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, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Jason M. Franasiak, Associate Chair, Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; and Dr. Erin Wolff, Assistant Clinical Investigator in NICHD and NHLBI.   Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at https://creatingafamily.org/infertility/resources/. Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Click to Tweet: https://creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/the-microbiome-and-fertility/ Facebook Share: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/the-microbiome-and-fertility/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/the-microbiome-and-fertility/ Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national no

Host Dawn Davenport, Exec. 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.  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: http://ctt.ec/f4ymC Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/making-decision-become-older-mom/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/making-decision-become-older-mom/ 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 Dr. Louise Brinton, Senior Scientific Advisor for the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics of the National Cancer Institute (NCI).  During her 40 year career with the NCI, she has focused her research on a wide variety of exposures related to cancer risks among women, including reproductive factors and fertility drugs; Humberto “Bert” Scoccia, MD, Professor and Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago; and Alice Crisci, breast cancer survivor, activist and author. 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: http://ctt.ec/b8ej6 Facebo

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 Stephanie Caballero and Catherine Tucker, both reproductive law attorneys covering sperm donation, egg donation, surrogacy, and embryo donation. For a discussion of this show, go to our blog tomorrow http://creatingafamily.org/blog/.  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: http://ctt.ec/8svYh Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/making-sure-third-party-reproduction-legal/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/making-sure-third-party-reproduction-legal/ Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a

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 Melissa Basham, mom to 4 boys adopted from foster care; Abigail Betancourt, mom to 2 kids adopted from foster care; Jan Egozi, mom to one child adopted internationally; and Shelley McMullen, mom to 1 child adopted internationally. 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: http://ctt.ec/Zx4kQ Facebook Share: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/panel-parents-adopting-older-kidssurviving-1st-year/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/panel-parents-adopting-older-kidssurviving-1st-year/ Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are

Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Paul Brezina, a board certified fertility expert Fertility Associates of Memphis. Dr. Maria Mercedes Gondra, an infertility specialist, and Medical director at Gondra Center for Reproductive care and Advanced Gynecology and on site medical director at The World Egg Bank in Phoenix Arizona. Brigitte Adams, Founder of Eggsurance, an organization whose mission is to create a community for women considering freezing their eggs. 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: http://ctt.ec/d1fV0 Facebook Share: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/radio-show/egg-freezing-should-you-when-how/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/radio-show/egg-freezing-should-you-when-how/ Support the show (https://cr

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. David Brodzinsky, Psychology Professor and Director of Foster Care Counseling Project at Rutgers University, and author of the seminal book "Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self". 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: http://ctt.ec/dMyp6 Facebook Share: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/mental-health-issues-adopted-kids/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/mental-health-issues-adopted-kids/ 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

Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Chuck Johnson, President and CEO of National Council For Adoption, and their Director of Public Policy & Education, Megan Lestino.  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: http://ctt.ec/50013 Facebook Share: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/adoption-legislation-advocacy/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/adoption-legislation-advocacy/ Support the show (https://creatingafamily.org/donation/)

Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Joshua Sparrow, child/adolescent psychiatrist, associate clinical professor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of Strategy, Planning and Program Development at the Brazelton Touchpoints Center at Children’s Hospital Boston, and syndicated columnist for the NYTimes. For a discussion of this show, go to our blog tomorrow http://creatingafamily.org/blog/.  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:http://ctt.ec/5vMj7 Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/adopting-child-sexually-abused/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/adopting-child-sexually-abused/ Support the show (https://creatingafamily.org/donation/)

Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Karen Howze, former Family Court Judge at D.C. Superior Court. For a discussion of this show, go to our blog tomorrow http://creatingafamily.org/blog/. 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: http://ctt.ec/vd9p2 Facebook Share: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/view-foster-care-family-court-judge/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/view-foster-care-family-court-judge/   Support the show (https://creatingafamily.org/donation/)

Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Janet Jaffe, a clinical psychologist in private practice in San Diego. She is the co-founder of the Center for Reproductive Psychology, and co-author of two books: Unsung Lullabies: Understanding and Coping with Infertilityand Reproductive Trauma: Psychotherapy with Infertility and Pregnancy Loss Clients. For a discussion of this show, go to our blog tomorrow http://creatingafamily.org/blog/.  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: http://ctt.ec/c4bKM Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/understanding-coping-emotions-infertility/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/understanding-coping-emotions-infertility/ Support the show

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. Alan Copperman, Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Vice-Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science at Mount Sinai Medical Center, and Co-Medical Director of Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York 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: http://ctt.ec/XZlzO Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/lifestyle-choices-increase-odds-getting-pregnant-ivf/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/lifestyle-choices-increase-odds-getting-pregnant-ivf/ Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review.

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. 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: http://ctt.ec/mY1lz Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/preimplantation-prenatal-genetic-testing-can-cant-tell-us/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/preimplantation-prenatal-genetic-testing-can-cant-tell-us/ 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 adopt

Host Dawn Davenport interviewed Lee Varon, a clinical social worker, single adoptive mom of two, and author of two books for single people interested in adopting; Dr. Michelle Ottey, the laboratory director for Fairfax Cryobank; and Mikki Morrissette, founder of ChoiceMoms.org, single mom of two by donor sperm, and author of Choosing Single Motherhood. 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: http://ctt.ec/ffd7z Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/baby-single-mom-things-consider/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/baby-single-mom-things-consider/ Support the show (https://creatingafamily.org/donation/)

Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Richard Barth, Dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Maryland School of Social Work and a prodigious adoption researcher and author. For a discussion of this show, go to our blog tomorrow http://creatingafamily.org/blog/.  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. 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 Ann Cleary, Director of Holt International's California Branch Office. She received both a Bachelor's and Master's degree in children's mental health; and Judy Goldman, social worker with Vista Del Mar Adoption Agency. For a discussion of this show, go to our blog tomorrow http://creatingafamily.org/blog/.  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: http://ctt.ec/V3X1U Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/impact-of-divorce-on-adopted-children/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/impact-of-divorce-on-adopted-children/ Support the showPlease leave us a ra

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. Vandana Bhide, an internist and pediatrician at the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Grace Centola, Tissue Bank Director, Manhattan Cryobank,  and Dr. Laurence Udoff, an infertility doctor and Medical Director Fairfax Egg Bank. For a discussion of this show, go to our blog tomorrow http://creatingafamily.org/blog/.  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: http://ctt.ec/0xKZl Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/impact-of-zika-those-for-going-through-fertility-treatment/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/impact-of-zika-those-for-going-through-fertility-treatment/ Support the

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. Brad Van Voorhis-Professor and Director of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Iowa College of Medicine and President of Society of Assited Reproductive Technolgy; and Dr. Art Castelbaum, Reproductive Endocrinologist and Medical Director of RMA of Philadlphia and Central Pennsylvania.  For a discussion of this show, go to our blog tomorrow http://creatingafamily.org/blog/.  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: Share on Facebook: Show Highlights: 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

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 Debbie Rileym, CEO of The Center for Adoption Support and Education.  For a discussion of this show, go to our blog tomorrow http://creatingafamily.org/blog/.  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: http://ctt.ec/O9cbP Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/finding-an-adoption-competent-therapist/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/finding-an-adoption-competent-therapist/ 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 & k

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 2 adoption social workers on helping to prepare older kids for what it means to be adopted. For a discussion of this show, go to our blog tomorrow http://creatingafamily.org/blog/.  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. 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 following trauma-informed, expert-based content: Weekly podcasts Weekly articles/blog posts Resource pages on all aspects of family building