A study from Harvard School of Public Health looked at over 18,000 women and found that ovulatory infertility was 39% more likely in those eating high levels of animal protein – particularly chicken and red meat – than women who consumed more peas, beans, lentils, tofu, and nuts. A healthy plant-based diet may increase becoming pregnant after fertility treatment.
Just in time for National Infertility Awareness Week (April 18th – April 24th), Peanut and Chrissy Teigen, cookbook author and television personality, have launched an initiative to reclaim the terminology used around trying to conceive, pregnancy, and motherhood launched The Renaming Revolution.
When you finally get pregnant, it can be challenging to believe that everything is ok. I peed on more sticks than you would believe… and not just initially but for the entire first trimester. Yes, being pregnant after stressing about it, working towards it, and paying for it is AH-mazing, but it still can be scary too. Below, I talk about how you might be feeling during pregnancy after infertility and how you can cope.
World Autism Day is April 2nd. My son, Michael, is autistic… and he’s also a very sweet boy. Let Me Tell You About My Son I struggled to have him. It took three years and three IVF’s for me to have him. The only embryo I had to transfer on my last cycle and he’s …
When Grace Abler asked to follow me around and capture my day and overall real life, I thought to myself, “I don’t know if I could try to look that good every day.” You look at some Mompreneur’s on Instagram and they look amazing just doing their laundry or writing a check. That’s not me. Yes, I meet the Mompreneur criteria: Running my own company, working from home, being a mother of two (after years of dealing with infertility), having a son on the autistic spectrum and regularly finding time to advocate for women’s health but my life, is at times, insane.
Did you know (and you may want to sit down) that according to a 2015 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), on average, the process of success for IVF (i.e. six to nine cycles) will take a total of two years, which is similar to rates that couples conceiving naturally take in one year?
Hello and welcome to the first post from the Desk of Wonder Woman Writer! I have some exciting news and updates to share! First, we’re very excited and honored to announce that my piece, “Despite the Nose on My Face”, has been included in the anthology, “Women Under Scrutiny” by Randy Susan Meyers. It will …
I’ve been thinking of the Gilda Radner quote, “It’s always something.” And with me, it always is. Whenever I ask certain people, “What’s new?” and they answer, “Nothing new really.” I’m always floored. Those people exist. They have lives that have their bumps here and there, and your typical stressful life (traffic, paying bills, where …
At Pregnantish Event Every National Infertility Awareness Week, I typically end up writing two posts. One, at the “start” of the week of my initial thoughts and feelings and then one, near the “end” of the week of anything I learned or have been inspired by during the course of the week. This year, I …
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This is not going to be your ordinary National Infertility Awareness Week post. This is an official, raw, blunt call to action. I’m serious. I’ve had it. I’m officially getting fed up and I plan on putting the “war” in “Social Warrior”. Let’s start with the beginning of this month, shall we? April 1st. Despite …
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