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Freebie Friday - Who Won a Fertility Scope?
Why BRANDI! It’s you! You are this week’s Freebie Friday Winner! Brandi is now the proud owner of a Fertility Scope - an adorable little contraption designed to test your saliva to determi...
Cramping During the Two Week Wait
Cramps suck. They suck when they signal the arrival of an Aunt that you didn’t really want to see this month. They suck when they turn your pre-menstrual blues into actual pain. But I think they...
The 08-09 Cancer & Fertility Resource Guide is here!
All right! It’s here! I was going to save this for Freebie Friday, but I can’t wait. The 2008-2009 version of Fertile Hope’s Cancer and Fertility Resource Guide is now available. C...
Newsweek Shines a Light on Oncofertility
You may have heard the term Oncofertility mentioned here at Fertility Notes before. A Newsweek article that will be published in the August 4th issue of the magazine gives a great explanation of what ...
RESOLVE Events and Activities in PA Next Week
If you are in my neighborhood next week, there are a few free educational events and support groups sponsored by RESOLVE, the National Infertility Association. Follow this link to register for one or ...
Has “Technofertility” Taken Over?
When you have a few minutes (because it’s pretty darn long), go check out this article at Psychology Today entitled, “Who Stole Fertility?” Originally written for the 1996 March/Apri...
Freebie Friday Bonus! Free “In the Know” Booklet from FertilityLifeLines
To make up for those Fridays when you checked only to find Freebie Friday was on a little vacation, I have not 1 but 2 Freebie Fridays today! FertilityLifeLines.com is offering a FREE 48-page booklet...
At Least One Good Thing About Hormones
Despite comments from fertiles that assume otherwise, trying to conceive (and being unsuccessful so far) really isn’t that much fun. But I’m a glass-half-full kind of girl. Let’s tal...
Self-Screening Tool Introduced to Diagnose Endometriosis Early, Help Preserve Fertility
School girls in Australia will help the Canberra Endometriosis Clinic test out a new self-screening tool that is meant to help diagnose the disease early in women and minimize its impact on their live...
Which Comes First, Chicken or the Egg? Stress or Infertility?
You know that I am trying to embrace a mind-body connection during this cycle. I’ve been talking about prana and Qi. I am guessing some of my real life friends are scratching their heads thinkin...
Rub Some of That Baby Aura on Me
Many women (and men) in the midst of trying to conceive and having some trouble will start to avoid social situations where they know they will encounter pregnant women or babies. While these sights d...
Chinese Herbs to Enhance Your Fertility
Earlier this week, Fertility Notes reader Brandi mentioned that she was beginning to take some Chinese herbs for fertility at the recommendation of her acupuncturist. I humbly admit this is an area I ...
What Defines You? Is It Your (In)Fertility?
Chapter six of Fully Fertile: A 12-Week Plan for Optimal Fertility is entitled, Identifying and Eliminating Your Stressors, and in it, a section is dedicated to your job and the stresses it brings to...
Start a Fully Fertile Book Club
I know that I keep tempting you with a full book review of Fully Fertile: A 12-Week Plan for Optimal Fertility, but the more I read, the more I think it makes sense to share some of the “a ha!&#...
The Wall Street Journal Chimes in on Fertility
In a good way. I was so pleased to see this appear in the online version of today’s Wall Street Journal. The post was in response to this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine which discusses t...
Being Pregnant = Being Incapable of Packing a Bag???
As much as I long to be a mother, there are some moments that give me pause. I wrote about one of those moments here. Another thing that gives me just a moment of hesitation on my path towards parenth...
Could Menevit Help Your Guy’s Sperm Get Fit?
Image details: Fertilization served by picapp.com A scientist in Australia claims that he has created an inexpensive pill that will double the chances of conception in couples struggling with infertil...
One Egg or Two? Oh Sorry, You Only Get One
BBC News reports that IVF clinics in the United Kingdom have been given a mandate to reduce the number of multiple births resulting from IVF treatments from 25% to 10% over the next three years. This...
Freebie Friday - And the Last Batch of Fertility Blend Goes To…
Kylene Young! Congratulations!! You just won a 3-month supply of Fertility Blend for Women dietary supplements. A $90 value! Ok. So that’s the end of my Fertility Blend stash. The box is empty; ...
So, Do I Need to Ditch the Soy?
Because that would suck. Not a big fan of tofu so that’s no big deal, but in this non-milk drinking household, my organic vanilla soy milk is my morning delight. The yum in my cereal. The smooth...
More Educational Opportunities from RESOLVE
Earlier this week, I asked readers where they turned to gather information and to educate themselves about fertility. I think I forgot to mention RESOLVE - The National Infertility Association. More t...
Freebie Friday - More Fertility Blend Supplements to Share!
It’s Mrs. Impatient!! You just won a 3-month supply of Fertility Blend for Women dietary supplements. A one month supply usually goes for $29.99. So, we’re looking at a $90 dollar prize here. Nice...
What are You Doing to Cultivate Your Qi?
Qi (you know, chi, pronounced “chee”) could be just as important to your baby-making ability as the more physical parts of the equation. Kind of like prana, Qi can be translated to mean &#...
A Yoga Epiphany
It happened. Tonight around 7 p.m. I went to a yoga class that absolutely kicked *ss (and kicked my *ass to boot). It was fabulous. It was wonderful. It was hard!!! Holy crap is your body supposed to ...
Fertility Treatments = Strains of Fascism?
Very, very curious about how you feel about this article in today’s Guardian in which Nicholas Blincoe wonders why people try to conceive spend so much time whining (his words, not mine): Is thi...
Freebie Friday - Who Won the Latest Batch of Fertility Blend Vitamins?
It’s MELIS!! You just won a 3-month supply of Fertility Blend for Women dietary supplements. A one month supply usually goes for $29.99. So, we’re looking at a $90 dollar prize here. Nice! Con...
Celebrity Week Continues…
Just a few days in, and I am ready for Celebrity Week to be over. I click on the latest celebrity stories as much as the next person; I thought this would be easy. But lists of who did what to get a y...
Breaking News: A Famous Woman Wants to Have a Baby
Wow. That’s not really a headline, is it? Replace “famous woman” with “Naomi Campbell” and all of a sudden, the tongues are wagging, the rags are raggin’. This seem...
“Celebrity Week” at the Health & Wellness Channel Begins Tomorrow
Who doesn’t peruse the People Magazine while waiting in line at the grocery checkout? Who doesn’t pick up an Us Magazine or its ilk when waiting to be called at the dentist? Even if you do...
Freebie Friday - And the First Fertility Blend Winner is….
Good lordessa, is it Friday already? You know what that means. It’s time to announce a winner. I mean, you’re all winners in my book, but this particular Friday one of you is getting a pac...