Category: Slow Swimmers & Fried Eggs

Cheers, dear readers,   This past weekend, I had the great opportunity and privilege to hear the incredible and inspiring Zack Anner speak at the World Domination Summit conference in Portland, Oregon – a conference that focuses on “living a remarkable life in a conventional world”. Zach is the author of the comedic memoir If… Continue reading If at birth you don’t succeed …

Cheers, dear readers!   The time is upon us once again – the day in the United States when we recognize with love, adoration, and gratitude all mothers. During my childhood and a large portion of my adult life, I spent this day celebrating my own mother (and my maternal grandmother when she was alive).… Continue reading M.O.M. or “Mentors Of Many” Day (for many of us)

Cheers, dear readers, Cathy here with the next installment of our infertility story. To make sure I state this at least once: We know that our story is simply ONE couple’s journey, and there are so many, unfortunately untold stories out there of many, many other couples. We offer ours as a way to be… Continue reading Is infertility a disease ?

It struck me the other day as I sorted through my myriad of half eaten supplements, expensive teas and organic oils that I might have fallen into the trap of infertility panic marketing…   It’s not surprising that with the desperation of wanting to conceive and the cost of fertility treatments many of us will… Continue reading Cutting through infertility marketing

Cheers, dear readers, Cathy here, continuing to tell my journey of our path down the infertility maze. For those going through their own mix of unwanted twists and turns, I empathize with you. It can be a difficult path with little support. Know that you have OUR support. Please ask me a question anytime, in… Continue reading Well, ain’t that a kick in the pants !

Hello again Internet! Eric here this week with what may seem like a hard statement to fathom, but I’m going to throw it out there anyway. I’ve been talking to a number of friends and associates who have been through infertility treatment, and I kept hearing something that Cathy and I tried to do, but… Continue reading Carpe Diem! How you can enjoy your time during infertility treatment

I don’t think there will ever be full equality between men and women until men can start growing babies… The discrimination that women face at work during pregnancy and after is often subtle but very real.   The Equality Act in the UK was passed in 2010 which stated that “if someone treats you unfairly… Continue reading Fertility discrimination at work

The end of the year is upon us and December tends to be a month that signifies closing one chapter of our lives and making room for a new one to begin. For some of us who are trying to conceive though, this is a period of mixed feelings. On one hand, you feel excited… Continue reading Combating the End-of-Year-Infertility Blues

Cheers, dear readers, A dear friend of mine from the Global Sisterhood community recently introduced me to the term “emotional labor”. Being the dork that I am, I absolutely LOVE when a term comes along to describe something that I have difficulty putting into words. Thank you whoever coined this new-to-me term! So without further… Continue reading Are you doing more than your fair share of “Emotional Labor”?

  Cupboards filled with half opened bottles of vitamins and supplements and jars of exotic-sounding, expensively nutritious food that you don’t really know what to do with…sound familiar?   The food and supplements industry are really honing in on creating products to best support fertility and pregnancy and shelves in health food stores as well… Continue reading Supplementing your fertility