Anyone that is a part of the trying-to-conceive (TTC) community is all too familiar with the term “two-week wait.” If this phrase isn’t ringing a bell, it represents the time between ovulation and an expected menstrual cycle. For anyone trying to get pregnant, whether naturally or through assisted reproduction techniques like IUI or IVF, this …
“My father didn’t tell me how to live. He lived and let me watch him do it.” Clarence Budington Kelland At the Gift of Parenthood, it is our mission to educate, inspire, and provide grants to couples and individuals across the world that struggle with infertility. Our grants cover expenses such as IUI, IVF, egg …
“Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.” JAMIE ANDERSON A miscarriage …
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“Don’t expect everyone to understand your journey, especially if they’ve never had to walk your path.” Anonymous In vitro fertilization or IVF treatment as it’s more commonly called, is a method of assisted reproduction in which a woman’s eggs are fertilized by a man’s sperm outside of the body in a medical laboratory. After an …
Research shows us that 11% of US women and 9% of US men have experienced infertility, defined as being unable to conceive after twelve months or more of trying. Medicine has come a long way in diagnosing and treating infertility with IUI, IVF, egg and sperm donation, egg freezing, and surrogacy, all providing viable paths …
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When you struggle with infertility or experience pregnancy loss, it can feel like you’re alone in the world. Between pregnancy announcements on social media and insensitive relatives that always seem to say the wrong thing, infertility can make you feel like an outlier. Though infertility is extremely common, it’s not always discussed publicly due to …
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When it comes to infertility, we hear a lot about women’s struggles to get or stay pregnant. It’s not uncommon to see female celebrities bravely discuss their journey with IVF or even read a personal post about miscarriage from a Facebook friend. In 2021, many people feel comfortable enough to share their experiences with infertility, …
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“They say it takes a village to raise a child. Sometimes it takes a village to have a child.” Sara Walsh What Is Gestational Surrogacy? Surrogacy is an arrangement where a woman agrees to carry a child for another person or couple who will then become the parents. Surrogacy is sometimes carried out by family …
? “Somewhere over the rainbow ~ Way up high ~ There’s a land that I heard of ~ Once in a lullaby ~ Somewhere over the rainbow ~Skies are blue ~ And the dreams you dare to dream ~ Really do come true…” ? The Wizard of Oz What Are Rainbow Babies? Sometime in the …
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