Creating A Family: Talk About Infertility, Adoption & Foster Care

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Exec. Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Jeff Ecker, a high risk obstetrician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School; Dr. Julianne Zweifel, a psychologist and professor in the department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; and Dr. Linda Applegarth, the Director of Psychological Services at the Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility. Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org.  Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=This%20week's%20show%3A%20How%20Old%20is%20Too%20Old%20To%20Be%20Pregnant%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/how-old-is-too-old-to-be-pregnant/ Share on Facebo

Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Mark Evans, medical director at Comprehensive Genetics and Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org. Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=This%20week's%20show%3A%20What%20Embryonic%20Genetic%20Testing%20Can%20(and%20Can%E2%80%99t)%20Tell%20Us%20%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/what-embryonic-genetic-testing-can-and-cant-tell-us/ Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/what-embryonic-genetic-testing-can-and-cant-tell-us/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/what-embryonic-genetic-testing-can-and-cant-tell-us/ Support the show (https://creat

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Exec. Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Karen Foli, Director of the PhD in Nursing Program at Purdue University School of Nursing, a leading researcher in the post adoption transition, and co-author of “Post Adoption Blues”. Her new book “Nursing Care of Adoption and Kinship Families” received the American Psychiatric Nurses Association 2018 Award for Media. Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org. Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=Transitioning%20Home%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/transitioning-home-as-a-newly-adoptive-family-things-to-prepare-for/ Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/transitioning-home-as-a-newly-adopti

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Joe Massey, a reproductive endocrinologist with Servy Massey Fertility Institute and co-founder of Egg Donor Collaborative, and Dr. Ronald Feinberg, a reproductive endocrinologist and Director of IVF Programs at Reproductive Associates of Delaware and co-founder of Egg Donor Collaborative. Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org. Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/options-in-egg-donation/ Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=New%20Creating%20a%20Family%20show%3A%20Options%20in%20Egg%20Donation%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/options-in-egg-donation/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/options-in-egg-dona

Host Dawn Davenport, Executive. Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Torie Comeaux Plowden, a reproductive endocrinologist and researcher in the area of disparity with success rates for minorities and access to care. Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org.  Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=Why%20Women%20of%20Color%20are%20Less%20Likely%20to%20Get%20Pregnant%20with%20Infertility%20Treatment%20%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/why-women-of-color-are-less-likely-to-get-pregnant-with-infertility-treatment/ Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/why-women-of-color-are-less-likely-to-get-pregnant-with-infertility-treatment/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/why-women-of-color-are-

Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national adoption and foster care education and support nonprofit, interviews Amanda Purvis, a training specialist with the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development, about the practical applications of Trauma-Informed Parenting and Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI). Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org. Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks.  Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/foster-care/trauma-informed-parenting-practical-applications-of-tbri/ Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=New%20Creating%20a%20Family%20show%3A%20Trauma-Informed%20Parenting%3A%20Practical%20Applications%20of%20TBRI%20%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/foster-care/trauma-informed-parenting-practical-applications-of-tbri/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/foster-care/trauma-informed-parenting-practical-ap

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Jason Franasiak, Reproductive Endocrinologist with RMA New Jersey; and Dr. Erin Wolff, former Assistant Clinical Investigator with the National Institute for Health. Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=This%20week's%20Creating%20a%20Family%20show%3A%20How%20Microbiome%20of%20Reproductive%20Tract%20Affects%20Our%20Fertility%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/radio-show/how-microbiome-of-reproductive-tract-affects-our-fertility/ Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/radio-show/how-microbiome-of-reproductive-tract-affects-our-fertility/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/radio-show/how-microbiome-of-reproductive-tract-affects-our-fertility/ Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaF

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national adoption and foster care education and support nonprofit, interviews Jennifer McCallum, Lead Post Adoption Counselor at Buckner Children & Family Services, and Dr. Lark Eshleman, a consultant and educator whose expertise is working with children and families who have experienced early emotional trauma, attachment difficulties, neglect and abuse.  Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org. Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/unexpected-stresses-on-newly-adoptive-families/ Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=New%20Creating%20a%20Family%20show%3A%20Unexpected%20Stresses%20on%20Newly%20Adoptive%20Families%20https%3A//www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%253A//creatinga

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Michelle Ottey, Director of Operations at Fairfax Cryobank, and Melanie Mikkelsen, LCSW, infertility counselor and Donor Liaison at Seattle Reproductive Medicine. Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org. Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/is-there-any-such-thing-as-anonymous-donation-in-3rd-party-reproduction/ Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=New%20Creating%20a%20Family%20show%3A%20Is%20There%20any%20Such%20Thing%20as%20Anonymous%20Donation%20In%203rd%20Party%20Reproduction?%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/is-there-any-such-thing-as-anonymous-donation-in-3rd-party-reproduction/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafam

