http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog I talk about adoption, infertility, adoptive parenting, and plain old parenting. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:00:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I think most adoptive parents are on board with the idea that children should be told that they are adopted from a very early age.  We start incorporating the word “adopted” into our vocabulary from the beginning.  We make and read their Life Books to them after their baths as ... http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/adoptive-parenting/dont-dont-doesnt-work-adoptive-parenting/ Our show this past week (July  14, 2010) was on what is happening to the children of Haiti six months after the earthquake that devastated that country and killed 230,000 to 300,000, injured approximately 350,000, and left 1.6 million people homeless.  Our guests were Dixie Bickel, with God's Littlest Angels, ... http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/adoption-domestic-adoption-international-adoption-embryo-adoption-foster-care-adoption/adopting-haiti-post-earthquake/ When I hear adoption professionals say that you shouldn’t consider adoption unless both partners are 100% on board, I wonder what planet they are living on.  From my interviews with many adopting couples, I have found that in the beginning almost always one partner is more interested in adoption than ... http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/adoption-domestic-adoption-international-adoption-embryo-adoption-foster-care-adoption/reluctant-spouse-partner-adopt/ I have always been amazed at what we don’t know about the causes and treatments of miscarriages.  It is such a common occurrence and yet remains a bit of a medical mystery.  Recurrent pregnancy loss is devastating to the couples involved and hearing that the cause or the preferred treatment ... http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/infertility-fertility-trying-to-conceive-ivf-donor-egg/miscarriagerecurrent-pregnancy-loss/ I interviewed the lead researcher of an interesting study on pregnancy outcomes for woman with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.  This study has not yet been published.  This study stands out because of it’s size (3,700 woman with PCOS) and the inclusion of woman with mild and moderate PCOS.  Past studies have ... http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/infertility-fertility-trying-to-conceive-ivf-donor-egg/pregnancy-outcomes-woman-pcos/ Thank you for those of you who voted on which sessions I should attend today.  You guys are so predictable.  You voted on Aging and Male Reproductive Health and Safety of Assisted Reproductive Technology.  I guess you’re not any more predictable than I am since these were the sessions I ... http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/infertility-fertility-trying-to-conceive-ivf-donor-egg/dispatches-romemale-fertility-infertility-treatment-safety/ Hi all. I arrived in Rome yesterday. After checking into the hotel I decided to go exploring the city. First step--find the Metro and just as important find my way back to the hotel. I'm proud to say that I did both.  Unfortunately, the line to get into the Vatican ... http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/main/karma-bites-dispatches-rome/ I usually blog about adoption or infertility, but this week I want to talk about passion. No, not the sexy kind of passion misleadingly promised in the title, although that would make a good blog topic if only because it would make my husband and kids cringe.  I'll save that ... http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/general-parenting/steamy-hot-passion/ A while back I published a blog titled “Why Not Just Adopt” about why adoption wasn’t a cure for infertility and was not a viable option for everyone.  The blog was popular and I continue to get comments and emails.  Last week I received an email from a woman which ... http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/adoption-domestic-adoption-international-adoption-embryo-adoption-foster-care-adoption/parenting-kid-problems/ When we walked through our door carrying our first child, my husband and I were equally clueless.  We brought four college degrees, love, and eagerness to the parenting table, but not much else.  The next morning we jumped into this new gig with fervor. According to the Babycare Bible (to ... http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/general-parenting/making-room-daddy/