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    My 5 Best Read 2013 Infertility Posts #ohip4ivf #onpoli

    January 1, 2014 - By 

    Wherever possible in 2013 I have written on infertility and adoption here in this space on thrifty momma’s tips. Healthy families are the building blocks for everything in society. They are our reason to keep going, to keep moving and growing and making the world better every day. Some of you might have visited to read these posts that mean so much to me and some might be visiting for the first time today. I wanted to share here five of my best read infertility posts from 2013.  Happy New Year!  https://www.thriftymommastips.com/?p=594 https://www.thriftymommastips.com/?p=621 https://www.thriftymommastips.com/?p=636 https://www.thriftymommastips.com/?p=358 https://www.thriftymommastips.com/?p=603 Now if you are…

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    Hold The Date: Images of Hope #abhc4ivf #abpoli

    December 23, 2013 - By 

    If you are, like me, watching your new year and new calendar fill up fast, then now is the time to mark down Images of Hope 2014 in Calgary, Alberta. Hold the date for Saturday, March 8, 2014.  Know someone trying to figure out how to pay for in vitro fertilization in Alberta? Then pass this information on to them or tweet it out directly to them.           Last year’s event sold out so mark your calendars now!  Tickets will go on sale in early January for $125 each or $850 for a table of eight. You…

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    An Infertility Pat on the Back in BC #IVF4BC #BCPOLI

    December 13, 2013 - By 

    Are you starting the New Year with a big question mark hanging over your head? How do I pay for in vitro fertilization? How do I pay for funding for my infertility treatment? You’re not alone. One in six people in BC will face the same question that can be all consuming emotionally, financially and physically. Inferttility is one of the greatest health care issues facing society for the 21st century. One in six people are diagnosed with infertility. That’s an incredibly high number. One year ago we started talking on line about in vitro fertilization and infertility in British…

  • Health - infertility - parenting

    Mallorie’s Story: When All You Want for Christmas is the Chance to Conceive

    December 2, 2013 - By 

        This is Mallorie’s story. I am leaving it in her words because it is her story of infertility and it deserves to be heard. She and her husband only wanted a chance to conceive.      Unfortunately this Christmas, this Arnprior, Ontario couple is still waiting to become parents and hoping for the chance to conceive. Waiting for Health Care Treatment  The health care treatment that has been recommended to them is in vitro fertilization with ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection). In Ontario there is no OHIP coverage for in vitro fertilization or ICSI. If this couple lived in…

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    Creating Families is on the Move #infertility

    November 21, 2013 - By 

    Creating Families magazine is on the move. Creating Families, a well known resource for many people struggling with infertility, is going digital. Starting next month the well known magazine which was published for 10 years as the Canadian Journal of Infertility Awareness before becoming Creating Families in 2005, will be available on line in a mobile friendly flip book format.    Creating Families will still contain expert physician columns, research articles and emotional patient stories and features. It will still be dedicated to upholding the Infertility Awareness Association of Canada’s mandate: supporting infertility patients and the support groups they need.…

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    Sperm Donor Comedy Fertile Ground: Delivery Man

    November 21, 2013 - By 

    I was invited to see the Chicago Preview of Delivery Man, the movie featuring Vince Vaughn. while I was in Chicago for a blogging conference recently. These are my impressions of the movie. I mean is anyone ever really ready for parenthood? This movie Delivery Man takes that notion and turns it into comedy with an infertility theme too. Vince Vaughn delivers the funny in every movie he does. Delivery Man is no exception. For obvious reasons, given the themes of adoption and infertility that I often tackle here on my blog Thrifty Mommas Tips, I was really curious to…

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    An Early Christmas Present to You – Top Three Reasons For Public Funding in Alberta #infertility #ABHC4IVF #ABPOLI

    November 7, 2013 - By 

    There are so many reasons to support funding for in vitro fertilization in every province of Canada. I outlined my five reasons why I personally think public funding makes sense for Alberta in a post on my blog before. But it gets even simpler when you pare it right down. I am an advocate. I have been for a long time. More years than I care to share. This year I will again drop everything and race off to Toronto when I am asked to speak up on behalf of adoptive families at public pre-budget hearings. I have learned a…

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    Health - infertility - Parenting

    November is National Adoption Awareness Month #Wordless Wednesday #onpoli

    November 5, 2013 - By 

    November is one of my favourite advocacy months here because it’s National Adoption Awareness Month. That means multiple opportunities to remind people there are 7, 500 kids available for adoption in Ontario right now. That’s down since the Liberal government implemented a few changes to legislation. I’ve been advocating for adoption and child welfare issues for a decade now and I am all too aware that a few short years ago, the number of children waiting for permanent homes was closer to 10,000 kids. That’s progress. But, even one child is far too many.  This is my Wordless Wednesday post…

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    #Thanksgiving – Missing Pieces #ohip4ivf #onpoli

    October 11, 2013 - By 

    Holidays are never so difficult as when you are missing something, or someone. This year will be our first year without my Mom at Thanksgiving. These were the photos we took last year when we were all together. Whole. Hindsight is 20/20 and I now know this was probably our happiest holiday ever. We were happy, chasing children up and down the halls of a retirement home where we all met for dinner. The kids were magnificently loud and messy and full of life. Work was good, life was good, rarely perfect, but also full. Mom was happy, loved, in…

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    I Am An IVF Soldier: An Infertility Success Story – Interview #abhc4vf #abpoli #ohip4ivf #onpoli

    September 20, 2013 - By 

    This is an American infertility story. The couple featured are from the US. I interviewed Kathy this summer and wanted to share her story, because it is an infertility success story. Sometimes the themes of struggle and health care battles and difficult journeys to create family transcend borders of province and country. Infertility impacts 1 in 6 people. Infertility patients struggle with this complex health issue regardless of where they live. But some patients, in some areas of the world like Ontario, have an added financial burden of paying for in vitro fertilization which can cost easily $10,000 a cycle.…