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Here’s Where the Story Ends
…or Begins. Depending on how you look at it. After almost a year of blogging all the news your womb can use, this will be my final week here at Fertility Notes and at b5media. Sniff. But donR...
An Update on Foot Massage - I was WRONG!
These are the kinds of comments you love to wake up to. I have already forwarded it on to hubby. I wanted to repost it here just in case ladies (with sore feet cursing my name since I said be careful)...
What?!? No More Foot Massages?
So there I was, enjoying a nice foot massage from my hubby at the tail end of mandatory 24-hour bedrest. All of a sudden, he pulled his hands away as if my feet were on fire. “Honey, gosh. I mea...
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...
ESHRE Conference Offers More IVF Findings
Today’s Telegraph reports more interesting facts and findings from the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Barcelona, Spain. One study focused ...
Do Wanna Be Dads Have a Biological Clock Too?
The answer, it seems, is yes. A new article at WebMD.com reports: A study of more than 12,000 couples undergoing fertility treatments has found that pregnancy rates drop and miscarriages increase when...
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...
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!&#...
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...
Comebacks for Those Phrases You Hate to Hear
You remember the Sticks and Stones series, right? That’s when me and my pal Angelique from Breaking the Mirror put together some of the comments we hate to hear and asked you to comment on them,...
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...
Summer Reading - Some Fertile Words
I confess. I have a stack of summer reading to do and I have been avoiding all of the titles that are fertility-related. Because I just haven’t been ready to focus on my own fertility until we g...
Freebie Friday: And the Winner Is….
Christina Wright! Congratulations! Using a very, very scientific and proven method of selecting the winner, you have been chosen as the lucky recipient of the Pregnancy and Ovulation Test Strip Value ...
Should Sex Education Include Lessons on Infertility?
Most of the time education in middle school, if you are lucky enough to have sex education, focuses on NOT getting pregnant. Rarely does it broach the subject of infertility. Unless, of course, a cert...
Fertility News Around the Health & Wellness Channel
I am taking this gorgeous long weekend to replant some herbs and plants and enjoy fertility of a different kind. But before I head into the sun, I want to share some news around the b5media Health ...
Freebie Friday - Win a Pregnancy and Ovulation Test Strip Value Pack
Pee! Pee! Pee! (Sorry about that Beavis moment) But for some reason, us ladies trying to make babies without no drama love peeing on sticks. We can’t help it. We give the act itself(sometimes) a...
Fertility in History - Happy Anniversary (to the Head of) Anne Boleyn
Ah Anne, I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately. Probably because this show is currently the reason I look forward to the ends of my weekends, my Sunday nights. Today is a memorable day for y...
The Fabbest Five Posts from Fertility Notes (so far)
I’d like to think that every post at Fertility Notes is fascinating, scintillating, thought-provoking…but this week, the Health and Wellness channel has asked us to pick our top five. So h...
The Best Cool Mom Blogs (According to Me)
Just because I’m not a fan of Mother’s Day doesn’t mean I don’t love the moms. I loves the moms. I love the mom bloggers - especially those that remind me that I can still hav...
Nurture: NaComLeavMo
What did she say? I said, NaComLeavMo! In other words, it’s National Leave a Comment Month, officially declared by Mel over at Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters. The rules? Between May 2...
The Kentucky Derby - Contrasting Joy and Loss
The Kentucky Derby is an event that always gets me emotionally. Even if I know none of the back stories, even if the first time I see a horse is when its bursting from the gates, watching it push thro...
May is Pregnancy Awareness Month
Declared and founded by holistic lifestyle expert Anna Getty, May 2008 marks the inaugural year of Pregnancy Awareness Month (PAM). And if I weren’t green with envy, I am now when I take a peek...
Fertility Notes - the Best of April 2008
If you already read Kids Health Notes, you know Grace is a smart cookie. Well, she came up with another great idea and asked the Health and Wellness bloggers to round up their favorite posts from the ...
A Belated Thank You to Dr. M. Lois Murphy
Perhaps sometimes I dwell too much on what I have lost because of cancer, more specifically because of the chemotherapy and radiation given to me to treat it. The reality is, I owe an awful lot to the...
Happy Tax Day - Did You Remember To Claim Your Medical Expenses?
It’s April 15 and accountants and taxpayers across America are either breathing a sigh of relief or scrambling to help their clients or themselves get to the post office with their completed inc...
