We have recently welcomed Traathy of Happily Ever After to the PAIL Bloggers team and FINALLY updated our Contributors page to introduce you to her! If you are new to the site, you have probably already been in touch with her über-efficient self. She is organizing the crap out of this place – check out the drop downs in the pink toolbar folks!
PAIL Posts This Week:
- This week Julia guest hosted The Monday Snapshot and cheated (!) with two pictures of her adorable boy Ethan, the speed-crawling baby! Please stop by her place at 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Baby and say hello!
- Josey commented on the very popular piece “The Mom Stays in the Picture” that appeared on the Huffington Post recently. We had an amazing response to this news item, with many of you posting responses on your own blogs:
- Chon at Life Begins
- Lulu at The Wild Rumpus
- SRB at Little Chicken Nuggets
- Fiona at Life Amongst the Palm Trees
- Gemini Momma at Three Geminis and a Sagittarius
- Sarah at Mommyhood After Fertility Frustration
- Courtney at All the Sun For You
- No Baby Ruth at No Baby Ruth
- If we missed you, please let us know in the comments!
- Chandra posted a brief (EMOTIONAL) history of the formation of PAIL Bloggers, and the first ever meeting of two contributors and their lady babies.
- We were pleased to welcome guest author Rhianna of Arch Mama to share her thoughts on surprise pregnancies after IF treatment – both in response to the article “Infertility: Miracle Babies” and as a women who finds herself in this very situation. Her piece is raw, moving, honest, funny, and challenging. It reminds us the ALI journey is wide and varied, and we all struggle with our identity along the way. Please share your thoughts with us, and share with others, in the comments of this important discussion.
Featured Posts:
- Posts featured in September have now been collected into one handy post for your perusal and enjoyment. If you missed them the first time around, or would like to revisit, please check them out here (also in the dropdown!) It is never too late to leave a comment!
Special Project:
- Traathy called our attention to the Adoption Blogger Interview Project put on by Production, Not Reproduction. Click the button in the sidebar to register, or for more information.
Book Club:
- Vol. 3 (Fall 2012) of the PAIL Book Club will be discussing Nurture Shock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman.
- Sign up TODAY! Yes, you can join if you have already read it! Yes, you can join if you have already posted about it!
- If you are currently signed up, you should have received an email reminding you that questions and discussion points are due by midnight, October 17. The full list will be posted on October 18.
New to the Blogroll This Week:
- The Cool Mom – Army Life and Raising our IVF Miracle after Battling Infertility (Babies Under 1)
- Misconceptions About Conception – One woman’s journey through TTC after 35, from unexplained infertility to pregnancy and parenthood via donor egg IVF (Babies Under 1)
Stay Connected:
- Add PAIL Bloggers to your blog reader! We have finally completed adding the ENTIRE blogroll to ours!
- Please update your PAIL Blogroll button! (Elphaba has now closed Yolk).
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