Creating a Family: Talk
about Infertility and Adoption
Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao is a family therapist specializing in adoptive families and author of the book The Family of Adoption. She discusses how to talk to children about adoption, how to help children feel food about themselves and how parenting an adopted child differs from parenting biological children. Highlights from this show
I will interview Linda Harvey, founder and editor of PCOS
Today Magazine, on Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. We’ll talk
about diagnosis, finding a doctor, working with the medical
community, infertility, and other ways PCOS can affect your
life.
I will interview Dr. Alice Domar on the connection
between our minds, our health, our fertility. Dr. Domar is the
author of Conquering Infertility and Healing Mind, Healthy
Woman.
I will interview Mary Hopkins-Best, author of Toddler
Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft, about the unique rewards and
challenges of adopting a toddler. We will discuss the differences
between toddler and infant adoption, how toddlers grieve, and
transition tips.
I will interview Dr. Jane Aronson, international adoption
doctor and founder of Worldwide Orphans Foundation, about the
common health issues found in internationally adopted kids.
We’ll discuss fetal alcohol syndrome, parasites, AIDS,
attachment issues and the typical affects of
institutionalization.
I will interview Dr. Diane Ehrensaft, a developmental
psychologist who specializes in families formed using assisted
reproductive technology. We’ll talk about how to answer the
big questions that may arise, how to explain their origins and if
you even should. Dr. Ehrensaft is the author of the book Mommies,
Daddies, Donors, Surrogates.
I will interview Gregory Keck, author of Parenting the
Hurt Child and renowned expert in attachment and bonding.
We’ll talk about warning signs of attachment issues, RAD, and
what parents can do.
I will interview Karen Foli, author of The Post-Adoption
Blues, about the early transition time for child and parent after
an adoption, the signs and symptoms of post-adoption depression,
who is at risk, and what works to help the parent and
family.
I will interview Dr. Steven R. Bayer, professor at
Harvard and a practicing Reproductive Endocrinologist at Boston
IVF. Dr. Bayer's research is focused on identifying factors that
increase the success rate for IVF and the show will focus on how to
increase your odds of conception through IVF. We will however, take
all infertility questions, so please call
Our show on surrogacy will address who should consider
surrogacy, how to find a surrogate, the legality of surrogacy, and
the pitfalls to be avoided. My guests will be Shirley Zager, parent
through surrogacy, director of the support group Organization of
Parents Through Surrogacy, and the founder of a surrogacy agency. A
woman who has been a surrogate will answer your questions from her
perspective and your legal questions can be addressed by Nidhi
Desai, an attorney specializing in infertility law, including
surrogacy.
I will interview Dr. Foster Cline, world renowned child
psychiatrist and author of the Love and Logic series of books on
parenting. These books on raising responsible children are required
reading by many agencies.
Deb Harper, an adoption social worker, and I will take
your questions on all forms of adoption-domestic newborn, foster
system and international. We will cover where to begin, how to
finance, the adoption tax credit, and the home study. We will
generally cover the ins and outs of domestic and international
adoption.
How do you find children in need of homes, what resources
are available to help, what is meant by a child with “special
needs”, and how do you know if it is the right choice for
your family? I will interview Martha Osborne, founder of
Rainbowkids.com and The Voice of Adoption Newsletter, and Merrily
Ripley, adoptive mom and founder of Adoption Advocates
International.
How can you cope with the infertility roller coaster and what
resources are available to help. What to do about families and
friends who don’t “get it”, how to decide when to
stop treatment, how to afford treatment, and should you consider
giving your unused frozen embryos to another couple. I will
interview Barb Collura Executive Director of Resolve: The National
Infertility Association.
I will interview Walter C. Willett, M.D.,
Dr.P.H., co-author of The Fertility Diet, chairman of the
department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, and
professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is one of the
leaders of the influential Nurses' Health Study, as well as the
author of Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School
Guide to Healthy Eating. We will talk about the dietary and
lifestyle choices that can increase your chances of getting
pregnant.
I will interview Dr. Lynn Westphal, professor at
Stanford, and Dr. Ina Cholst, with Cornell University Medical
School, both leading experts on egg freezing about how this
technique can be used to preserve your fertility and who should
consider it. We will also talk about the possibility of using
frozen donor eggs in a donor egg cycle.
I will interview Rita Soronen, Executive Director of the Dave
Thomas Foundation for Adoption, and Angie Weldy, founder of
www.affordingadoption.com, about grants, loans, tax
benefits, employee benefits, and fundraising for
adoption.
I will interview Nancy Taft, a social worker with over 30
years experience with foster care adoption about what type of
children are available, what is required, how to minimize the
risks, and how to get subsidies. I will also interview a mother who
is adopting three preschoolers from foster care. Highlights from this show
I will interview Dr. Anne Drapkin Lyerly, with Duke
Medical School, who has recently published research into how people
decide what to do with their unused frozen embryos and what they
prefer. Nanette Elster, a bio-ethicist and attorney, and Michael
Tucker, an embryologist will also be on this show to discuss embryo
disposition options.
I will interview a mother of three through
embryo donation, a psychologist who counsels both donating and
receiving couples, and the director of an embryo donation center.
We will discuss how to decide if donating your embryos to another
infertile couple is the right decision for you, how to find a
couple, and how much contact is best both before and after the
donations.
