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Bust a Myth for National Infertility Awareness Week!
It’s National Infertility Awareness Week this week (April 24 - May 1). NIAW is a movement spearheaded by RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association to raise awareness of a disease which affects 7.3 million people.
Here at FertilityAuthority we’re all about educating and empowering women about the disease of infertility. (Around here, it’s Infertility Awareness Year!) But it’s important and exciting that so many others are speaking out about infertility. Just think where it could lead: better treatment, less stigma, MAYBE EVEN MORE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE!
Bust a Myth!
In honor of NIAW, we’re busting myths about fertility. Each day, a fertility doctor will crack open a big one and tell you the truth about a fertility fallacy.
What myths have you heard about infertility?
What have YOU lived and learned?
What do you wish someone had told you the truth about?
Post the myth you busted below! Not only will you be raising awareness about infertility, but TWO MYTH BUSTERS will receive GREAT PRIZES.
About Our Prizes
The Fertile Kitchen™ Cookbook includes a variety of simple-to-make tasty dishes that make the diet easy to follow. In this cookbook, the authors share these flavorful recipes, along with the dietary guidelines that helped them succeed in getting pregnant. Additional tips and even a section on cooking basics, are included. You will learn:
• The importance of diet in conception and pregnancy
• What foods you can and cannot eat to enhance fertility
• How to identify and shop for healthy ingredients and food items
• How to prepare and cook the nutritious and fertility-enhancing recipes
IVF COMPANION: A Personal Organizer for Your IVF Cycle
Created by a patient, the IVF Companion is a guided personal organizer with over 50 pages of calendars, charts, logs and worksheets specially designed to help you prepare for, track and organize all the details of your IVF Cycle. It is designed for use before, during, after and in between cycles and will help to reduce stress for a more positive experience. It tracks responses, results, and progress and helps you prepare emotionally, physically, financially and logistically. It offers journaling space, covers support resources and complementary therapies all while organizing and storing cycle details in one place. The exterior binder is a discreet, durable and stylish and covered in a rich Chestnut Linen Book Cloth made from durable, coated material that resists stains and wear.
How to Raise Awareness & Win a Prize!
You can enter as many times as you'd like. You just need to post a fertility myth, and either REGISTER or include your email address in your post. And let us know whether you want the cookbook or the organizer.
So what’s your fertility myth? BUST IT BELOW to aid AWARENESS and to win!
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OK, I'll kick things
OK, I'll kick things off!
Myth: If you didn't have much trouble conceiving the firt time, it'll be easy the second time around.
Wish more was known about secondary infertility . . .
I'd like the cookbook
Not every whey protein
Not every whey protein protein supplements are identical though, so make sure to look into the dosages and elements that one you would rather use. A great deal is dependent in your personal preference for taste and flavor. Some mix simpler this will let you better taste, even when exactly the same flavor. Like the majority of items, different brands are slightly different.
myth: pregnancy cures
myth: pregnancy cures endometriosis.
many people have told me that once I get pregnant my endo will be "cured". I hope this is true for many women, but it was not a cure for my aunt.
thanks!
just relax and It will
just relax and It will happen..who hasnt heard that...
I´d like the cookbook. Thanks!
You and your husband are a
You and your husband are a young, healthy couple. It will happen. Those aren't the only two requirements to getting pregnant. It takes more than being young and healthy... obviously.
I would LOVE the cookbook!
That bad sperm morphology
That bad sperm morphology means you absolutely need IVF. We got pregnant on our own only 2 months after being told my partner had only 3% "normal" sperm. And I'm 42. Had our insurance covered IVF, I would've already been injecting myself with expensive, mood altering, bloat causing meds. A friend with similar diagnosis at age 44 got pregnant quickly on their own. Medical diagnoses and statistics are NOT always the final word in infertility.
These are ALL great!
These are ALL great! Thanks for sharing your myths!
Keep 'em coming! Who else has a myth to bust?
POST it and BUST it!
Only women are infertile?
Only women are infertile? thats a myth
Infertile people cant get
Infertile people cant get help they just cant kids!!
MYTH: The Recipient’s
MYTH: The Recipient’s costs for using donated embryos are the same as costs for undergoing one IVF treatment cycle.
TRUTH: Costs for embryo donation may range from $2,500-$4,000. The American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) lists the average price of an in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle in the U.S. to be $12,400.
http://www.mydestinationfamily.org/why-embryo-donation/
"Maybe infertility is God's
"Maybe infertility is God's way of telling you that you were not meant to be parents"
~ This is the most hurtful thing you can tell someone who is facing infertility... I wish people would think before speaking!
"You'll get pregnant as
"You'll get pregnant as soon as you stop trying"
That *most* women who do
That *most* women who do IVF are over 35. According to SART, not true...right?
I wish someone would have
I wish someone would have told me how although egg donation is a wonderful thing, but as a recipient I have felt an incredible amount of pain. An intense feeling that I am a failure and a sense of betrayal by my husband. I know it is a beautiful thing, but it does not come without excruciating pain.
Myth #1: My risk of
Myth #1: My risk of miscarriage is high even if I use donor eggs. This isn’t true. Your risk of miscarriage is related to the age of the donor egg.
Myth #2: If my eggs are “old” this means my uterus is “old” too. I can’t carry a pregnancy since my eggs are “old.” This isn’t true. Your ability to carry a pregnancy using donor eggs is related to your health and the health of your uterus.
