Monday, December 28, 2009
Do you love someone who is infertile?
The AFA's Corey Whelan reviews their new book "Do You Love Someone Who is Infertile?" which offers some great advice on how to support a loved one who is experiencing infertility. She writes, "In the same way that it is hard to comfort someone who has recently lost a loved one, or who has just gotten a diagnosis of cancer, it is often difficult to find the right words to say to who is going through infertility."
Check it out
http://www.examiner.com/x-24753-Brooklyn-Infertility---Miscarriage-Examiner~y2009m12d14-Do-you-love-someone-who-is-infertile--A-book-review-for-the-holidays
Monday, December 7, 2009
Infertility Short Film Competition Winners
http://www.fertilitylifelines.com/film/
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Israel moves toward allowing egg donations among lesbian couples
Read on:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1131609.html
Friday, November 13, 2009
Parenting Children Conceived with Donor Gametes- Phone Coaching
- are considering the use of donor sperm, egg, or embryo to create their children
- are already parenting children created by donor sperm, egg, or embryo
During this one hour group conference call, you’ll receive information on:
- The pros and cons of disclosure to children of their genetic origin
- What and when to share this information with children if you so choose
- How or whether to share this information with family or friends
http://theafa.org/community/event/free_coaching_group_via_your_telephone_parenting_children_conceived_with_do
Friday, November 6, 2009
Donor Egg Option and How To Be Happy About It
http://beyondjane.com/family/motherhood/how-to-accept-the-egg-donor-option-and-even-be-happy-about-it/
Thursday, October 29, 2009
The Latest On Egg Freezing from ASRM
http://wellness.blogs.time.com/2009/10/28/more-good-fertility-news-egg-freezing-ivf-and-academics/
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
ASRM Live!
http://twitter.com/theafa
Monday, October 12, 2009
More discussion about the rights of the donor-conceived
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2009/10/11/for_sperm_bank_era_courts_need_clearer_rules/?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed6
Friday, October 9, 2009
A New Day- One Family's Journey Through Surrogacy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgT7rbyixso
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
A Look At Surrogacy In Utah
Friday, September 18, 2009
Changing Attitudes Toward Surrogacy in Western Europe
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
What happens to extra embryos after IVF?
This is a great article by Laura Beil from Parenting.com about the deliberation experienced by those who have lived it.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/01/extra.ivf.embryos/
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Transcending; Words on Women and Hope
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_4qwVLqt9Q
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
H1N1 and Fertility
http://theafa.typepad.com/theafablog/2009/08/you-h1n1-family-.html
Thursday, August 20, 2009
The Fate of Frozen Embryos
http://www.parenting.com/article/Fertility/Infertility/The-Fate-of-Frozen-Embryos
Friday, August 14, 2009
The Changing Face of Surrogacy
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/health/21brod.html
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
12 Myths of Parenting After Infertility
http://www.theafa.org/library/article/a_dozen_myths_of_parenting_after_infertility/
Friday, July 24, 2009
Welcome to the Gayby Boom
Monday, July 20, 2009
World's Oldest Woman to Give Birth Dies
Some sad news from Europe. Maria del Carmen Bousada, the woman who gained notoriety as the world’s oldest woman to give birth at age 66 has died, leaving twin boys, age 3. Ms. Carmen Bousada conceived her sons through IVF treatment in the US by misrepresenting her age by 10 years to the medical practice who treated her.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Assisted Reproduction in the Media
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Sperm Derived from Stem Cells
In an announcement today from Great Britain, Researchers at Newcastle University reveal that they have derived sperm cells from male embryonic stem cells. This achievement brings light to the ever-increasing options for individuals faced with infertility. Read the details of this astonishing new possibility that may soon change the face of future infertility treatment.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Beach Reads
- In Her Own Sweet Time- Rachel Lehmann-Haupt
- Confessions of a Serial Egg Donor-Julia Derek
- Having Your Baby Through Egg Donation- Elen Sarasohn Glazer and Evelina Weidman Sterling
- Mommies, Daddies, Donors and Surrogates- Diane Ehrensaft
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Loving the V List
Follow their adventures, let them inspire your own or just LOVE the attitude.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Don't Forget! Tasty TaTa's Tomorrow Night in LA!
Food, Cocktails and Comedy, 100% of proceeds go to MyVision.Org, whose mission is to educate, protect, support, advocate and inspire every woman's vision of her future as a mother.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Tasty TaTa’s! –Los Angeles June 16th
Tasty Ta Ta's is an extension of veteran stand-up comic Wendy Hammer’s successful monthly spoken word salon Tasty Words. The show will be “breast-themed” with storytellers sharing personal tales of all things boobs, knockers or ta-ta’s. The event will be held at the luxurious Philippe Stark-designed SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Sharing the Gift of Life
Sharing the Gift of Life
In the field of assisted reproduction, most often, the news stories and articles we encounter are centrally themed around the controversies and challenges surrounding the process. We hear a lot about legal battles, ethical quandaries and scientific breakthroughs, but it seems infrequent that we actually hear the invaluable stories and lessons from the happy families that at the end of the day, are the objective of all of this activity and important dialogue. Here is one such story, which catches up with a family and the gestational carrier who helped them, 14 years later.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
11 Tips on Saving Money for Fertility Costs
No one wants infertility treatment. No one begins saving money in their 20’s with starry-eyed hopes for their “dream cycle”. Yet, many of us need it, and it is there; for a price. And along with this price there is the ever-present tick-tick-tick of the clock. In many cases we can’t just “wait for a few years” until the economy normalizes, or our jobs feel a little more secure. This has never been truer than of late, with news of bailouts, stimulus packages and worldwide economic turmoil awaiting us with every glance at a television or newspaper.
This article features some interesting ideas as to how to make the infertility journey more affordable, attainable and less stressful.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Finding Family
For an ever-increasing segment of our society; our donor-conceived population, fun little anecdotes like “whose eyes I have” or “whose flair for the dramatic I inherited” are only one-half possible.
Ryan Kramer is exceptional for a number of reasons. He graduated high school and entered college by the age of 14. This month, at age 18, he will be graduating from with an aerospace engineering degree from University of Colorado at Boulder. He was also conceived through the use of sperm donor. Donor-conceived children, whether through egg or sperm donation, generally enter this world having one half of their genetic identity concealed from them; unwitting parties to contracts and non-disclosures they never agreed to.
Ryan like many donor –conceived children developed an intense curiosity about his biological father. He was not willing to accept the standard answers contained within the donor’s profile information. What began with a child’s natural curiosity, through diligence, dedication and an incredibly supportive mom, has resulted in Ryan not only locating his biological father and 6 half-sibling sisters, but has given over 24,000 people the ability to potentially connect to their “other-halves” someday.
Read on about Ryan and his amazing story.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
A New Vision For Fertility Preservation
Few people are able to convert their challenges into opportunities for themselves, but fewer still are able to convert them into opportunities for others. Although the gender is off, we were reminded of this Ayn Rand quote while reading this piece on the amazing founder of My Vision, a non-profit founded by the amazing Alice Crisci, a breast cancer survivor who was diagnosed at the age of 31. Along the challenging path of her diagnosis, and subsequent fertility preservation treatment it occurred to her that there were few resources for those in her situation. What followed was a much needed mission, which will touch the lives of countless women and couples. Read on, and lend your support to this much-needed, growing organization.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
"One Per Customer" approach to IVF gains renewed attention
Read on for a fascinating glimpse into the future of our field.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick await twins via surrogacy
Read on...
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20275425,00.html