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Two Times Editors on Creating a Special Section About Fertility. It can be hard to find straightforward content about pregnancy (and avoiding it). Jessica Grose and Amber Williams wanted to change that. Fertility is a complex, often overwhelming topic. Searching for explanations — about how to get pregnant, how to avoid it or even how…
Continuing our series of posts with industry experts’ tips and recommendations (you can find our previous post with 24 Experts Sharing their Wisdom on How to have a Successful Surrogacy Journey), we decided this time to reach out to several egg donation experts to ask them for their best tips for both egg donors and intended…
In less than three months, I will be 37 years old. I am currently single, actively dating (unsuccessfully), and have not attempted parenthood yet (by choice). I live in the large metropolitan city of Chicago. I have a great job and work in an industry I love and feel passionate about. I have an amazing…
Women go on “egg-cation” to split the cost of freezing eggs Stefanie O’ConnellSpecial to USA TODAY Published 5:04 a.m. ET May 10, 2019 Valerie Landis is planning a trip to the Cayman Islands with her girlfriends. It’s not for spring break or for a bachelorette party, but to undergo the increasingly popular procedure of egg…
Should all women consider egg freezing? Egg freezing is no different of an accomplishment than the milestone of completing college or buying a house, at least according to egg freezing advocate, Valerie Landis. She believes egg freezing is the best thing we have for prolonging our fertility futures but is that really an attainable goal…
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…