On whether women being treated for infertility are at any greater risk for postpartum depression (PPD): First, any major life stressor that occurs around the time of childbearing becom... [more]
An adoptive mother shares the lessons that infertility has taught her.... [more]
On November 19, 1997, the McCaughey septuplets were born in Carlisle, Iowa, and the debate on infertility treatments was renewed. During their earliest interviews with the media, the pare... [more]
Five children in Houston are dead, and a particularly hidden form of mental illness may be to blame. Andrea Yates, a middle class, stay-at-home suburban mother, called police on June 20, ... [more]
The issues of parenting usually arrive with a bang upon the birth or adoptive placement of a child. While it may be said that folks going through infertility have had more time to consider ... [more]
You're in your first trimester, and you're nauseous 24/7. You dare not complain to a soul, however, for fear that you'll hear: I told you so! And you wanted to be pregnant sooo badly..... [more]
Recently in one of our IVF chats, we were talking with those members whose years of anguish and grueling procedures had resulted finally in a successful pregnancy. The question being presen... [more]
In her most recent journal entry, a friend referred to the sensation of " waiting for the other shoe to drop. " It's a phrase that I've heard time and time again in our forums and... [more]
For many women experiencing infertility, maintaining a pregnancy once conceived can be just as difficult as getting pregnant in the first place. Also, many are of what is considered "a... [more]