Breastfeeding Without Birthing

05/08/13 • 65 min

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care

Can you breast feed a child you did not give birth to? Should you? How do you breastfeed as an adoptive mother or mother through surrogacy? Listen to Dawn’s interview with Alyssa Schnell, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and author of Breastfeeding Without Birthing: A Breastfeeding Guide for Mothers through Adoption, Surrogacy, and Other Special Circumstances Blog summary of the show and highlights can be found here: Blog summary of the show Highlights More Creating a Family resources on breastfeeding without birthing can be found here.

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Getting Pregnant with Male Infertility

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What are your options for getting pregnant if your diagnosis is male infertility? What can you do to increase your odds before going to fertility treatment? What type of infertility treatments are most successful? Is there a fertility diet that will increase male fertility? Our guests are Dr. Grace Centola, internationally recognized specialist in andrology and male infertility, and current President of the Society for Male Reproduction and Urology; and Dr. Jessica Mann, Reproductive Endocrinologist with Reproductive Science Center of New Jersey. IUI, artificial insemination, IVF, in vitro fertilization, in vitro fertilisationBlog summary of the show and highlights can be found here: Blog summary of the show Highlights More Creating a Family resources on male infertility can be found here.

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Talking about Adoption at Different Ages & Developmental Sta

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Adopted children process adoption differently at different ages and developmental stages. How can parents help their children understand the concept of being adopted. Our guest is Debbie Riley, Chief Executive Officer at the Center for Adoption Support and Education and marriage and family therapist with more than 30 years’ experience working with adopted kids and adoptive families. adoption, adoptive families, adopting a child in the US, adopting a US child, adopting in the US, international adoption, transracial adoptionBlog summary of the show and highlights can be found here: Blog summary of the show Highlights More Creating a Family resources on talking with children about adoption can be found here.

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