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Fertility Notes- a fertility blog with all the news your womb can use

February 4th, 2008

Infertility Blogs - Social Responsibility or Self Indulgence?

I was actually going to post this as a response to a comment left on Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters, but then I decided it was too off topic and I would have been responding not the post itself, which was wonderful, but to one of the comments left for it.
I’m bothered by the […]

By Gabrielle -- 5 comments

January 22nd, 2008

Bloggers for Choice - A Nice Long List!

Many thanks to Elaine Vigneault for pulling together an alphabetical list of the bloggers for choice today. Look at all these cool women! I love a good reason to explore new blogs and there are definitely some names here that are unfamiliar to me. Now I need some tea, a nice blanket and a few […]

By Gabrielle -- 4 comments

January 8th, 2008

Plenty of Resolutions - Pick Your Favorites!

Just remember to keep them. (aye, there’s the rub.)
You know I’m not the only one here at the B5 Media Science and Health channel revisiting my resolutions, right? Heck no. This is a family affair. Many, many thanks to Kendra from Diabetes Notes and A Hearty Life for compiling these great Resolution-themed posts. FYI - […]

By Gabrielle -- 1 comment

January 2nd, 2008

The Best Infertility Blog Posts of 2007

You already know that there is a legion of blogs that discuss fertility, infertility, and various (sometimes unconventional) paths towards creating a family. While we share a common theme, each blogger brings to the table his or her (sometimes his and her) unique circumstances and perspectives.
If you are looking to learn more about personal experiences […]

By Gabrielle -- 1 comment

December 20th, 2007

The Resurge of Nature

In a way winter is the real spring, the time when the inner thing happens, the resurge of nature.
-Edna O’Brien
I love that line. And it feels so true. D*mn if all my friends aren’t pregnant.
Ok, I am exaggerating. Not all my friends (as my friends reading this blog breathe a sigh of relief. […]

By Gabrielle -- 0 comments

December 13th, 2007

Ten Ways to Celebrate (and Help) This Holiday

There’s nothing I hate more than returning gifts.
Last year, I tried to do almost all of my holiday shopping online, which was a tremendous success, until things didn’t fit and I had to shell out for shipping to get it right. This year, I am going to try to embrace the idea of the evergreen […]

By Gabrielle -- 10 comments

December 10th, 2007

Perception Matters

My colleague Kristina Chew at Autism Vox also encountered an ad campaign this week that she feels sets society backwards in the name of “awareness.” The NYU Child Center’s “Ransom Notes” public awareness campaign could do real and immediate harm to how autistic children are perceived and treated in America. Kristina writes:
How we talk about […]

By Gabrielle -- 1 comment

December 4th, 2007

What The H*ll Are They Saying?

When I first started blogging and connecting with other women (and men) trying to conceive online, I felt a little lost. Like they were speaking a language I kinda sort of got the gist of, but didn’t quite understand. Like when all the cool kids started talking jibberish or pig latin in grade school and […]

By Gabrielle -- 0 comments

November 29th, 2007

We Are Not Exhibitionists. Come Look.

It seems that I was not the only one to take offense to the Globe and Mail’s article and particularly it’s title, “Baby-desperate moms share every detail online.” And that was before readers started to add their two cents and sage advice to “just adopt.”
Here’s what I said about the article. Pamela Jeanne takes it […]

By Gabrielle -- 1 comment

November 11th, 2007

Clocks A Tickin’

One of the opening speakers at last week’s Pennsylvania Governor’s Conference for Women was Indra K. Nooyi, the chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo. As a mother of two and arguably one of the most successful female executives in the world, Indra spoke to the challenges of motherhood and trying to maintain the […]

By Gabrielle -- 1 comment