Is the movie Eggsploitation, exploiting itself?
I know I haven’t been blogging very much and I know I keep promising that I will. Honestly, I have been trying to determine what type of “voice” I want my blog to have. Do I want to be a voice of...
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Why is miscarriage shrouded in secrecy?
I’ve said it before and I cannot believe I am saying it again. Why is having a miscarriage something people pretend never happened? Or worse, why are people judged so harshly after having had a...
View ArticleMore media coverage that doesn’t get it! What’s up with Self Magazine?
There is an article in a recent issue of Self magazine that addresses fertility and fertility preservation from a What You Need to Know at What Age perspective. It really pissed me off. The...
View ArticleHow art imitates and informs our life as prospective parents.
I have periodically blogged about how Hollywood portrays infertility, but I have never really focused on how Hollywood or television portrays parenthood. There are tons of great movies and t.v. shows...
View ArticleThe Starbucks Sperm Donor
There have been a ton of interesting articles in magazines recently about third party assisted reproduction. One particular article caught my attention and both intrigued and kind of grossed me out....
View ArticleThe Bizarre World of Embryo Banking. Where My Motherhood and Morality Meet.
Every once in a while I have true conflicts between my self as a former infertility patient and my career as a reproductive lawyer and adoption attorney. A couple of years ago, I wrote a law review...
View ArticleThe painful silence of recurrent pregnancy loss and stillbirth. A first hand...
The shrowd of silence around stillbirth and pregnancy loss finally is being lifted. Someone is making a documentary about miscarriage, recurrent pregnancy loss, and stillbirth. This morning I watched...
View ArticlePost Traumatic Infertility Stress Disorder and National Infertility Awareness...
We are rapidly approaching National Infertility Awareness Week (April 21-27); a week that is devoted to raising awareness of infertility and its impact on our lives. This is an important week, not...
View ArticleWhen Judge’s Get it Wrong When Endeavoring to Get it Right. Second-parent...
I promised a more human blog on this new case from Brooklyn. Here goes: By now most people are aware of the groundbreaking, landmark decision in the case of United States v. Windsor, a case which...
View ArticleThe Risk of Choosing The Mindset of Infertility
I’m back (after a blogging break) and I’m mad. Very mad. I am mad at doctors, mad at the media, mad at the reproductive community, mad, mad, mad! Why am I mad you ask? Good Question. It took me...
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