Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and NCLR’s National Family Law Advisory Council are pleased to announce the release of a revised version of the groundbreaking publication Protecting Families: Standards for LGBT Families. The ...

By Iris Waichler, MSW, LCSW              I did a radio show last week discussing the transition from infertility to adoption.  I was talking about the challenges of experiencing infertility and having to attend events like baby ...

by Corey Whelan It's hard to believe that today is September 1st.  Usually, September marks a return to post Labor Day real life and an end to the lazy days of summer.  This year instead, we find a late to come Labor Day and a hurricane clean up still facing us on the 1st.  Even ...

by Corey Whelan For lesbians, there are a number of viable routes that can be considered when achieving motherhood is the goal.  Some women will explore the concept of at home insemination versus intrauterine insemination performed in a doctor’s office, and others will find themselves ...

by Patricia Mendell, LCSW, AFA Mental Health Advisory Council How could I now be “too pregnant”? My husband and I had discussed our IVF plan ahead of time. We would not transfer back more than two embryos, maybe even just one. Reduction was never going to be a decision that we would ...

A Book Review by Maria Portella 'Thirty-something and the clock is ticking' by Kasey Edwards I came across this book completely by chance - I had previoulsy ignored an article about it in one of those trashy gossip style magazines dismissing it as 'just another sensationalist IVF story'. But a ...

by Iris Waichler, LCSW  I recently read a blog by actress Elisabeth Rohm.  She is known for her role as attorney Serena Southerlyn on Law and Order.  She became a mother after in vitro fertilization.  Since then she has worked to help support people experiencing infertility ...

by Corey Whelan For many women who are struggling to conceive a baby, the practice of acupuncture, a form of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), has proven to be a successful enhancement to Western reproductive protocols.  While not universally accepted, over the past decade the number of ...

by Jamie Schenk DeWitt I had just gotten home from an evening out with my girlfriends.  A glass of wine and some salmon and grilled vegetables later I walked into my house to a voicemail message waiting for me on the answering machine. We have one of those old school answering machines with ...

Current statistics show that around 60,000 babies are born as a result of assisted reproductive technology every year in the United States alone. We know that most of The AFA's readership is comprised of the men and women who are currently knee deep in their infertility treatment, and so hope that ...