I will interview Judith F. Daar, Professor of Law at
Whittier Law School, Professor of Medicine at University of
California Irvine College of Medicine, and author of Reproductive
Technologies and the Law ; Dr. Marie Csete, Chief Scientific
Officer at the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine; and
Dr. Shuhua Shen, an embryologist and fertility researcher with
University of California at San Francisco.
I will interview Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry
Sleep Solution, about how to get your kids to sleep at night and
how to keep them there. Highlights from this show
I will
interview Tom DiFilipo, CEO of the Joint Council of International
Children’s Services, and Michele Bond from the Department of
State’s International Adoption section about the status of
adoption in the major and minor placing
countries.
I will interview Mary
Sheedy Kurcinka, author of Raising Your Spirited Child, on
parenting tips for raising a child who doesn’t fit the mold
or is a little higher maintenance.
I will interview Judy
Stigger, author of Conspicuous Families, and Susan Cox, adoption
worker and adult Korean adoptee about the pros and cons of
transracial adopting and how it affects the
family.
I will interview Dr. Tony
Tan, Director of the China Adoption Research Program at the
University of South Florida, and Joshua Zhong, co-founder of
Chinese Children Adoption
International.
I will interview Dr.
Marcelle Cedars, director of the University of California at San
Francisco Center for Reproductive Health about the symptoms, causes
and treatments for polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Dr. Cedars
is a clinical specialist in the fields of PCOS, in vitro
fertilization, and perimenopause.
We will discuss one cause
of unexplained infertility—an immunological incompatibility.
I will interview Dr. Edward Winger (Immunologist), Dr. Raphael
Stricker (Hematologist and Immunologist), and Jane Reed (coauthor
of Is Your Body Baby-Friendly?: Unexplained Infertility,
Miscarriage & IVF Failure).
I will interview Sue
Gainor, Chairperson for the national parental support group,
Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption; Carol Nelson, Director
of Intake with Christian World Adoption; and Jamie Herlich,
European Programs Manage for WACAP. We will discuss the current
status of adoption from Russia Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Bulgaria and other Eastern European and Central Asian
countries.
I will interview Dr. Karyn
Purvis, co-author of The Connected Child and Director of the
Institute of Child Development at Texas Christian University, about
attachment in adoption, and how to build family
connections.
I will interview Dr. Cappy
Rothman, founder of the Center for Male Reproductive Medicine and
the medical director of the California Cryobank, the world's
largest sperm bank, about the causes and treatment for male
infertility.
I will interview Dr. David
Hoffman, Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist with IVF
Florida and past president of the Society for Assisted Reproductive
Technology (SART), about the most common myths surrounding
infertility and IVF.
My guest will be Dr. Marlou
Russell, a psychologist specializing in adoption and family
communication, and author of Adoption Wisdom: A Guide to the Issues
and Feelings of Adoption.
My guest will be Dr. Julian
Davies, one of the world’s leading experts on FASD and
adoption. He is a pediatrician at both the Center for Adoption
Medicine at the University of Washington, and at the University of
Washington FAS Clinic, the longest standing FAS center in the
US. Highlights from this show
I will interview Dr.
Kathryn J. Go, Scientific & Laboratory Director, Reproductive
Science Center of New England, about what preimplantation genetic
diagnosis (PGD) can and can’t do, who should consider it, and
what advancements are on the
horizon.
More and more parents are
choosing to be a single parent through adoption, sperm donation or
surrogacy. The issues they face are different from single parents
through divorce or death. I will interview Jane Mattes,
psychotherapist in private practice in NYC, and founder of Single
Mothers by Choice.
A panel of adult
transracially adopted children will share their experiences of
being raised by white parents. Our panel will reflect the diversity
of adoption and will include Asian, Black, and Latino/a
adoptees.
I will interview members of
the Resolve Advocacy Committee Sean Tipton, head lobbyist for the
American Society of Reproductive Medicine about the current threats
to infertility treatment and what is happening to mandate insurance
coverage for assisted
reproduction.
I will interview Rich
Mintzer, author of Yes, You Can Adopt!: A Comprehensive Guide to
Adoption, and Anne Hughes, Executive Director of Beacon House
Adoption Services about adopting a newborn
domestically.
I will interview an
adoptive mom, Micky Duxbury, author of Making Room in Our Hearts:
Keeping Family Ties Through Open Adoption, and a birth mom,
Patricia Dischler, author of Because I Loved You: A Birthmother's
View of Open Adoption about open
adoption. Highlights from this show
I will interview Peggy Orenstein, author of Waiting for Daisy: A
Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Infertility Doctors,
an Oscar, an Atomic Bomb, a Rom, about her journey through
infertility.
I will
interview Ellen Singer, Adoption Therapist and Educator with The
Center for Adoption Support & Education, about how children
understand and process adoption at different stages of development
and what parents can do to help.
I will
interview Dr. Joe Massey, Board Certified Reproductive
Endocrinologist, about the latest advances in assisted reproductive
technology that can reduce costs, including using lower doses of
ovulation stimulating drugs and in vitro maturation of ovarian
tissue.
I will interview Sharon N. Covington, a clinical
psychologist that specializes in infertility and Assistant
Professor at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, about
coping techniques for the holiday season. CAF Video
on Infertility Survival Guide for Holidays, Family Gatherings
& Baby Showers
Deborah Gray, author of Attaching in Adoption and
Nurturing Adoptions will talk about the special challenges of
adopting a preschool aged child and what parents can do to help
their child attach and bond.
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