About This Blog
Hi moms and moms-to-be (and dads?)!
Welcome to this blog.
My name is Olivia. I am a former journalist and sub-editor, but now I am ecstatically happy to be a stay at home mom. In 2006, I finally gave birth to my daughter, after getting pregnant through Intrauterine Insemination (IUI). In 2008, my son also joined our family. Conceiving wasn’t easy for me, but I can say that I am already pining for a third baby, though for many reasons our family might not grow any more.
I love being a mother! I try to be a compassionate and gentle mother, although I have to admit that patience is something that doesn’t always come naturally for me. On my personal parenting journey, homebirthing, breastfeeding, and positive discipline have turned out to be important. In my spare time (yes, I still have some!) I love sewing, experimenting with cooking, and travel.
I am passionate (and ever so slightly nerdy) about all topics related to the female body, trying to conceive, pregnancy, and birth. Everyone’s road to motherhood is different, and we all face our own obstacles. In this blog, I will try to provide as much information on the topic of getting pregnant, fertility and fertility problems as possible, to hopefully make the journey a bit more easy to navigate through, for everyone trying to conceive and those for whom making a baby didn’t turn out to be as simple as they hoped.
Is there any subject you would like to see covered, but isn’t yet? Do you have any questions or suggestions? Please feel free to email me at olivia.m @ trying-to-conceive dot com (obviously, you need to remove the spaces and insert a real dot)!
Let me introduce the other contributors to this blog as well:
Tania is a registered nurse who is currently working in the health and fitness field as an aerobics instructor and trainer. She will be 30 this year, and she and her husband started trying to conceive at the beginning of the year. For the moment, they’re taking it easy and enjoying the “trying” part! You can contact her at tania.tod @ trying-to-conceive dot com
Dana is a mother of two beautiful daughters. Dana also worked as nurse, but is currently full time Stay at Home Mom.
Robert is a chemist and husband to beautiful woman who is struggling with PCOS. He is also a professional writer and an author of 15 books that have been translated into Spanish, German, Hindi, Japanese and Russian.
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Hi i am 26 yrs old. I have right ovary choc cyst but it remove by laproscopy treatment. Past one year but pain is increasing. if it chance to conceive my position. please tell me suggestion i am eagerly waiting for u r reply
Hi! I think it would be best to consult with your doctor, especially if the pain is increasing.
Fibroid Awareness Week is coming up. Thought you might be interested in these events.
Contact: Susan Tellem, RN
310-313-3444
stellem@tellem.com
Fibroid Treatment Collective Sponsors “Fibroid Awareness Week”
Annual Observance Educates Women on This Common Problem
Los Angeles – April 1, 2010 – The Fibroid Treatment Collective (FTC) (http://www.fibroids.com), Los Angeles, has launched an annual observance called “Fibroid Awareness Week” scheduled this year for April 19th – 23rd, which is dedicated to education about fibroids that affect upwards of 50 percent of all women. Several special events will highlight the week, including a Fibroid Treatment Seminar on Wednesday, April 21 in Pasadena at 6:00 p.m. PST and a Fibroid Treatment Webinar, Friday, April 23 at 5 p.m., PST. Both are free, and reservations can be made at http://www.fibroids.com.
Fibroid tumors are benign (non-cancerous) growths that appear on the muscular wall of the uterus. They range in size from microscopic to masses that fill the entire abdominal cavity, in some cases, as large as a five month pregnancy. Uterine fibroids can affect women of all ages, but are most common in women ages 40 to 50.
“We felt the best way to reach out to almost half the women around the world who may have symptoms of fibroids was through an annual educational observance and to disseminate accurate and timely information about diagnosis and treatment,” said Bruce McLucas, MD, founder of the Collective and a board certified obstetrician and gynecologist. “The Fibroid Treatment Collective was founded 12 years ago to educate women about fibroids and various treatment options,” he added.
Concern for the high number of unnecessary hysterectomies and dissatisfaction with other treatment outcomes led Dr. McLucas to become a non-surgical treatment advocate. His goal, and the mission of FTC, is to ensure women with fibroids know all the options when it comes to treatment. FTC advocates embolization as a safe alternative to other fibroid treatments.
In gynecology, embolization was used to reduce bleeding during uterine surgery. Founding members of the Fibroid Treatment Collective noticed another important effect. It shrank fibroids. The promise of an effective, non-invasive treatment led to research, trials and medical acceptance. Today more than several hundred thousand women world-wide have found relief with this safe, simple procedure. The Fibroid Treatment Collective performed the very first fibroid embolization in America, and has perfected the procedure with thousands of successful treatments to date. Dr. McLucas is one of the only gynecologists in America accredited in the skills necessary to perform embolization.
Women interested in learning more about Fibroid Awareness Week can join a live chat Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. PST at http://www.fibroids.com.
For more information on Fibroid Awareness Week or fibroid treatments, visit http://www.fibroids.com or call 866.362.6463; email inquiry@fibroids.com; Twitter @fibroiddoctor; and become a Facebook fan at Fibroid Treatment Collective.
hi this is kf. i am 23 years old, i am suffering from fibroids or cyst. actually doctors have said me it can be cured in medicines, but now they are saying that having a chance to give birth for children. i really scared of my future, can you please say me is there any treatments for this diseases.
Hi Im Moni, My DH and I have been TTC since Oct 2009 with no success. 2 chemical pregnancys later, I find myself going in for test after test with my gyno. Id also like to know what other treatments are aavailable for a person who suffers from fibroids. I have heard about clomid actually feeding the fibroid. What are some alternatives? From online research, I have started taking Primrose Oil, Vitamin E, and b6.
Hi Moni,
You can read all about Evening Primrose oil, and Vitamin B6, as well as many other alternative fertility treatments, right on this site. It is still quite likely you will get pregnant on your own though, after a year of trying to conceive. What did the tests show you? Have you been charting?
All the best,
Olivia
Tania,
Hello. I have tried replying to your emails to Mom’s Talk Network and they keep bouncing back. Can you please email me with an alternative email address for you.
Thank you.
I am a banker and left my job after my first pregnacy that brought a girl who is 3years going to be 4 may and want to be pregnant again now but I want a baby boy now and I want to be helped to know d actual time I can have intercourse to be pregnant for boy with d help of d ovulation calculator. My mp started 19Jan 2012. Am waiting for an answer.pls. Am planning to be pregnant for April. Thanks.
A friend has just suggested a brilliant book about trying to conceive and the ups and downs that go with it. I found it on Amazon.com and it’s called ‘Amerikarma: Good Things Come to Those Who Wait’. I can’t put it down. The writer lives and breathes our anxious wait, with humor and honesty. It feels good to read about someone going through the same things as me!