by RNE | Mar 28, 2018 | Donor Egg, Education, IVF
By Lori Shandle-Fox To me, everything we need to know about getting pregnant can be summed up during this particular holiday season. Getting pregnant without assisted reproductive technology is like the Easter egg hunts I remember as a child: Sperm are like the unruly...
by RNE | Mar 5, 2018 | Advocacy, Education, Events, Uncategorized
By Casey Berna, LICSW Endometriosis is a disease that impacts 1 in 10 women. Endometriosis can take 7-10 years to get diagnosed due to a striking lack of information regarding the disease in both the medical community and society at large. 40% of all women struggling...
by RNE | Feb 6, 2018 | Education
By Aviva Bock, CCMHC, LMHC Many years ago, my friend Jane married in her late thirties and was not surprised when she was not able to conceive a child — after all, the information all said it was harder for older mothers to conceive — so she and her...
by RNE | Jan 30, 2018 | Education, Infertility
By Jennifer “Jay” Palumbo There’s a popular knock knock joke that goes like this: Knock, knock Who is there? The interrupting cow. The interrupt- MOOOOOO! With this joke, timing is everything. In fact, many things in life come down to timing. From a punchline to...
by RNE | Aug 7, 2017 | Education, Medical
By Rachel Basso What gets you up in the morning? For me it is hope – hope for a better tomorrow. You see, I have suffered from chronic pain, fatigue, and other symptoms since I was about 13 years old. Yet I did not have clear enough symptoms to get a decisive...
by RNE | Jun 5, 2017 | Adoption, ART, Education, Infertility, IVF, LGBT
By Kate Weldon LeBlanc At bedtime on my daughter’s ninth birthday, she asked me to explain how babies are made. I think it was just a coincidence that it was on her birthday, but the timing did make the conversation even more meaningful. This was the most pointed time...
