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Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
- Journal · 23 recommendations
- Hello everyone, We're writing to let you know about a great new feature we'll be adding to Inspire in the very near future: guestbooks. This is a feature that many of you have requested, and we're very ...
Holiday Letter to Family and Friends
- By aycaramba · Posted December 15, 2008
- Discussion in IUI / IVF and high-tech procedures · 15 recommendations
- Shared Journey – A Letter to Family and Friends Dear Family and Friends, I want to share my feelings about infertility with you, because I want you to understand my struggle. I know that understanding ...
Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
- Journal · 12 recommendations
- We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...
Inspire members featured
- By Brian · Posted October 28, 2009
- Journal · 10 recommendations
- Today Massachusetts General Hospital's Proto Magazine published a wonderful profile of nine Inspire members. Each of these stories underscores what we all know to be true -- that Inspire is a special ...
New group in Inspire: The National Body Challenge
- By Brian · Posted December 4, 2008
- Journal · 9 recommendations
- I am pleased to announce that today we added a new group to Inspire: The National Body Challenge. nationalbodychallenge We created this group in partnership with Discovery Health. The group focuses on ...
Share your story via video!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
- Journal · 7 recommendations
- Sometimes the most powerful message each of us can share is our personal story -- our own experience. With upcoming healthcare legislation pending, one way we can be advocates is to share these stories ...
What would you put in an "Infertility Survival Kit"?
- By Eilwen · Posted March 31, 2009
- Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 6 recommendations
- On the way home last night, I was thinking about whether I should go to the gym or stop at the store...and I thought, I am going to do something for me! I decided to go buy some stuff to help me cope ...
Guestbooks are now live!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
- Journal · 4 recommendations
- Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...
Holiday Letter for Family and Friends
List of Questions for What Went Wrong Meeting
- By morecheese · Posted December 12, 2008
- Discussion in Research · 4 recommendations
- Here is a list of questions I put together for my follow-up consultation with my RE. I will also post my notes of the consultation, with answers to some of these questions. We have unexplained infertility ...
what do we wish people would say?
- By JGJGJG · Posted December 9, 2008
- Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 4 recommendations
- After telling a few close friends about our IF struggles, I find myself wanting a pamphlet I could hand them, called "How to Talk to Me." I decided I need to make my own! We all know the comments we hate ...
Essential items for expectant moms (aka waiters :)) (copied from old BB)
"Family Building Act of 2009"
- By katiecarter0204 · Posted May 20, 2009
- Discussion in Insurance issues · 3 recommendations
- The "Family Building Act of 2009" is a federal legislation that would require insurance companies to provide infertility coverage. Go to Resolve.org and click on "Take Action" to send a generic letter ...
Immune System Rejecting Pregnancies
- By suzanne33 · Posted May 2, 2009
- Discussion in Pregnancy loss · 3 recommendations
- I have been searching for answers in regard to my miscarriages, now having had 4, I have thought all along that it is my immune system rejecting them. Each pregnancy ended faster than the previous one ...
Famous "child frees"
- By madindc · Posted April 17, 2009
- Discussion in Living childfree · 3 recommendations
- I read this book a while back entitled "Baby not on Board"... it was a REALLY tongue and cheek book about living child free, and gave me some really good laughs (especially at some of the retorts you ...
WWW Questions - please comment/add questions
- By morecheese · Posted December 5, 2008
- Discussion in IUI / IVF and high-tech procedures · 3 recommendations
- I've listed a bunch of questions for my WWW mtg with RE and would appreciate any suggestions or comments. As many of you know, my history is: DX: unexplained infertility (DH has no diagnosed problems ...
Resources for those New to Adoption (copying the old list!)
Just found out my sister is pregnant. Long winded vent.
- By meatrie079 · Posted October 4, 2009
- Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 2 recommendations
- My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for about 3 years now. May of this year we finally started seeing a fertility specialist and have had a few failed IUI attempts. The last 3 years have ...
Holiday Letter to Family and Friends
- By aycaramba · Posted December 15, 2008
- Journal · 2 recommendations
- I got this from my support group and sent it to my parents and two best friends; they seemed to appreciate the insight. It's long, but can be tailored to your needs. One thing I might have added is to ...
Essential Items for Expectant Moms (a/k/a Waiters)
- By morecheese · Posted December 12, 2008
- Discussion in Research · 2 recommendations
- (Originally posted by Ali in Adoption Discussion) Hi everyone, Here's my old list pasted over before the BB goes down. Ali *** I'm pasting here a list of the stuff I compiled from other friends: I don't ...
In The Know Short Film Festival
