Family Building Stories
Get real-life perspectives from our community, highlighting the many different paths a fertility and family building journey can take.
Connection, Courage and Healing Through Support: A Peer Group Leader Speaks
RNE is thrilled to announce that ViaCord has joined our sponsor network as a new Peer Support and Topic Discussion Group Sponsor. ViaCord understands that the path to parenthood is difficult and isolating when you are facing infertility and their sponsorship...
PCOS: From “Not Me” to “That’s Me”
In our final post for PCOS Awareness Month, blogger Jamie shares her personal story of how she was diagnosed with PCOS and how her diagnosis finally made sense after years of symptoms. By Jamie When we married at 30 years old, I was healthy and in good...
A Family of Two: Moving On Without Parenting
By Jennifer A. Redmond My husband and I struggled with infertility for several years. I was going to say “on and off” for several years, but even when we weren’t “trying” there was always the hope that I might get pregnant. I have unexplained infertility —...
Thoughts from a Mom Via Donor Egg: “What I Know Now I Wish I Knew Then”
Written by a RESOLVE New England volunteer and member. At age 50, I am entering the era of bifocal lenses, AARP memberships and stretch pants. But, thanks to donor conception, I am also experiencing my dream of raising another child. My two-year old son,...
The Unexpected Path: Living with Secondary Infertility
Written by a RESOLVE New England member and volunteer. My husband and I were once fertile. We were that couple envied by so many. With our first child, we got pregnant on our first try. Two years later, when I was 34, we got pregnant with our second child –...
How the Lisa Fenn Gordenstein Access Scholarship Helped Me
RESOLVE New England is honored to announce that we have received a renewal of our $10,000 grant from the TJX Foundation to support our Lisa Fenn Gordenstein Access Scholarships. A RESOLVE New England member and volunteer shares how these scholarships have...
Real Stories of Hope from Parents After Infertility
We have a special post this week featuring real stories from couples who have gone on to parent after infertility. To hear more about these stories from these parents in person, join us for a FREE special discussion panel next week for National Infertility...
What National Infertility Awareness Week Means to Me
When I'm not working for RESOLVE New England, I write as The Infertility Voice at my blog. But I wasn't always so vocal about being infertile. In fact, for a long time, I was completely ashamed of being infertile. I felt like such a disappointment to my...
Poker Face: A Story of Coping With Infertility
This week, RESOLVE New England member and blogger, Her Royal Fabulousness, shares with us her infertility journey so far and how she manages to cope during the tough days while still being true to her journey. In my dreams, this turned out differently. When...