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

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

June 23, 2010 Male Infertility/ Male Fertilty
Infertility affects both males and females. Our guests to talk about male fertility for those trying to conceive will be Dr. Ash Kshirsagar , a urologist with fellowship training in Male Infertility & Andrology. He practices in Fairfax Virginia where he is the head of male infertility for Potomac Urology and also sees patients at The Genetics & IVF Institute; Dr. Kris Bevilacqua,an infertility therapist that practices with Genesis Fertility & Reproductive Medicine in Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York; and Dr. Stephen Lincoln, a board certified reproductive endocrinologist who practices with Genetics & IVF Institute and was featured in Northern Virginia magazine’s February 2010 list of "Top-Rated Doctors."
1 hr 31 min
June 16, 2010 How to Prepare an Adoptive Parent Profile for Domestic Adoption
Prospective adoptive parents must prepare a profile of themselves to be submitted to expectant mothers who are considering making an adoption plan for their child. What should you include, what should you leave out, how to present? Our guests to discuss adoptive parents life books are Guylaine Hubbard-Brosmer, an adoption consultant with Independent Adoption Center (IAC), and Vickye Schultz, Vice President of Domestic Adoption for the Gladney Center for Adoption.
1 hr 31 min
June 09, 2010 The Inner World of Transracial Transcultural Adoptees
Do you ever wonder what your children's unspoken thoughts or feelings are about being the only Chinese, Korean, Guatemalan, or Vietnamese in the family or at school? What fantasies do they have about their birth parents? What is their experience in this mostly Caucasian world? Our guest is Dr. Sook Wilkinson, psychologist and author of Birth Is More Than Once and After the Morning Calm (editor).
1 hr 31 min
June 02, 2010 How to Choose a Surrogate
What factors should you consider when choosing a surrogate? How does this decision differ from decisions with other forms of assisted reproductive technology? Our guests will be Jamie Williams, Surrogacy Case Manager for The Surrogacy Source, a full service surrogacy agency. Jamie brings first hand experience having been a gestational surrogate. Stephanie Caballero, founder of Extraordinary Conceptions, a California based egg donation and surrogacy center. She is an attorney specializing in Surrogacy, Egg Donation and Adoption law, and a mom through surrogacy.
1 hr 31 min
May 26, 2010 Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Recurrent pregnancy loss, or miscarriage, is a little understood occurrence and is devastating to parents and doctors. Join our guest Dr. William Kutteh, Director of Fertility Associates of Memphis and researcher in the field of recurrent pregnancy loss, and Dr. Jeff McKeeby, with Shady Grove Fertility to talk about diagnosis and treatment.
1 hr 31 min
May 19, 2010 Open Adoption
Most domestic adoptions are “open”, but what does that mean? How does it work in real life? Is it best for adoptive families, birth families, and most important—the kids. Our guests will include Dawn Friedman ,an adoptive mom, and Jenna Hatfield, a birth mom, both in open adoptions and both blogging on the ups and downs of open adoption. We will also have Kris Faasse, Bethany's national Director of Adoption Services with more than 15 years of experience with open adoptions.
1 hr 31 min
May 12, 2010 Happlily Ever After? Unexpected Stresses of Newly Adoptive Families
How does adoption affect couples, siblings, and extended families. Our guests to talk about some of the unexpected bumps of adoptive parenting are adoption therapists, Mari Itzkowitz, with the Center for Adoption Support and Education in Virginia and Rita Taddonio, the Director of the Adoption Resource Center at Spence Chapin Services to Families and Children in New York City.
1 hr 31 min
May 05, 2010 Family Building Options for the LGBT Community
What options does the LGBT community have for building their families as either singles or couples? Join our guests attorney Willard Halm of the National Fertility Law Center. Will specializes exclusively in assisted reproduction and family formation law, and he and his partner are the parents of 3 children from egg donation and surrogacy. We also have with us Barbara Casey, Director of A Baby Step Adoption, a licensed adoption agency, and she is also an attorney specializing exclusively in all types of adoption law.
1 hr 31 min
April 28, 2010 The Immunological Connection in Infertility and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Does the immune system play a role in infertility and miscarriages? What are the signs that your immune system is causing your problems and what can you do about it. Our guest is Dr. Danny Schust, a professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Chief of the Infertility Division at Columbia Regional Hospital, and researcher in the area of the immunological connections in infertility and miscarriages and their treatment.
1 hr 31 min
April 21, 2010 What is happening with Russian Adoptions/ Raising a Child with Attachment Issues
We’ve heard of the Tennessee mother that “returned” her son to Russia because he was acting out. Is this the norm? Are children who struggle with attachment doomed to a life of violence and lack of relationships? What can parents do to help their children attach and thrive in family life. Join our guests Sue Gainor, Chair of the parent support groups Friends of Russia and Ukrainian adoption, and a psychologist that specializes in attachment therapy.
1 hr 31 min

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Are you thinking about adopting or fostering a child? Confused about all the options and wondering where to begin? Or are you an adoptive or foster parent or kinship caregiver trying to be the best…