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Holy Cow Did I Stumble Across an Amazing Resource
October 9, 2008 | By: Elizabeth
The world’s biggest list of blogs on infertility. CHECK THIS OUT and then blog and get some support, advice and friendship:
http://stirrup-queens.blogspot.com/2006/06/whole-lot-of-blogging-brought-to-you.html
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The Two Week Wait
October 7, 2008 | By: Elizabeth
I recently helped a client through her two-week wait. I had flash backs to my own many, many two-weeks in hell. She told me that my care package idea was the only thing keeping her together. And so we started comparing notes about what to put in the care package. She suggested that I post on my blog and we start a master list of ideas and suggestions for what to put in the care package to help us get through the dreaded two-week wait and that I put together a list of songs that people could download to their iPods (or whatever) and have a playlist for the two-week wait.
My first suggestions are:
Kneipp aromatherapy bath oils (I always bought it at Apthorp Pharmacy in NYC when I was picking up my PIO), it is kind of hard to find and kind of pricey . . . but in my opinion worth every penny!
Victoria’s Secret line of scented moisturizer’s like Pure Seduction (as if anyone is getting any of that right now!)
and for music: Hit Me With Your Best Shot by Pat Benatar (sp?), Danny’s Song by Loggins & Messina, I would Die for That by Kellie Coffee, and the Dixie Chix song (I have to get the title, I always forget it) about infertility.
and the lawyer in me must say that nothing contained in this blog shall be deemed a product endorsement, please make sure you are not allergic to any products before use and check with your physician about the safety of aromatherapy during pregnancy. lol! yeah, I had to do it. sorry.
Anyone got anything they want to add to the list?
Filed under: The Journey to Parenthood
Affording Infertility
October 7, 2008 | By: Elizabeth
So hopefully after my rant about that VW ad, most of you don’t completely hate me. But then again, even if you do hate me for voicing my opinion that it is inappropriate in an economy that is falling apart around us, to suggest procreating in order to buy a fancy car . . . I think you get my point that IVF and adoption are expensive and it’s only getting harder to pay for all of this. How do people pay for it anyway? There’s a great new book coming out called Budgeting for Infertility which has some great ideas about planning for infertility treatment and making smart choices (I was asked to write a review for the book cover and I missed the deadline, so I am hoping to make it up to the authors by telling everyone in this blog that I think the book is a tremendous resource!) . And of course, I devoted some pages in each of my own books (The Infertility Survival Handbook and The Ultimate Insider’s Guide to Adoption) . . . but seriously I am going to devote an entire section of my blog to getting ideas and suggestions from everyone, and posting some of my own, that we can all use and share.
I remember the scene from Mr. Mom (yeah okay, I am that old) where Terri Gar (sp?) is pitching an advertising campaign for canned tuna and talks about the economy and how the company should offer to reduce the price of its tuna to help the American people with their food bills. Brilliant!! (and like VW is going to do that anytime soon . . . and when am I going to let that go??)! So it gave me an idea . . . my office is offering free legal services every fiscal quarter. You show me and my financial advisors that you’re really tapped out and we’ll draft your egg donation agreement or your surrogacy agreement for FREE! I am also sending out a huge mailing to clinics and agencies with tons of postcards that give everyone 10% off any of our services. see https://storklawyer.com/free-stuff/
But I want more ideas. I am compiling a list of resources for people that will be available on my website for ways to pay for treatment or adoption and I need input. My first thing to put on the Financially Friendly Family Building Fact Sheet is:
Budgeting for Infertility: How to Bring Home a Baby Without Breaking the Bank by Angie Best-Boss and Evelina Weidman Sterling (Fireside Books).
Angie and Evelina, job well done!
so let me hear those ideas!!!
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