This post recounts our first experience at the Harvard Mind Body retreat we went to hoping to learn some tools for the growing stress level we were encountering with each failed infertility cycle. When I wrote this segment, I hadn’t had a dream in several months, and was finding that the relaxation methods that we… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Join The Movement With Infertility Man Talk: Tequila Won’t Help A Low Sperm Count
Everybody handles bad infertility news differently. In the hope of creating awareness for those who haven’t had the experience of finding out they have the sperm count of a drug addict or chemotherapy patient for no apparent reason at the age of 29, here’a the story of how I handled it. Or more accurately, how… Continue Reading
Join The Movement with Infertility Man Talk: My Right To Be An IVF Dad
I am the proud dad of an IVF baby. My little girl was one of two of our last frozen embryos. Our eleventh embryo transfer. Our fifth IVF. I dealt with people saying we were selfish, should just adopt with all the unwanted children out there, should just relax, and dozens of other inanities we… Continue Reading
Join The Movement With Infertility Man Talk: You Can Be The Jimmy Dugan Of Your Infertility Team
I have never been a sports guy. I only remember having a fixation on the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 70s during the days of the Iron Curtain, the grit of Terry Bradshaw before he became an actor, and the graceful ballet catches of Lynn Swan that had me aspiring to be a wide receiver for… Continue Reading
Join the Movement with Infertility Man Talk: Finding Your Inner Uterus
I made a promise on January 22nd of this year to blog every day about infertility to provide male perspective support to those trying to find their soul baby with the assistance of a ‘licensed egg hunter’. As of today, I have officially blogged for 90 days in a row on something somehow related to… Continue Reading