What IF? Hard Questions About Infertility

Writer and infertility survivor, Rachel Gurevich has been writing about women’s health issues for almost ten years. She is the About.com Guide to Fertility, and the author of two books on doulas, including The Doula Advantage (Three Rivers Press, 2003). You can read more about her writing career at her personal website, RachelGurevich.com.

Rachel’s experience with infertility started two years after the birth of her second son. Eager to have more children, Rachel and her husband conceived, and lost, three times in a row due to early miscarriage. Then, she stopped ovulating – just because, apparently. She received a diagnosis of PCOS, and was told she would most likely never conceive again without medical help.

Seven years after starting her personal journey with infertility, Rachel gave birth to twins in January 2010, conceived with the help of injectable fertility drugs, yoga, and lots of hope. While technically on the other side of IF, Rachel still feels like part of the infertility community and thinks hard about the life and struggles of those with IF.

This blog’s focus is on those big questions and issues that those either living with IF, or living after IF, think about most.