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Internet Roundup: Best of the Net for Infertility and Adoption

Dawn — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:45:07 +0000

Gather round my friends and check out what’s caught my attention lately on the wonderful world wide web in the areas of adoption and infertility. Share your favorite finds in the comment section.

What music do you put on when you need to get motivated, uplifted, or just plain want to feel better. I loved this blog by The Womb Warrior with the music video for Florence + The … [visit site to read more]

Taming the Desire to Have Kids-Is it Time to Consider Option Other than Fertility Treatment

Dawn — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:20:06 +0000

Have you ever had that experience in a conversation where you assume that you’re saying something entirely logical and something of near universal agreement only to be greeted by silence—a loud ear drum splitting silence? You back pedal in your mind trying to figure out what you said exactly to see if somehow you accidentally inserted a “not” or confused a word (like the time when I inadvertently called Schlitz beer “shits” beer and couldn’t understand why everyone was silently … [visit site to read more]

Would You Rather Be Blind or Infertile?

Dawn — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:02:33 +0000

Surely I’m not the only one who played the “Would You Rather Be Deaf or Blind?” game in elementary school? We always started by saying that you HAD to choose—none of this sitting on the fence, wishy-washy, trying to cover your bases business with us. No sir, we required commitment. Sides were drawn pretty early and opinions seldom changed, but that never stopped us from arguing the merits and demerits of our chosen disability.

I received an email from one of our Creating a … [visit site to read more]

Internet Roundup: Best of the Net for Infertility and Adoption

Dawn — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:03:57 +0000

Week’s Best Pic: I Told You to Stop Throwing Your Duck or You’d Get Time-Out

I know, I know, borderline inappropriate, but didn’t it make you … [visit site to read more]

Internet Roundup: Best of the Net in Infertility and Adoption

Dawn — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:37:18 +0000

This is what I’ve been reading this week online. What about you? Please post your own Best of the Net in Infertility and Adoption in the comments so the rest of us can read. Feel free to post your own blogs as well.

The Devastation of Pregnancy Loss: A Profile of Courtney Cheng This is one of the best things I’ve read in the last few weeks … [visit site to read more]

Does IVF Cause Cancer?

Dawn — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:39:03 +0000

As soon as Giuliana Rancic, 37 year old E! News host and star of the reality show Giuliana & Bill, announced that she had breast cancer, the speculation began. Was her cancer caused by her fertility treatment (she was gearing up for her third round of IVF)? Other high profile women, such as Elizabeth Edward (author and political wife); Gilda Radner (comedienne); and Liz Tilberis (the late editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar), have also had breast or ovarian cancer … [visit site to read more]

The Overlooked Daddy Wannabes

Dawn — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:21:31 +0000

I received the following email recently from one of our Creating a Family community.

Thanks so much [for your congratulations]. We’re doing incredibly wonderfully. I’m working from home right now lying next to [my son and wife]. It’s pure bliss. I’m sure that the long-term infertile must make the best parents, or at least the most satisfied, since everything feels like a gift. Even the 2 am feedings. Well, we’re still new at this—two weeks today!–and I might take all … [visit site to read more]

Internet Roundup: Best of the Net for Adoption and Infertility

Dawn — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:25:46 +0000

Now for the “real” internet roundup:

This may be one of the best essays I’ve ever read about the impact of infertility on a marriage. In visit site to read more]

Internet Roundup: Best of the Net for Adoption and Infertility

Dawn — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:20:49 +0000

I’m back again with my weekly roundup of the best of the net on infertility and adoption. At times I think I live on the internet. While that’s a stretch, I do read a LOT of adoption and infertility related blogs and stories. Here is what stands out for me this week.

Letting Go of Our Babymakin’ Fantasies by Keiko over at Hannah Wept/Sarah … [visit site to read more]

Internet Adoption and Infertility Roundup

Dawn — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:15:06 +0000

We’re trying something new, which may or may not become a regular feature depending on how you like it and how time consuming it turns out to be. We come across so many wonderful things online—news, insightful blog posts, etc. I try to let you know, and we try to get them posted on the relevant resource page of our site, but sometimes they get buried. This is our effort to draw attention to some of the best of the best we’ve seen lately. Let us know if you like this feature and … [visit site to read more]