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LibraryEmotional Concerns
For anyone, starting a family is stressful. That stress can seem insurmountable when you find obstacles in the way. Below you’ll find numerous resources on coping with infertility, and other challenges many face while trying to build a family.
Articles
Once I Adopt, Will I Think About Adoption All The Time?
Parents are parents and they think about their children all the time. Whether you’ve adopted or given ...
The Love of Two Grandmothers
Awestruck by the birth of her first grandbaby, one grandmother was shocked when she realized her tears were not those ...
Book Exerpt From Adoption Nation - How The Adoption Revolution Is Transforming America
From Chapter I (“Out of the Shadows, into Our Lives) of Part I (“Don’t Whisper, Don’t ...
Blog Posts
The Global Culture of Infertility
by Iris Waichler, L.C.S.W. Being in the midst of ...
What You Need to Know About Breastfeeding After Infertility
For women who have struggled to conceive, the experience of pregnancy and early motherhood are often more challenging ...
Holy Unsatisfying
A colleague and friend wrote to me a couple of days ago, asking if I was in Rome for the conference on treating ...
Your infertility arsenal for 2012
by Corey Whelan A new year, a new you. Easier said than felt, particularly for women who have spent the last ...
Handling the Holidays
by Joann Galst, Ph.D. No matter how you slice it, the holiday season can be tough. Expectations often outweigh ...
For Giuliana, and all the women in our lives
by Corey Whelan Despite my love of Halloween and the changing seasons, I dread October. October is Breast ...
The Challenges of Living with Fertile Friends and Family
By Iris Waichler, MSW, LCSW I did a radio ...
The Dilemma of Multifetal Reduction
by Patricia Mendell, LCSW, AFA Mental Health Advisory Council How could I now be “too pregnant”? My ...
How and When Do You Decide to Continue to Build Your Family?
by Iris Waichler, LCSW I recently read a blog by actress Elisabeth Rohm. She is known for her role as ...
In a blink of an eye......
by Jamie Schenk DeWitt I had just gotten home from an evening out with my girlfriends. A glass of wine and some ...
Transitions and Infertility
The media has been in overdrive reporting on the life transitions of Oprah Winfrey and Maria Shriver. Oprah ...
Survivng Mother's and Father's Day
by Judith Kottick, LCSW Mother’s and Father’s Day may be holidays invented by the Hallmark Card ...
Surviving the Guilt of Infertility
By Iris Waichler, M.S.W., L.C.S.W. In a blog ...
Video Fact Sheets
Stopping Infertility Treatments and Moving On to Other Options
WHEN IS ENOUGH, ENOUGH? This question creeps in at different moments as you pursue infertility trea...
Taking Baby Steps: Saying Goodbye to Your Infertility Team and Hello to Your Obstetrician
It is not always easy to make the transition from your IVF Center to an Ob/Gyn. This fact sheet and video will ...
IUI Again or (gulp) IVF- You're More in Control of Process Than You Think
For the 15% of the population experiencing fertility challenges, the enormous improvements in the field of ...
Acupunturce, Stress and In Vitro Fertilization
Can acupuncture and IVF go hand in hand? Sandy Goodman, M.D. of Reproductive Medicine Group Florida and Kim Caporale, ...
Fact Sheets
Questions and Conflicts with Infertility
Working With Your IVF Center Infertility treatment that includes the assisted reproductive technologies such as in ...
Stressed for Success
You did everything you were supposed to do—quit smoking or never started, drank but moderately, ate well, ...
Who’s Infertile? Us?
Interpreting the Red Flags, Flashing Lights and Other Warning Signs Conventional wisdom has it that if, after ...
Worked Up Over the Infertility Workup?
Calming the Nerves with Knowledge This is it. After a year (six months if you’re over 35) of trying ...
eNews Archives
A Rose for You
May 2012 In This ...
What's God got to do with it?
April 2012 In This ...
Spring's Hope
March 2012 ...
Valentine's Day Stinks
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Handbooks
The AFA's Tool Kits for Men and Women
The AFA's Tool Kit Series: Hands-on content you can use about all aspects of family building.
What’s a Young Woman to Do? The Pros and Cons of Social Egg Freezing
Many modern women postpone childbearing in order to complete their education, get their career on solid footing, or ...
Webinars
Do You Love Someone Who is Infertile
February 18, 2010 - Thursday 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EST) Guest Speakers: Shari DeGraff Stewart and Julia Fichtner ...
