Male infertility is where my story started. That’s not something many men will open a conversation with. Yet I wouldn’t change a thing, because on February 1st 17 years ago, my low sperm count led me and my wife to a life altering phone call that we’d waited for six years. Six. Years. 312 weeks. … Continue Reading
Denny and the Spermpocalypse: Male Infertility Has Become a Women’s Health Problem
Men are doomed. Everybody knows this. We’re obviously all doomed, the women too, everybody in general, just a waiting game until one or another of the stupid things our stupid species is up to finally gets us. But as it turns out, no surprise: men first. Second instance of no surprise: We’re going to take… Continue Reading
Shining the Light of Good News Even When It’s Dark
The big problem with the infertility journey is it becomes SO focused on avoiding the BFN. If you’ve gone through one complete cycle of any type of infertility treatment and failed, the focus can very easily become on not failing, rather than on actually seeing yourself holding a healthy baby. This is harder on women… Continue Reading
Six Word Infertility Stories
I heard a story recently about Ernest Hemingway and a lunch time bet that some of his writing buddies made. They bet him $10 he couldn’t write a story with just six words. Hemingway, never one to shy away from a dare came up with this: For sale: Baby shoes. Never used. Brilliant. It got… Continue Reading
Infertility Insurance Coverage: Vanity or Life Need?
I remember many years ago having one rather contentious exchange with a friend about whether infertility should be covered by insurance. She was a medical professional and said it wasn’t medically necessary; if your biology didn’t work then wanting to have a baby amounted to a vanity. She went on to compare it to… Continue Reading