does the Pursuit of Pregnancy Go Too Far?

Posted on January 17, 2015February 4, 2017 by Pamela Tsigdinos

  Now 10 years outside of my pursuit of pregnancy and all the related dreams I once held dear, I find myself preoccupied by the complex questions and issues that continue to swirl around the ‘fertility’ industry and those swept up in it. I sat down last month to research and write a longer piece…

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Infertility Community: A Microcosm of Society Misunderstandings and All

Posted on January 1, 2015January 15, 2021 by Pamela Tsigdinos

It has happened again. ‘It’ being a misunderstanding of perspective and tribal affiliation that flares up periodically within the infertility blogosphere. While all who take part in this blogging community identify at some level as ‘infertile’ there are many shades of grey here. I first experienced this awkwardness nearly eight years ago when I started…

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New Philosophy: Everything To Gain

Posted on December 16, 2014December 12, 2016 by Pamela Tsigdinos

How is it that the mind is so much more agile and able to turn over ideas and philosophies with such ease … in the pre-dawn? With rain falling softly against the window at 5am, and my iPad lighting up the room, I swiped my screen to find a Sunday Review piece called Abundance Without…

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Not Brought To You By Big Pharma Or Profit-Driven Fertility Clinics

Posted on December 5, 2014April 27, 2018 by Pamela Tsigdinos

In a Telegraph newspaper column, It’s adults, not teens, who need a sex talk, UK journalist Bryony Gordon describes a friend who runs a fertility clinic in central London who is: …slack-jawed with amazement at all the highly educated, highly paid, highly functioning couples who pass through her doors every day with only the most…

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Silent Sorority Gratitude and a Look Ahead to a New Generation

Posted on November 24, 2014November 23, 2016 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Thanksgiving gets all the attention and big league association with gratitude, but it’s the quiet, daily acknowledgement of thanks that actually serves us best. That’s one reason I want you to know that not a day goes that I don’t give thanks for the friendship, insights and kindness of all those who have taken the…

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