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Infertility can feel like a hopeless sentence for people dreaming of having a baby. But the support and camaraderie of people who are going through the same struggle can offer valuable perspective. In compiling this year’s best infertility blogs, we looked for the ones that are committed to educating, inspiring, and empowering people during their…
By Valerie Landis “Wait … wait, what? Why are you freezing again?” This is a question I get on a regular basis. Often whenever I’m talking to anyone about my very public decision to freeze my eggs not once, not twice, but three times, I get a lot of raised eyebrows. “How many eggs do…
Managing Endometriosis Leading to Infertility: Endometriosis is a debilitating condition in which tissues similar to uterine tissue are found outside of the uterus, most often in the pelvic cavity and on surrounding organs, causing chronic pelvic pain, infertility, and many other symptoms. The relationship between endometriosis and infertility has been debated for many years. About…
Skooled Podcast — Episode 35 — Eggology: Freeze Your Eggs In Your 20’s and 30’s (Part 2). A podcast for young adults still learning how to ‘do life.’ The increasingly popular egg freezing phenomenon is redefining the meaning of family planning by giving more women the freedom to decide when to have children. However, many women don’t realize…
Skooled Podcast — Episode 34 — Eggology: Freeze Your Eggs In Your 20’s and 30’s (Part 1). A podcast for young adults still learning how to ‘do life.’ With more young women choosing to prioritize their careers before having a family, many more women are also choosing to freeze their eggs as the likelihood of…
I came out of the holiday season and into the new year with guns blazing, expectations as high as my heels, but my head still in holidaze. I was finally ready to move on from the dating relationship I was “half-in” for the last eight months. It was time. My friends were tired of telling…
On the record coldest day since 1985, Chicago was in the middle of a polar vortex with -50F or -45C degree weather, so it seemed only fitting that I would be on-air at WGN Radio talking with Patti Vasquez about egg freezing and fertility. Talking about fertility topics in my world are about as commonplace…
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) & It’s Relationship to Metabolic Risk Factors (Obesity, Diabetes, Hair growth and more): Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a health condition that affects 1 in 10 women of childbearing age. Women with PCOS have a hormonal imbalance and metabolism problems that may lead to obesity, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, infertility,…