Hope Awards for Best Blog & Best Book*

Be part of the Night of Hope! Your vote will help determine this year’s Hope Award for Best Blog and Best Book.  The “written” word provides powerful support for those dealing with infertility.  Blogs and books give advice, helpful tips and tricks, sometimes humor, and most of all hope that resolution is achievable. 

Julie Robichaux accepting her 2010 Hope Award for Best Blog

The Best Blog award is given to a blog written by someone who is living with infertility and whose blog posts raise awareness about what life is like when you’re faced with infertility. 

Take a look at the nominees for Best Blog.  These bloggers participated in the “Bust an Infertility Myth” Bloggers Unite Project and submitted their blogs for nomination.  More than 330 blogs were submitted, then narrowed done by RESOLVE leaders and volunteers.

It’s your turn to vote for your favorite. Click here to discover the 2011 Hope Award for Best Blog nominees and to vote for your favorite blog.

2010 Hope Award for Best Book Winner, Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos with Barbara Collura and Alisyn Camerota

The Best Book award is given to an author who has written and published a book that covers one or more of the following topics: coping with infertility, choosing a family building option, mind/body techniques as it relates to infertility or personal relationships and infertility.

In 2010, the “Ladies in Waiting Book Club” began by a group of women on RESOLVE’s online support community.  The goal of "The Ladies in Waiting Book Club" is to provide a supportive community atmosphere to all of those who are or have been waiting and hoping for children. They find support by reading together—both infertility and non-infertility books. 

This year’s Best Book nominees were provided by the “Ladies in Waiting Book Club”. Now it’s your turn to vote for best book.  Haven’t read them?  Check out the description and the web reviews—that may help you decide.  Click here to vote for your favorite book. 

The winners will be announced in July and will be invited to accept their award September 13 at the 14th annual Night of Hope! 

And the nominees are: 

Best Blog Nominees:

from IF to when

Excerpt from Bust a Infertility Myth Post:
There seems to be a misconception among outsiders that, once you have set on a certain path to motherhood – such as adoption – or once you have a child, you are no longer infertile. You are no longer in pain. That you perhaps you should consider getting over it.

Tippy & Tidy's Tumultuous Trip to Toddlers

Excerpt from Bust a Infertility Myth Post:
I live in a state where infertility insurance coverage is not mandatory. My HMO has a little coverage and I burned through it many years ago. It consisted of a LIFETIME maximum of $4000 towards infertility treatments, which ran out with my first IUI after initial doctor visits and all of the fun testing one goes through (day 3 bloodwork, HSGs, invasive ultrasounds...).

Weathering the Storm

Excerpt from Bust a Infertility Myth Post:
Your first thought, of course, is that "I" am not a man. True, but my husband is. So, I'm going to interview McRuger and let him tell you about his thoughts about having a low sperm count. Here we go....

Whitney & Erick

Excerpt from Bust a Infertility Myth Post:
Maybe you know someone facing infertility, going through treatments or having a miscarriage and you would like to know how to support them.  I have been very lucky to have a wonderful support system and great family and friends throughout this life crisis.  However, we’re not all so lucky.

Best Book Nominees

Conquering Infertility: Dr. Alice Domar's Mind/Body Guide to Enhancing Fertility and Coping with Infertility, Alice D. Domar and Alice Lesch Kelly
Read an excerpt.

The Couple's Guide To In Vitro Fertilization: Everything You Need To Know To Maximize Your Chances Of Success, Liza Charlesworth
Read an excerpt.

Good Eggs: A Memoir, Phoebe Potts
Read the book description.

So Close: Infertile and Addicted to Hope, Tertia Albertyn
Read the book description.

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*Please note: Nominations for Best Blog and Best Book do not imply any endorsement from RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association. Votes are captured via the online survey only.  Only one vote per email address.