by Kavita Jhaveri-Patel
Calling all you soda, candy, doughnut, cookie loving people. I have a couple of questions for you.
When you are feeling hungry and/or tired and in need of an energy boost at 3 or 4 pm, what do you do? Do you …
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How does Internet support help women with infertility? Drexel University researchers seek to find out in a new survey study
by Alexandra Nelson, M.S.
The Internet has emerged as an increasingly available and popular source of social interaction and support for women struggling to manage stress and concerns about their fertility. Online forums and message …
Surviving the Guilt of Infertility
By Iris Waichler, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
In a blog I recently read the author described her “survivor’s guilt”. She experienced two pregnancy …
Protecting reproductive health from dangerous chemicals
by Corey Whelan
I was privileged to attend a Congressional briefing in Washington, D.C. yesterday, specific to toxic chemical exposure and reproductive health. The briefing was coordinated through the Reproductive Health Technologies …
A world on fire.
by Corey Whelan
It feels like the whole world is on fire right now. Civil unrest and natural disasters have been nudging the stressometer up notch by notch in our collective unconsciousness for awhile now, I think. I remember …
Food Packaging Significant Source of BPA Exposure, New Study Finds
The American Fertility Association congratulates allied non profit organization, The Breast Cancer Fund and the Silent Spring Institute on their groundbreaking new study on BPA exposure and women’s health. The AFA has been sounding the …
A Chemical Blowout: Frizz, Formaldehyde and Infertility
By Kimberly Inez McGuire
The first whispers of summer are in the air, foretelling sunny days, sultry nights, and trips to the beach. For better or worse, it also means that many women crowd into salons and spas in a frenzy of pre-summer …
Introducing Mombian
by Dana Rudolph
I’m very pleased to be joining the many voices here on the AFA Blog. I’ve been a parent for nearly eight years now, and have been writing about being a lesbian mom for almost six of those, ever since I launched my blog, …
Endometriosis and food
by Corey Whelan
More than five million women in America have been diagnosed with endometriosis, a leading cause of infertility.
Endometriosis occurs when the endometrial tissue that lines the inside of the uterus finds its way outside …
Music from the adopted heart
by Corey Whelan
We as human beings, universally, seem to share so many commonalities. We all bleed, both literally and figuratively. We all need to feel a solidarity of some kind in order to get through our lives. For many, …