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Society Often Makes IVF Losses Harder to Bear

Failed IVF and the taboo of infertility stories don’t often take center stage. A new video series Infertility Tales (featuring …

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IVF is 40, Dark side comes into focus

Editor’s Note: I researched and wrote this piece, As dark side of IVF slowly comes into focus, even more transparency …

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#UnmaskingIVF

On July 25, 2018, Louise Brown, the world’s first baby born via in vitro fertilization (IVF), will turn forty. For …

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Cash Cow in ‘Fertility’ Medicine

On average, the cost of a basic IVF cycle in the U.S ranges from $12,000 — $15,000 yet three out of four …

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Huffington Post: Whole Again After Failed IVF

Multiple failed IVF cycles left me not knowing who I was any more. Identity — and the loss …

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Fertility Medicine Failures Illuminated

Confronting the stigma of failed fertility treatments and the negative perceptions of childless women This week around the world and across …

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Fertility Treatments: A Faustian Bargain?

A new memoir exposes the shadow side of fertility treatments. This book is a must read for those considering IVF …

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Discussing the Unthinkable

In a first-of-its-kind interview four women who once engaged in fertility treatments openly explore society’s unhealthy baby bump obsession and …

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Interview: Time to Hold For-Profit Fertility Industry to ‘Do No Harm’ Accountability

In an interview about what led to her new ebook, Finally Heard: A Silent Sorority Finds Its Voice, award-winning author …

Is This Why We Don’t Talk About Infertility?

Featured in Medium ~~~ Humans don’t do well with emotional discomfort of any kind. This has been proven time and …

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The Big IVF Add-on Racket

IVF ‘Add-ons’ Rest on Shaky Science

Elemental: IVF ‘Add-On’ Procedures Offer False Hope

IVF is 40, Dark side comes into focus

Fertility Medicine Failures Illuminated

Letter to the Editor

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45 Years After Rossi, Mommies Propagate Prejudice

Advice from IVF Warriors

Is This Why We Don’t Talk About Infertility?

Here’s Why You Don’t Have To Be A Mother To Be A Loving Woman

Finally Heard: A Silent Sorority Finds Its Voice

Family Redefined by Infertility

Infertility: The Billion Dollar Business

Facing Life Without Children When It Isn’t by Choice

Infertile and Proud: The Growing Women’s Movement to Destigmatize Infertility

Interviews

Advice from IVF Warriors

Discussing the Unthinkable

Les Oubliées de la PMA » – Interview du mois

The Road Less Traveled: A Conversation on Life Beyond Children

Surviving Infertility When Treatments Fail

Inspirational Stories

First Person

The Big IVF Add-on Racket

Biological Clock and Fertility Fears

When Is It Time To Move Away From IVF Treatment?

Accepting Childlessness After Infertility

A Non-Mother’s Day

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Society Often Makes IVF Losses Harder to Bear

IVF is 40, Dark side comes into focus

#UnmaskingIVF

Cash Cow in ‘Fertility’ Medicine

Huffington Post: Whole Again After Failed IVF

Fertility Medicine Failures Illuminated

Surviving infertility in an era when celebrity and news magazines, TV programs, Facebook pages and ‘mommy blogs’ routinely and glowingly share family-building successes isn’t easy. In today’s noisy celebration of motherhood, the voices of those unable to have children are hard to hear. That’s what made Silent Sorority unusual and refreshing when it debuted. It became the first memoir about confronting infertility not written by a mother. Silent Sorority is irreverent as well as moving in relating what happens when nature and science find their limits.

Outside of the physical reckoning there lies the challenge of moving forward in a society that doesn’t know how to handle the awkwardness of infertility. With no Emily Post-like guidelines for supporting couples who cannot conceive, most well-intentioned people miss the mark. Silent Sorority offers an unflinching and insightful look at coming to terms with a life unexpected and navigating a path forward in an era of designer babies and helicopter parents. The memoir and blog led to Finally Heard: A Silent Sorority Finds Its Voice, released May 1, 2015.