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Irene Steffas, an attorney specializing in both adoption and immigration law. Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org.  Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=New%20Creating%20a%20Family%20show%3A%20How%20to%20Protect%20Citizenship%20for%20Internationally%20Adopted%20Children%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/how-to-protect-citizenship-for-internationally-adopted-children/ Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/how-to-protect-citizenship-for-internationally-adopted-children/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/how-to-protect-citizenship-for-internationally-adopted-c

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility education and support nonprofit, interviews Suzanne Seitz, a certified genetic counselor that has worked for in the fertility field for over 20 years. She has been with Fairfax Cryobank for more than 10 years. Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/how-to-find-the-right-sperm-donor/ Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=This%20week's%20Creating%20a%20Family%20show%3A%20How%20to%20Find%20the%20%E2%80%98Right%E2%80%99%20Sperm%20Donor%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/how-to-find-the-right-sperm-donor/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/how-to-find-the-right-sperm-donor/ Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission t

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Lori Leo, author of “After Miscarriage, A Journey to Healing"; Reva Judas, founder of NechamaComfort, a nonprofit providing crisis intervention, guidance, and support in cases of infancy and pregnancy loss; and Ellen Krischer, Director of Programming at NechamaComfort. Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org. Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=New%20Creating%20a%20Family%20Show%3A%20Coping%20with%20Miscarriages%20and%20Stillbirths%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/coping-with-miscarriages-and-stillbirths/ Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/coping-with-miscarriages-and-stillb

Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Sarah Naish, a therapeutic parent, the CEO of the National Association of Therapeutic Parents, and the author of "The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting". Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org. Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/therapeutic-parenting-practical-applications/ Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=New%20Creating%20a%20Family%20show%3A%20Therapeutic%20Parenting%3A%20Practical%20Applications%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/therapeutic-parenting-practical-applications/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/therapeutic-parenting-practical-applications/ Support the showDo you want more expert-based information?

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Mandy Howard, an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Samford University and affiliate of the TCU Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development. Dawn also interviews Dr. Eshele Williams is a psychotherapist and a Licensed Marriage, Family, & Child Therapist who is also on the Board of Directors of the National Foster Parent Association. Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.creatingafamily.org. Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=New%20Creating%20a%20Family%20show%3A%20The%20Impact%20of%20Fostering%20on%20Children%20Already%20in%20the%20Home%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/radio-show/the-impact-of-fostering-on-children-already-in-the-home/ Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer

Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility education and support nonprofit, interviews Erin Armenti, Board Certified genetic counselor at CooperGenomics, with a Master of Science in Genetic Counseling; and Dr. Alan Martinez a Reproductive Endocrinologist at the Reproductive Science Center of NJ.  Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org. Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=New%20Creating%20a%20Family%20show%3A%20Understanding%20Mosaic%20Embryos%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/understanding-mosaic-embryos/ Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/understanding-mosaic-embryos/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/understanding-mosaic-embryos/ Support the show (https://creatingafamily.org/donation/)

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Rebekah Hill, social worker and Clinical Therapist in Adoption Services at SAFY; and Jeanette Quick, Home Study Service Coordinator at Hopscotch Adoptions.  Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org. Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/surviving-the-home-study/ Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=New%20Creating%20a%20Family%20show%3A%20Surviving%20the%20Home%20Study%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/surviving-the-home-study/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/surviving-the-home-study/ Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews a panel of women who became moms over the age of 40 and 45 talking about how they made the decision, how they built their family, and what it is like to be an older mom. Click to Tweet: https://ctt.ac/r9EDK Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/should-you-become-a-mom-at-40-45-options-reality-of-older-motherhood/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/should-you-become-a-mom-at-40-45-options-reality-of-older-motherhood/ Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.Creating a Family brings you the

Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Desireé McCarthy-Keith, a Board Certified reproductive endocrinologist with Georgia Reproductive Specialists, and a Clinical Professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Morehouse School of Medicine. Click to Tweet: https://ctt.ec/5m9xX Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/common-questions-with-ivf/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/common-questions-with-ivf/ Support the show (https://creatingafamily.org/donation/)

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Adam Hait of Schraft 2.0, President of Schraft’s2.0 Specialty Pharmacy and a registered pharmacist accredited by the American Council of Apothecaries as a fertility pharmacist. Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org. Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/understanding-infertility-medications/ Click to Tweet: https://ctt.ac/rT8H1 Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/understanding-infertility-medications/ Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adopti

Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Mark Lacava, Clinical Director of the Modern Family Center at Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children. Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org.  Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Click to Tweet: https://ctt.ac/p7U37 Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/adopting-or-fostering-a-child-who-identifies-as-lgbtq/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/adopting-or-fostering-a-child-who-identifies-as-lgbtq/ Support the show (https://creatingafamily.org/donation/)