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 ...

            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 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 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 Iris Waichler, L.C.S.W. I read an article called “Deconstructing Dad” about how becoming a father changes men.  The article looks at research showing how men are emotionally, physically, and biologically impacted by fatherhood.  You can learn more at htt...

 by Iris Waichler, L.C.S.W.             The Chicago Tribune just released the results of a survey done by the independent, non-partisan Kaiser Family Foundation.  They polled approximately 1,200 women and asked them their views on ...

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by Iris Waichler, L.C.S.W.              The recent decision by the Susan G. Komen foundation to stop funding Planned Parenthood really caught my interest. The Komen Foundation initially announced they would not fund breast cancer ...