by Ken Mosesian "You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces – my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ...

by Merry Armentrout I've noticed a pattern in my New Year's Resolutions- they're always the same. Eat healthier, lose weight and exercise.  I'm already justifying my bad eating habits over the holidays with the promise for a new year, new you attitude.  I've made a decision. This ...

by  Irish Waichler, MSW, LCSW            Can I have a dog?  That is a question my 10 year old daughter asks me frequently.  I am sure many of you have gotten this question.  Her follow up line is “you know I am an only ...

By Brenda Strong I have a confession to make.  I have been stressed out lately.  Yes, even yoga teachers can let life circumstances get the best of them. The Holidays can be a challenging time for most of us.  We all long for closeness of family, warmth and an intimacy that may ...

by Kim Kluger-Bell, MA, LMFT Lisa Ling, the former View host, revealed this week that following a miscarriage at 7 weeks into her first pregnancy she felt like a failure, and that she also felt very isolated and alone because no one talked about it. For this reason, she is speaking out and ...

by Kavita Jhaveri-Patel There is a significant correlation between infertility and obesity. A study led by Dr. Van der Steeg, a medical researcher at the Academic Medical Center in The Netherlands, shows that even women who regularly ovulate experience sub-fertility when their BMI (body mass ...

By Michael Traister, MD Starting about 10 years ago, in response to the markedly increased numbers of children being adopted from abroad, a minor sub-specialty emerged in the field of pediatrics, pediatricians interested in adoptions, or “adoption pediatricians.” In 2000, The ...

By Shari DeGraff Stewart and Julia Fichtner Krahm Why don’t we speak up as active participants in our treatment?  We confuse the appropriateness of asking questions with the appropriateness of how to ask.  Let’s face it:  babies are magical and we can get magical ...

by Corey Whelan "Dealing with infertility after an abortion is fraught with complexities, surrounding feelings of guilt and  anxiety about whether one's last chance to have a baby may have been squandered.  Some patients feel that the pain of infertility is their divine, and ...

by Iris Waichler, MSW, LCSW  I was 42 years old when I started my infertility journey. My only treatment option was an egg donor.  My husband asked if it would be hard emotionally bonding with the baby we desperately hoped would come.  I had talked to others who expressed doubts ...