It’s Confirmed: 40 Really is the New 30! Except . . . Wait . . . Watch Out...
Most people who know me, know that I am in my mid-early 40’s. Turning 40 wasn’t a big deal for me. I have such a baby face that sometimes I have a hard time getting people to take me seriously....
View ArticleIs the movie Eggsploitation, exploiting itself?
I know I haven’t been blogging very much and I know I keep promising that I will. Honestly, I have been trying to determine what type of “voice” I want my blog to have. Do I want to be a voice of...
View ArticleFear, failure and fertility: should we really continue to stay silent about...
I am getting over a pretty nasty bought of pneumonia. And as a result, I have had a lot of time to think. To think about everything that I should be doing in the office but can’t. To think about...
View ArticleEgg Donation Agreements – what’s up with this anyway?
If you are going through an egg donation right now or are considering it, or know someone who is: Listen up! I have to say I have a little bug up my arse today. I just finished writing an article for...
View ArticleI got Baby Proofed!
Summer reading lists. What was on yours? I read several great books including one which much to my surprise dealt with infertility, adoption, egg donation, embryo donation, sperm donation, single...
View ArticleMaking an Egg Donation Cycle Work. A brief look at what you might need to...
Through egg donation, many infertile women are now able to experience pregnancy: sharing their thoughts, feelings, blood supply and the sound of their voice with their baby, and delivering their child...
View ArticleWhen Infertility Professionals Get it Wrong.
You know it’s not that often that I see glaringly offensive comments or information from professionals in the infertility world. Most of us know to be very careful with the language we use so that we...
View ArticleThe Bizarre World of Embryo Banking. Where My Motherhood and Morality Meet.
Every once in a while I have true conflicts between my self as a former infertility patient and my career as a reproductive lawyer and adoption attorney. A couple of years ago, I wrote a law review...
View ArticlePost Traumatic Infertility Stress Disorder and National Infertility Awareness...
We are rapidly approaching National Infertility Awareness Week (April 21-27); a week that is devoted to raising awareness of infertility and its impact on our lives. This is an important week, not...
View ArticleHalle Berry Battles the NOvary: Pregnancy Defies the Odds of Fertility
So Halle Berry is pregnant at age 46. She’s approximately my age. Jealous much? You betcha! You all know I want another baby. It’s hardly a secret; certainly not from my kids, my dear husband (DH),...
View ArticleThe Risk of Choosing The Mindset of Infertility
I’m back (after a blogging break) and I’m mad. Very mad. I am mad at doctors, mad at the media, mad at the reproductive community, mad, mad, mad! Why am I mad you ask? Good Question. It took me...
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Never, Ever Give Up
Today is one of those days where I wish I could make all the hurt and pain go away for one of my clients. For today, everything seems to be falling apart on their path to parenthood. The thing is, I...
View ArticleSherri Shepherd’s Surrogacy Battle and the View from the Other Side.
Sherri Shepherd. Who hasn’t heard her name recently? The former host of The View is in the midst of a major lawsuit with her ex-husband over her son. She claims she doesn’t have any responsibility...
View ArticleFive Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Six Hundred Minutes – How do you measure...
Five Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Six Hundred Minutes How do you measure your life in infertility treatment? How do you measure a day, or a year? Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred tests...
View ArticleThe Top Ten Things Reproductive Lawyers Can Help You With
Sometimes when I tell people what I do for a living they look at me like I have two heads. Reproductive Lawyer? What’s that??? Part One In this day and age when celebs like Sofia Vergara and her Ex...
View ArticleThe Top Ten Things Reproductive Lawyers Can Help You With – Part 2
So in Part 1 we discussed some of the agreements you might need to enter into when building your family through third-party assisted reproduction and how my colleagues and I can help you with them....
View ArticleI Have A Bee in My Bonnet About Egg Banking
I really shouldn’t be here right now. But there is too much laundry, too many emails, and too many dishes to attend to not to choose to procrastinate right now and get some stuff off my mind. I have...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about surrogacy in NY and why you need to know it:...
The other day I had the privilege of visiting clients who had just come home from the hospital with their newborn. It was a compassionate surrogacy and it was time for everyone to sign papers either...
View ArticleWorkin’ 9-5 With an Escrow Agent
My good friends at Private Label Surrogacy recently asked me to help educate their prospective clients and gestational carriers about escrow agents. What is it that escrow agents do and why is it...
View ArticleHalle Berry Battles the NOvary: Pregnancy Defies the Odds of Fertility
So Halle Berry is pregnant at age 46. She’s approximately my age. Jealous much? You betcha! You all know I want another baby. It’s hardly a secret; certainly not from my kids, my dear husband (DH),...
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