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

July 7th, 2008

A Fertile Week for Fertility News

The annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology began this Sunday in Spain and will last until Wednesday. That’s nearly a full week of professionals getting together in Barcelona to think about the thing that many of us think about all the time - how to get us pregnant.
A Reuters […]

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May 21st, 2008

Navigating the Cold of Cryopreservation and What to Do with “Extra” Embryos

I don’t know if you remember, but a few months ago I wrote about donating embryos and what a tricky, tricky topic this can be: for those in search of embryos looking to “adopt” as well as those who may have embryos available after their fertility treatments.
What are the options available? What are the questions […]

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January 22nd, 2008

Choice, Infertility and Reproductive Rights

Let’s get this straight – a fertility blogger is participating in a movement celebrating the anniversary of the passage of Roe v. Wade 35 years ago?
Damn straight. And here is why Choice should matter to you.
Those same individuals who act under the banner of Pro-Life are not too cool about you creating new life using […]

By Gabrielle -- 2 comments

January 20th, 2008

Did Anyone Ever Tell You You Look Just Like…

When we first figured out that baby-making wasn’t in the cards for me, my pediatric oncologist would always remind me that, “with so many advances in science, who knows what will be available to you once you are ready to start a family.”
In those days, 12-year old, optimistic me always assumed that cloning, if anything, […]

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December 2nd, 2007

Is Wanting a Child “Soul-less Scientism”?

I was just remarking to my husband that with all of the hullaballoo over stem cell research and focus on pro-life/anti-choice activism, it seems as if the organized church has kind of turned a blind eye to in vitro fertilization and other assisted reproduction techniques. Oh sure, the Catholic Church sees such things as […]

By Gabrielle -- 2 comments

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