There’s nothing I hate more than returning gifts.
Last year, I tried to do almost all of my holiday shopping online, which was a tremendous success, until things didn’t fit and I had to shell out for shipping to get it right. This year, I am going to try to embrace the idea of the evergreen as a symbol of fertility, enhance awareness around infertility, and find gifts that I know won’t be returned. Here are ten “gifts” that you can give yourself and others that hopefully meet those three goals:

Donate to Resolve, the National Infertility Association.
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In honor of National Infertility Awareness Week, Resolve has created a list of ways you can get active each day. Today is a virtual advocacy day.
Here are just a few suggestions on how to expand infertility awareness:

Write your Congressperson and tell them you support the Family Building Act of 2007 which would extend insurance coverage to infertility treatments.
Vote! Vote today for candidates that understand women’s and family issues and take them seriously.
Educate some folks who, like Mary Emma commented, aren’t trying to be cruel, they just don’t know.

And if you have any time left in your busy day, read …read more