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about infertility, tips for coping more effectively with your diagnosis,
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100 Questions &
Answers about Infertility (http://100infertilityquestions.blogspot.com/)
Excerpts from the book of the same name by Reproductive Endocrinologist Dr.
John David Gordon
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine
(www.asrm.org)
ASRM is an organization devoted to advancing knowledge and expertise in
infertility, reproductive medicine and biology.
ASRM Resources for
Patients provides information on infertility, menopause,
contraception, reproductive surgery, endometriosis, and other reproductive
disorders. There is also a page addressing frequently asked questions about
the
Psychological Component of
Infertility.
Resolve: The National Infertility Association
(www.resolve.org)
Resolve is The National Infertility Association and has a nationwide network
of chapters. It is a dynamic organization dedicated to providing advocacy,
education, and support for men and women facing the crisis of infertility.
The InterNational Council on Infertility Information Dissemination
(www.inciid.org)
INCIID is a nonprofit organization that helps individuals and couples
explore their family-building options.
The American Fertility Association
(www.theafa.org)
The American Fertility Association (AFA) and works to transform the lives of
couples faced with infertility, raise awareness and fight for social and
legislative change around infertility issues. The AFA's purpose is to
educate the public about reproductive disease, and support families during
struggles with infertility and adoption. The AFA exists to serve the unique
needs of men and women confronting infertility issues.
The Centers for Disease Control
(www.cdc.gov/ART/index.htm)
Fertility clinic success rates for Assisted Reproductive Technology are
available at this site.
The National Women's Health Information Center
(www.4woman.gov/faq/infertility.htm)
Basic fact about infertility are available at this federal government site.
Tears and
Hope: The Infertility Awareness Project (www.tearsandhope.com)
Great video to help you explain infertility to friends and family that just
do not understand why it's so hard.
Creating a
Family (www.creatingafamily.com)
This site, created by Dawn Davenport, has wonderful resources for exploring
your family building options. Be sure to listen the free weekly radio
show featuring many of the country's leading experts in adoption, third
party reproduction, and infertility.
Infertility
Resources for Consumers (www.IHR.com)
This website provides
extensive information about IVF, ICSI, infertility clinics, donor egg and
surrogacy services (e.g., surrogate mothers), tubal reversal doctors,
vasectomy reversal doctors, natural infertility treatment, male infertility
services, sperm banks, pharmacies, infertility books and videotapes, sperm
testing, infertility support, and drugs and medications, such as Metrodin,
Pergonal, Clomid.
Parents via Egg Donation (www.parentsviaeggdonation.org/v2/index.html)
Parents Via Egg Donation, or PVED, was created to provide an informational
and supportive environment where parents and parents-to-be can learn and
share information about all facets of the egg donation process.
The Donor
Sibling Registry (www.donorsiblingregistry.com)
The focus of the Donor
Sibling Registry (DSR) is to assist individuals conceived as a result of
sperm, egg or embryo donation who are seeking to make mutually desired
contact with others with whom they share genetic ties.
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