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Archive for October 2007

October 15th, 2007

Today is Blog Action Day

Happy Blog Action Day! Today, 14,815 blogs around the world are focused on one thing: the environment. One day, one issue, thousands of voices. That’s the idea. But the more I look, the more important information I find. Fertility Notes will actually be discussing fertility and environmental factors all this week.
It seems […]

By Gabrielle -- 4 comments

October 14th, 2007

Will You Be My Friend?

Don’t forget, tomorrow is Blog Action Day! Tomorrow, and most of next week actually, posts at Fertility Notes will be focused on the environment and how it connects with our baby-making abilities.
In the meantime, why not add Fertility Notes as one of your MySpace friends? C’mon! You know you want more friends. Who doesn’t?
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By Gabrielle -- 0 comments

October 11th, 2007

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

As you probably already know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Kudos to Gloria at Cancer Commentary who encourages women to Change the Statistic by getting annual mammograms. Grace at Kids Health Notes offers some advice on how to talk to your kids about cancer. Did you know that about one in four new breast […]

By Gabrielle -- 0 comments

October 10th, 2007

PCOS

This post is dedicated to my girl L.
Before Saturday, the only thing I knew about Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) was that it was the cause of many of my blogging sisters’ frustrations and need to pursue alternative fertility options. Then one of my friends told me she was diagnosed with it.
Here’s what […]

By Gabrielle -- 5 comments

October 6th, 2007

A Dixie Dialog

No country music fan me, but darn it, those Dixie Chicks are likable. For so many reasons, but here’s the latest: Sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison both conceived children via IVF (in vitro fertilization) and they are ready to talk and sing and talk about it. A recent article in Conceive Online lays it […]

By Gabrielle -- 0 comments

October 6th, 2007

Diabetes and Infertility

I read this article at least three times to make sure I understood it. And if I do, it seems that a Swedish study finds that although fertility of women with diabetes was below average before 1985, since that date, it has normalized. The study points to “rigorous metabolic control” as the main factor in […]

By Gabrielle -- 0 comments

October 4th, 2007

No Falsettos, Please

[Note: I’ve been waiting to post this because I keep thinking there is a hilarious joke in here someplace - At least a good one-liner. But a week has gone by and I’m stumped. And I don’t want to be responsible for withholding the latest scientific research from you, my readers. So, without further delay….]
Did […]

By Gabrielle -- 2 comments