This mother’s day I was reflecting on my infertility journey and how I became a mother.  My daughter, Grace, was born because of the kindness of an egg donor.  I will never be able to meet her or thank her because she was an anonymous donor.  I thought a ...

     I just read a beautiful and poignant blog written by a woman who had been unsuccessfully trying to conceive for years.  She was writing about her decision to donate the baby clothes she had been saving for her unborn child.  Letting go of those clothes meant she was ...

     The New York Times recently had a story about a man who found an abandoned baby in a New York subway.  It goes on to tell how he and his partner found themselves in court 3 months later when the judge unexpectedly asked him if he would like to be a foster parent to this ...

I have a friend who has been trying to become a parent for over 6 years now. I am happy to say she is close now to adopting a child but it is still not certain it will happen. I don’t really like the title of this article. This sort of waiting is not a game. Those of you that have been ...

            It is a new year and we enter it with wishes, resolutions, and expectations about what we will encounter.  One of the toughest things you may have faced last year was a negative pregnancy test or perhaps a miscarriage. I remember taking my ...

            We all watched in horror as the news poured in from all available media portals revealing the terror that unfolded in the tiny town of Newtown, Connecticut. We learned that a madman had gone into an elementary school and taken the lives of young children ...

Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and so begins the official Holiday Season. Holidays bring on a mixture of emotions depending upon how satisfied you are with your life, family, personal and professional goals and dreams.  It is an annual marker where you can compare this year to where you ...

 by Iris Waichler, L.C.S.W.             People who are undergoing infertility put all their energy into having a healthy baby.  Those who are lucky enough to have a healthy child may find that they still may have some anxiety or ...

 by Iris Waichler, L.C.S.W. Yom Kippur, an important high holiday in the Jewish New Year is being celebrated this week. It is a time of reflection and taking time out to engage in prayer and thinking about choices you made in the previous year and resolving to make more thoughtful decisions ...

 by Iris Waichler, L.C.S.W.             One of the most important aspects of riding the infertility roller coaster is partnering with the right medical doctor to help your parenting dream become a reality. Many people have long standing ...