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Support for the Fertility Challenged |
Where to start: - Check out the following Creating a Family radio shows:
Books, Articles, Groups, and Other Information to Support the Fertility Challenged:
- Online 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 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.
- 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.
- Exhale Magazine is "an online literary magazine for those who have experienced the loss of a baby or have trouble figuring out how to make one in the first place."
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