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 ...

For all too many women, the most dreaded day of the year is Mother's Day. On this particular Sunday the thought of attending Church, or even of spending time with one's own mother might seem to be an impossible task. In the United States 12% of women of reproductive age, or roughly ...

     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 ...

by Corey Whelan   Today, I simply want to send baby dust to all my brave TTC and TTA girls. Today, I want you to be bold Be brave Hold your head up Dry your tears, or wear them proudly March into your doctor's office like you own the place March into your life like you own that, too. ...

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 ...

                                   by Iris Waichler, L.C.S.W.  One of the toughest things about coping with ...

by Alina Ashjian, R.N., B.S.N. As one can imagine, the stress of infertility can take quite a toll on patients. In fact, recent research has shown that the stress that infertility patients experience is equivalent to the stress of patients with other serious medical conditions such as cancer, ...

 by Kristen Magnacca  Last week I received a frantic call from a client whose husband had changed his mind about continuing with infertility treatment. The couple had been trying to conceive for years and had taken on a tremendous financial burden. Their last IVF cycle had failed and ...

By Sharon MunroeFor the past five years I had a sense that something was different about my experience with having and raising young children. I’d talk about my age a lot, much more than any time in my life. Was that unusual? Many women stop talking about their age after 30, 35 and certainly ...