Want to read more? Visit http://draimee.org/5-common-myths-about-using-donor-eggs/#more-574
Unexplained Infertility
Unexplained Infertility just means nothing is wrong; you either haven't tried hard enough, waited long enough, or should take a vacation - If it isn't broken don't fix it...
Thanks for the amazing myth
Thanks for the amazing myth busting. Just a reminder, if you're interested in one of the prizes, you need to add "cookbook" or "organizer" to your post.
The more we bust myths here, the more we raise awareness about infertility.
Who's up?
Myth: As soon as you adopt,
Myth: As soon as you adopt, you'll get pregnant. Adoption cures childlessness, not infertility!
I would love the cookbook.
Myth: My family is full of
Myth: My family is full of Fertile Myrtles. I don't have to worry about infertility.
The cookbook looks awesome.
Myth: only women feel the
Myth: only women feel the emotional rollercoaster of TTC.
Myth: That after IUI
Myth: That after IUI treatment fails you just need IVF and everything will be fine. The reality is the first IVF cycle doesn't always work but your chances increase the more rounds of IVF you do.
Organizer please!
At Prospective Families,
At Prospective Families, two to three times a year we get a call from a genteleman hoping to donate his eggs!
Myth: Men can donate eggs!
That insurance coverage for
That insurance coverage for infertility would make premiums go up. Infertile women are babycrazed and selfish.
Truth: if fertility treatments were covered there would be less multpile births(and the medical risks that go with that) as women would be
Transferring back fewer embroys. 80% of IVF result in a live birth by the 6th try. I saw "babycrazed" as a title for a talk show topic. How are we babycrazed?? Isn't society babycrazed?? The Bump, celebraty babies, and all the baby gear everwhere?? Its rational to think you'd be pregnant within a few months of trying. Its rational to assume u will get a live baby in the end. Its rational to think you can easily have many children. Its what we are taught. We are not taught otherwise. So What about infertility is rational?? The disease of Infertility is irrational. Not the carrier. Wanting to have a family badly is the most rational thought a person can have. Wanting to be pregnant is rational. Wanting to see my husband's features in my baby is rational. In no way does that make me selfish. It makes us human!!!! Only those who have faced it know its real, they know the pain, the cruel remarks, the eyeroll of a family member who thinks you should "just get over it and adopt." I don't know of any other disease where others feel like they have a "right" to tell me how I should treat it. Someone elses capability to have children does not make them an expert on my lack of.
I know I said a lot, but after 7 years I've heard cruel words and lost many friends due to this disease. They go on with their lives. They get pregnant for free while I will have to pay a small fortune to even try.
Id like the organizer.
Your blog article is very
Your blog article is very intersting and fanstic,at the same time the blog theme is unique and perfect,great job.To your success.One of the more impressive blogs Ive seen. Thanks so much for keeping the internet classy for a change.
hi i love this cook book
hi i love this cook book and i enjoyed a lot .... thanks for sharing this type of posts...
Took me time to read all
Took me time to read all the comments, but I really enjoyed the article. It proved to be Very helpful to me and I am sure to all the commenter’s here! It’s always nice when you can not only be informed, but also entertained! I’m sure you had fun writing this article.
This one is great and is
This one is great and is really a good post . I think it will help me a lot in the related stuff and is very much useful for me.Very well written I appreciate & must say good job......
Ok, so this isn't exactly a
Ok, so this isn't exactly a myth, but it is one of those stupid things that someone has said to my husband and I, "You do know how to have sex don't you?" Because obviously we don't since we haven't had kids after six years. Some people...
Anyway...I myself have heard many of the myths above. I have to cringe when I wonder about how many insenstive things I said because I didn't know any better. I wish more people would be open about fertility issues because I didn't know just how wide-spread it is.
Thanks for your great blog!
hi,this is really
hi,this is really Interesting post and thanks for sharing. Some things in here I have not thought about before.Thanks for making such a cool post which is really very well written.will be referring a lot of friends about this.Keep blogging....
hi,This one is great and is
hi,This one is great and is really a good post . I think it will help me a lot in the related stuff and is very much useful for me.Very well written I appreciate & must say good job....
I found your blog when I
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hi your post is really good providing and good information...i liked it and enjoyed reading it...keep sharing such important posts.
I found your blog when I
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your blog. The information available here is great.Thanks for sharing....
Just relax- it will happen
Just relax- it will happen when you least expect it!
Just relax- it will happen
Just relax- it will happen when you least expect it!
This one is great and is
This one is great and is really a good post . I think it will help me a lot in the related stuff and is very much useful
for me.Very well written I appreciate & must say good job..
i find your blog very
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and visit it for future readings!
This blog gives the light
This blog gives the light in which I can observe the reality. This is very nice one and gives useful information. Thanks for this nice blog.
thanks for the
thanks for the recomendations for the cook boook, i have purchased :)
I think we need to bring
I think we need to bring more ideas for this purpose. Involvement of young people can be handy in this regard. I am happy to find a good post here. Thank you
Thank you for the posts. I
Thank you for the posts. I found the information to be informative and useful.
Took me time to read all
Took me time to read all the comments, but I really enjoyed the article. It proved to be Very helpful to me and I am sure to all the commenter’s here! It’s always nice when you can not only be informed, but also entertained! I’m sure you had fun writing this article.