Infertility can be one of the more bewildering things to happen to a person. Everybody else around you has babies as easily as sneezing, it seems. Meanwhile you do what needs to be done, month after disappointing month, and nothing.
After a certain point, you begin to realize that maybe there’s something wrong. And its at that point where things really get confusing. You get thrown into an alphabet soup of tests and treatments – what’s an HSG? Is it different from HCG? Why is this so hard and why does it cost so much?
There’s plenty out there online that can help you navigate, but certainly for me a few years ago, it tended toward the emotionally supportive, which was good, and the chirpy (“baby dust”, anyone? Gah), which was bad. And then there were the infertility blogs which were fabulous but often much further along in the process than I got. Finding an impartial source with clear, simple information was hard, actually pretty much impossible for me.
Now, there’s a fairly new site that seems like what I needed way back then. Fertility Authority has short, simple descriptions of all of the tests, treatments and issues that face you when you’re dealing with infertility, with links to more info if you need it. There's a "celebrity" connection -- Alexis Stewart, daughter of Martha, is invovled with the site. There are blogs from various people dealing with infertility and the site editors as well.
If you’re facing down infertility – or know someone who is, give the site a look.
