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		<title>Empty Arms on Christmas Day: You Are Not Alone</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith</dc:creator>
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If you are checking this blog today, then you are probably looking for some emotional support. The message you probably need to hear the most is that you are not alone and that you are going to be okay.
I know how badly you are hurting because I have been there. I tried to focus on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empty Arms on Christmas Eve</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo Credit: Lynda Bernhardt

I am sending out prayers, positive thoughts, and positive energy to all of my readers who are facing another Christmas with empty arms. I remember the pain all too well. I spent four Christmases choking back the tears. 
On the first of these painful Christmases, I had announced a few months prior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fertility Treatments During the Holidays</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith</dc:creator>
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When hub and I were going through fertility treatments, the holidays always seemed to bring with them an added level of stress. We were doing intrauterine inseminations (IUIs), so we (obviously) needed a doctor involved in order to complete the procedure. One year, my ovulation period fell right on top of Christmas, so my doctor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fertility Challenges: Santa, Santa Everywhere</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith</dc:creator>
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During the holiday season, it seems safer to crawl under a rock for a month than it does to venture out of your house. You simply cannot get away from the reminder that Christmas is here, and seemingly everyone other than you is celebrating the holidays with a child.
You turn on the radio, and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fertility Challenges: Holiday Parties with Friends</title>
		<link>http://blogs.fertilitycommunity.com/weblogs/fertility-challenges-holiday-parties-wit</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith</dc:creator>
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In my last post, Fertility Challenges: Relatives at Holiday Gatherings, I talked about the struggles involved in getting together with relatives during the holidays while you are going through fertility challenges. In this post, I will focus on the similar struggles involved when attending holiday parties with friends.
As with getting together with relatives who know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fertility Challenges: Relatives at Holiday Gatherings</title>
		<link>http://blogs.fertilitycommunity.com/weblogs/fertility-challenges-relatives-at-holida</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith</dc:creator>
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If you have informed anyone in your extended family about your fertility issues, then chances are that word has spread throughout your family. This can make holiday gatherings particularly difficult as you face relatives who have questions about your fertility status. 
For some reason, many relatives believe it is okay to ask very personal questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fertility Challenges: Holiday Shopping</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith</dc:creator>
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Shopping during the holidays is tough when you are struggling with your fertility. Stores are filled with all sorts of cute toys and clothing for children. You see children lining up to talk to Santa at most malls while songs like All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth play over the speakers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fertility Challenges: Holiday Movies</title>
		<link>http://blogs.fertilitycommunity.com/weblogs/fertility-challenges-holiday-movies</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith</dc:creator>
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The holidays were always a difficult time of year for me when I was going through fertility treatments. While my friends were busy shuttling multiple children to various holiday events, I spent my time at home alone watching made-for-TV movies. I hoped that losing myself in a holiday movie would help take my focus off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fertility and Halloween</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith</dc:creator>
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As Halloween approaches, I am thinking about all of you who are struggling with fertility treatments. Halloween was always a bittersweet time of year for me. On the one hand, I have always loved Halloween. I love the concept of getting to be someone else for a night. On the other hand, that holiday is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Infertility: Surviving Meeting a Newborn</title>
		<link>http://blogs.fertilitycommunity.com/weblogs/infertility-surviving-meeting-a-newborn</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.fertilitycommunity.com/weblogs/infertility-surviving-meeting-a-newborn#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith</dc:creator>
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In my last post, I provided tips for surviving baby showers. Now let&#8217;s talk about how to survive meeting the baby when he arrives.
When I was trying to become a mother, I could not handle being around many pregnant women. However, two of the people I was closest to in the world (a friend and [...]]]></description>
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