Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care

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Lifestyle Choices to Increase Your Odds of Getting Pregnant with IVF May 24, 2016

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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/

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What Preimplantation and Prenatal Genetic Testing Can & Can't Tell Us May 18, 2016

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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/

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Having a Baby as a Single Mom-Things to Consider May 10, 2016

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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/

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Parenting Techniques to Prevent Adoption Failures May 04, 2016

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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.

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Impact of Divorce on Adopted Children Apr 27, 2016

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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/

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Impact of Zika Those Going Through Fertility Treatment Apr 20, 2016

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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/

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Understanding the New Fertility Clinic Success Statistics Apr 12, 2016

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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:

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Finding an Adoption Competent Therapist Feb 24, 2016

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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/

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Helping Older Kids Prepare to be Adopted Feb 24, 2016

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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.

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Parenting Kids with Prenatal Alcohol and Drug Exposure Feb 24, 2016

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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews a panel of adoptive moms who are raising children who were exposed in pregnancy to alcohol or drugs. 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/st381 Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/parenting-kids-with-prenatal-alcohol-and-drug-exposure/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/parenting-kids-with-prenatal-alcohol-and-drug-exposure/

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