Earlier this week, I asked readers where they turned to gather information and to educate themselves about fertility. I think I forgot to mention RESOLVE – The National Infertility Association. More than just a website, this group organizes advocacy efforts, plans community events and makes experts in a number of subject accessible to folks. Almost all events and educational offerings are free to members. And guess what? There is no cost to join RESOLVE.
RESOLVE is sponsoring two tele-seminars this week:

Tuesday Night – Surviving Infertility with Poonam Sharma, PhD, fertilitycounseling.com
Wednesday Night – Pre-IVF Workup with Dr. Mark Leondires, Reproductive Medicine Associates …read more

All of the commenters on this post agreed that yes, definitely, more information on fertility issues and infertility should be shared as part of one’s education. Perhaps in sex ed; perhaps in psychology. I even put in a vote for it as a topic to be covered in “Christian Marriage” or “Social Justice” for those condemned (er, I mean, attending) Catholic School. But there is definite consensus around the fact that we should, as Pamela Jeanne said,
“be straight about the facts so that a new generation of young men and women can be aware of their basic ability to conceive …read more