This was quite a week, especially for those of us on the East Coast.  The AFA hopes our end-of-week wrap up blog finds you and your families safe and well.  Whether you will be spending the weekend cleaning up from Sandy’s wrath or participating in the NYC Marathon, we wish you and ...

Welcome to the weekend!  With so many unbelievably interesting writers contributing to our knowledge base out there, The AFA has decided to devote our end-of week blog each week to some of the other blogs we adore.  The content featured in this weekly shout-out will be as interesting and ...

 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 Corey Whelan When I was an infertility patient, like most, my insurance didn’t cover IVF.  Looking back, I have to say I have never been as aggressive, or creative, or determined, or driven to find a solution to any situation as I was in my then-efforts to eradicate my baby-less ...

If you only subscribe to The AFA's blog, you are not getting the whole story.  Did you know that The AFA's monthly e-newsletter, Connect, features articles, videos, recipes and other family-building content you won't find anywhere else?  Upcoming issues will include articles on ...

 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 ...

by Corey Whelan Who can forget the agonies associated with high school. The desire to fit in with the crowd, yet stand out as a star has taken its toll on just about every adolescent ever born. As if it wasn’t hard enough, for some teenaged girls, the discomforts associated with these ...

by S. Fenella Das Gupta, Ph.D., Neuroscience It’s strange to think that these three things- birth control, your wallet and your health would be linked, but in today’s socioeconomic climate they form a nice interweaving mesh. It begins with the revolution that’s now occurring in ...

  by Iris Waichler, LCSW             One of the most challenging aspects of coping with infertility is the high cost of infertility treatment.  This is true regardless of the type of treatment you need.  There are ...

By Andy Igrejas, Campaign Director for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Wednesday’s successful Senate vote on the Safe Chemicals Act was an important milestone by any measure. It was the first vote on a comprehensive overhaul of our chemical safety system in 36 years. It means ...