Support for the Fertility Challenged

Where to start:

• Check out the following Creating a Family radio shows:

  • April 20, 2011: Finding the Blessing in Infertility: Surviving and Thriving

  • Jan 19, 2011: Can You Be Happy Even While Infertile

  • Nov 18, 2009: Coping with the Emotions of Infertility and Pregnancy Loss

  • April 2, 2008: Coping with Infertility

  • Dec 10, 2008: Surviving the Holidays Without a Child—Again

• Other Creating a Family Resources:

  • Check our Suggested Books for Adults - Good Reads 

Books, Articles, and Other Information to Support the Fertility Challenged:

• Online Infertility Support Groups

  • Cafemom.com has a very supportive group named "Trying to Conceive and Infertility"

  • Our friends at yahoo groups, of course, have a great group titled IVF. This one is particularly active.

  • Stepping Stones - great group, very active

  • Fertile Thoughts has a number of active groups on every conceivable (pardont he pun) topic. Check out this list and join the one/s that fit your circumstances the best.

  • Fertility Friends, based in the UK, has an active forum on a variety of topics.

  • Parents Via Egg Donation has a wonderful website and active forum if egg donation is a possibility.

  • IVF Connections has a million (or maybe just a hundred) different suport forums. I particularly like their index to their groups since it is easy to find the goups that directly pertain to your situation. They also have diferent groups for different countries.

  • Trying to Conceive has a number of support groups.

  • CARE Fertility is the largest infertility treatment provider in the UK. They have very active online fertility forums that you can join even if you are not a patient.

  • Parenthood for Me provides emotional support, educational tools, and financial support to those adopting or pursuing Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) to try and conceive.

  • Hannah's Prayer offering Christian support for fertility challenges, including infertility or the death of a baby at any time from conception through early infancy.

• Resolve, the National Infertility Association has groups in most major metropolitan areas.

• When Everyone's Pregnant ... Except You: How to survive jealousy, frustration, and mixed feelings By Deborah Bohn

• Fertility Authority offers a wide array of information on infertility including a section on emotional issues.

• On Fertile Ground: Healing Infertility by Helen Adreinne. This compassionate book was written by an infertility therapist and hypnotherapist with over 30 years’ experience helping infertility patients.  She believes it is not only possible to survive infertility with your sanity intact, but also to grow through the experience.  Her wisdom and experience shines through. This one’s a keeper.

• The Fertility Blogs: An interactive infertility community for support, information and creating your own free blog.