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Telling Your Boyfriend or Girlfriend You Can’t Get Pregnant

If you’re dating and you know you can’t get pregnant because of female or male infertility, you might be wondering how to tell your boyfriend or girlfriend. Here are a few suggestions for dating relationships and telling someone you can’t have kids…

A reader emailed me with this question:

“I had a really bad case of endometriosis, and I know [...]

5 Fertility Facts – Information About Infertility and Getting Pregnant

These five facts about fertility include information about why you may not be getting pregnant, secondary infertility, and “unexplained fertility.”

Here’s an interesting fertility fact:

“There is no clear cut evidence that stress prevents pregnancy,” says Patricia Mendell, L.C.S.W, of The American Fertility Association. “What most people do not know is that a healthy woman who is [...]

Getting Pregnant in Your 40s or 50s

If you think you’ll never get pregnant because you’re in your forties or fifties, don’t lose hope! Mary Beth is 52 years old, and happily pregnant through in vitro fertilization (IVF).

She says, “I woke up one day at age 45 and wondered ‘Where did these last 20 years go??  They just flew by!’”

If you’re in the [...]

The Benefits and Drawbacks of Adopting a Child

Here’s a list of benefits and drawbacks of adopting a child. As a couple coping with infertility, we’re deciding between adoption and in vitro fertilization (IVF) – and my list of pros and cons might help you with your own decision!

“Adoption isn’t about finding children for families…it’s about finding families for children.” – Joyce Maguire [...]

Ways to be Happy With a Childfree Life After Infertility

Are you coping with the disappointment of not being pregnant? Here are seven ways to be happy with a childfree life after infertility…

“We were diagnosed with ‘unexplained infertility’, which sounds good in one respect,” says Cindy Margolis, actress, model, and spokesperson for RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association. ”On the other hand, you almost want something wrong, [...]

Coping With Years of Infertility - How to Deal With Not Getting Pregnant

Everyone deals with not getting pregnant in different ways. Here, writer and administrator Lori LeRoy shares how she and her husband are coping with years of infertility. They’re a couple who focus on finding humor, researching unusual infertility stories, and writing about their struggles with getting pregnant. Lori shares about her book, whether she’s considering adopting, and her [...]

5 Steps to Being a Foster Parent

These steps for being a foster parent may help you decide if this is a way to build your family! Laurie Tyrrell is a Foster Parent Liaison who not only works with prospective foster and adoptive families, she’s also a foster parent herself. You’ll never believe how many kids she’s fostered…

First, a quip from Marilyn Monroe: 

“I knew I [...]