It seems that more and more celebrities are celebrating motherhood lately. It also seems that more and more celebrities are becoming comfortable with talking about their struggles to get there. Cindy Margolis wrote a book, Dixie Chicks Martie Maguire and Emily Robison have both spoken freely about their IVF treatments. Sportscaster Michele Tafoya is the latest to publicly discuss a subject that has been taboo for far too long.
I think that anytime one goes public with a private piece of oneself, it requires some bravery. You have to be ready for outsiders to judge you, question you, ridicule you, even …read more

No country music fan me, but darn it, those Dixie Chicks are likable. For so many reasons, but here’s the latest: Sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison both conceived children via IVF (in vitro fertilization) and they are ready to talk and sing and talk about it. A recent article in Conceive Online lays it all out. In this passage, Emily talks about the logistics of maintaining the routine of daily shots using medicine that has to be refrigerated, while in the midst of a frantic travel schedule:
 
Emily went first, and her in vitro cycles occurred during one of …read more