This guest post is from the nurses at Laurel Fertility Care, a local fertility practice with offices in Mill Valley, San Francisco, and Modesto. Visit them online at www.laurelfertility.com. Throughout patients' fertility journeys, it can... Read the story »
People form families in many ways—through natural conception, through adoption and, more recently, through assisted reproductive technology (ART). Since the first birth of a child born by means of technology in the late 1970s, nearly 200,000 babies... Read the story »
Media interest in advancing reproductive technology has once again piqued the general public’s interest in the ways infertile people form their families. Parents who have used ARTs or third party assistance in building their families have... Read the story »
This material has been adapted and excerpted from Taking Charge of Infertility (copyright 1994 by infertility and adoption educator Patricia Irwin Johnston) For a look at this book’s table of contents and reviews, click here. Those reading a... Read the story »
Reproductive Endocrinologists: The Fertility Experts If you are having trouble getting pregnant, you may need to see a reproductive endocrinologist sooner rather than later. What is a reproductive endocrinologist? A reproductive endocrinologist (RE) is a gynecologist who... Read the story »
Child development and parent-child relationships in assisted reproduction families Jennifer Readings, Centre for Family Research, Cambridge University 01 August 2008 New item icon The recent presentation of our interim findings for our study of assisted reproduction families, at the... Read the story »
Stress and infertility are the “Catch 22” of couples struggling to build a family. The more involved the fertility process becomes the more stressful your life becomes. Well-meaning friends tell you. “You just need to relax, and then you... Read the story »
