If you are a Seinfeld fanatic like me, just reading those four words above probably elicited an immediate chuckle of recognition. And if you’re not? Just google it. At any rate, one of the hardest things for some women to reckon with is that they’ve never had an orgasm, or they often assume that they [...]
It’s approaching a year since the last time probably any of us just happened to converse with a total stranger in the course of a day. I mean, let’s be honest, how conducive is Covid to allowing for the kind of spontaneous and often serendipitous interactions we used to have when, oh I don’t know [...]
Over the many years since Taking Charge of Your Fertility was first released in 1995, I’ve had the joy of experiencing scores of amazingly serendipitous moments, but I think the one that will always touch me the most occurred just a couple years ago. But before I describe it, let me give a little context. [...]
My book, Taking Charge of Your Fertility, has been translated into nearly a dozen languages over the years, so a few days ago, I had the pleasure of Skyping with a charming Czech journalist about the upcoming release of the book in the Czech Republic (who knew?) While talking with her, I mentioned how one [...]
When my book was first released back in 1995, email was barely a blip on the horizon, so the only feedback I initially got came in the form of handwritten letters overflowing my stuffed PO Box at the local post office. One of the letters I received had a Russian return address. It was from [...]
I had an amazing realization a couple days ago. But before I tell you about it, let me set the Fertility 101 stage, as it were: A baby girl emerges from her mother’s womb with all the eggs she will ever have, already residing in her tiny ovaries. Baby boys, on the other hand, don’t [...]
God knows that the news lately has been anything but fun, so I was touched a few days ago when I happened upon the whimsical announcement that a 22-year-old giant panda named Mei Xiang gave birth to a tiny cub a few days ago at the Smithsonian National Zoo. But as I continued reading, I [...]
One of the most humiliating experiences I’ve ever had ultimately changed my life in ways I could never have imagined. I take you back to 1982 (gasp). While waiting for an interview for a ‘women’s health educator’ position at a women’s clinic on Olympic Blvd. in Los Angeles, I fidgeted with dread. Anticipating the interview, [...]
Anyone who’s ever met me learns fairly quickly that I am a tad obsessed with the fascinating world of unusual multiples — be it twins, triplets, or quads. Suffice it to say, if I weren’t concerned about, oh, I don’t know, the demise of the world through the pandemic and climate change, I’d love nothing [...]
If you’ve noticed lately that you’ve had exceedingly long cycles, you’re not alone. As a casual experiment, during your next zoom office meeting, you may even want to ask a few of your closest coworkers whether they, too, have noticed that they’ve had long cycles recently. Then prepare for a long awkward silence . . [...]
