By Jamie Schenk DeWitt Last weekend I had dinner with four of my closest friends. We all met almost thirteen months ago at a local "Mommy and Me" class when our babies were three months old. At first we bonded while sitting around in a circle talking about our "pregnancy experience" in a class ...

by Merry Armentrout This Father’s Day I thought I would share some advice with all of you from my own amazing father who is fighting his own personal battle right now.  My dad’s mantra is “never quit”.  I’ve heard this saying my whole life, especially ...

by Iris Waichler, L.C.S.W.              I just finished reading an article about a woman who is battling breast cancer.  Thirty seven year old Alaina Giordano lost primary custody of her 11 year old daughter, Sofia, and 6 year old ...

by Lisa Marsh Part of a sereies on Single Fathers Raising, Caring For and Talking To Pre-teen Daughters About Their Bodies Way before breasts begin to appear, like little soft hills on the flat landscape of a girl's flat chest, she will have an awareness that she is different from her ...

  The media has been in overdrive reporting on the life transitions of Oprah Winfrey and Maria Shriver. Oprah chose to end her 25 year reign as the queen of television.  Maria Shriver did not choose to be in the middle of a scandal caused by her husband that has blown her world ...

by Emily Laitmon, L.C.S.W. “I’m sorry; we don’t have good news.  Your pregnancy test from the IVF is negative.” “Please call regarding your Amnio results.  There’s a problem we need to discuss” “The doctor needs to speak with ...

By Iris Waichler, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.              In a blog I recently read the author described her “survivor’s guilt”.  She  experienced two pregnancy losses and has been trying to conceive since 2006.  ...

by Iris Waichler, MSW, LCSW            Many of us have been exposed to the argument about what shapes the personality of children, nature or nurture. Nature represents heredity and nurture equals environment in this equation.  It is an ...

by Corey Whelan A new year, a new you.  Easier said than felt, particularly for women who have spent the last year (or longer) trying to get pregnant, without success. Let's face it, we often experience Infertility as a powerful enemy.. And one of this most hated enemy's weapons is it's ...

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 ...