For gay women, there are a number of viable routes to consider when achieving parenthood is the goal.  Many women will explore the concept of at home insemination versus intrauterine ...

In recent years, fertility treatment options have exploded for both single patients and same sex couples.  The mainstream media has helped to highlight options for this specialized patient ...

We all think about heredity when we think about having a baby. Who will the baby look like? Who will the baby be like in personality or temperament? Who do we want the baby to be like? Will the ...

Often, one of the disappointments upon discovery that one is gay is the loss of the opportunity to create a biologically connected family.  As recently as ten years ago, “having a ...

Talking to Children About Their IVF Origins In The Beginning   It’s been nearly a quarter of a century since Louise Brown of Great Britain provoked global controversy simply by ...

Those needing an egg donor to achieve a pregnancy have choices to make. The most basic of these is how to recruit a young woman who is willing to donate her eggs. There are basically two options, ...

The Receiving Line   Family Building with Donated Embryos. Chances are, when you were making your first serious adult decisions and planning your future, you never gave two thoughts to your ...

Contemplating Donation   Every year, thousands of people in the U.S. stare down the barrel of infertility. They enter treatment full of hope—and anxiety—that medicine will help ...

“Sally,” she quickly answered, when I asked if they had picked out a name for their child.  They hoped for her eyes, his athleticism, and both of their senses of humor. They tried ...

As a psychotherapist working in the field of reproductive medicine I have counseled hundreds of women and men about fertility-related issues, from preserving one’s fertility and ...