This pile of hugely insulting shit was written by a member of the medical community.  This is some of the most insulting "just relax" advice I've ever heard, because it was written by a damned doctor.  It made me so mad that I left a comment, and I even put my real name on it.  What a fucking asshole.  Seriously.

Seriously?  He's got it all ( Read more... )

There has been a bill introduced to congress to help make infertility treatment covered in all states. The bill is in committee right now. Resolve has posted a link so you can write to your congressmen to get them to sign on for this. Please re-post this--even if you aren't personally dealing with infertility, whether you know it or not, someone ( Read more... )

This is an amazing video done by a member of the infertile blog community in response to Project IF, done to spread awareness during National Infertility Awareness Week.  This was a very very brave thing this woman did, putting herself out there--her fears and her hopes.  She gave a face to so many of our stories, and she gave voice to so many ( Read more... )

Word Health Organization Defines Infertility as a Disease

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technologies released a new international glossary of ART terminology. Appearing simultaneously in the journals Fertility and Sterility and Human Reproduction, the glossary is an ( Read more... )

There is an ugly, modern trend towards blaming infertility on the sufferer.

When I was a girl, my mother told me that God had put me in her tummy. This wasn't just Catholic coyness, but reflected the reality of her experience. It took my mother many years to conceive, and when it finally happened it must have seemed a bit of a miracle.

When I ( Read more... )

I've reached a dark and dismal place in my life to find this even mildly amusing, but I must admit that some of these entries had me laughing so fucking hard I was crying.

999 Reasons to Laugh at Infertility
Because crying every time you get your period doesn't seem to help

I'm not usually up on a soap box about this. In fact, I'm really not up there now. For the most part, my friends, family, and doctors are all understanding and caring people who at least make an attempt to sympathize. Every once in awhile though, someone says something so utterly astonishing and/or hurtful, that I'm left completely without reply.

I ( Read more... )