by Corey Whelan I am a Brooklyn girl. Just ask my accent! But seriously, very little in life touches me more than working with the mostly young, unanimously optimistic and vibrantly life-loving lesbian community of my own borough. They bring out the mothering instinct in me and I adore them all. ...

by Michelle Ottey, PhD, HCLD On Saturday, February 22, 2014 The American Fertility Association and Fairfax Cryobank will co-sponsor a family building seminar for LGBTQ families in the Greater Philadelphia area.  The seminar will be held at The William Way Community Center in the heart ...

by S. Fenella Das Gupta, Ph.D., Neuroscience Daughters often need their mothers when struggling with infertility and while many daughters are able to turn to their parent for support, others are not. In fact, the complexities of mother- daughter relationships can hit a new level of high, when ...

By Amanda Grant It’s yours to control – don’t let anyone tell you otherwise One of the most significant misperceptions about adoption is that it is a process over which you have no control.  People considering adoption or just beginning the process of adopting a child often ...

         by Iris Waichler, L.C.S.W. In the past month, I have read about 2 cases where couples who had undergone infertility treatment ended up in court, contesting who had custody of the embryos.  It got me thinking that technologically speaking, ...

by Andrea Braverman, Ph.D. The concept of complementary medicine means different things to different people.  For those who have never heard it before, the term can evoke expectations of strange or unfamiliar activities.  In actuality, many of us are more familiar with the ...

By Mark Leondires, MD As a reproductive endocrinologist at a large IVF practice, I am responsible for our third party reproduction program where we have an anonymous egg donation program.  Over the years we have often discussed; what do children born from donor sperm and donor egg need to ...

  by Kate Silverman   When a young Orthodox Jewish girl opens the chapter of dating, she first focuses on finding ‘Mr. Right,’ as does every young woman. But, as time goes by, the question of ‘when will I find Mr. Right?’ starts to morph into ‘will ...

  by Madeline Licker Feingold, Ph.D.   If you are considering single parenthood, there are many questions to explore.  Addressing these questions will help you feel secure about your decision and establish a strong foundation for building a healthy family. Some of the most ...

 By Kathy Brodsky,L.C.S.W. The recent Huffington Post article on “Re-Homing” detailed the stories of several American families, who, after adopting children from overseas, found they could not parent them. Instead of turning to the adoption community for assistance in ...