Planning

Adoption: What To Do After The Home Study Approval

Posted 3 weeks 2 days ago by Lori Kerrigan

Planning, Conceiving, Pregnancy, Birth, New Parents, Adoption

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Are you adopting? Have you finally completed the home study approval? Are you unsure of what to do in this time of waiting? It's time to celebrate and prepare!

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Relaxing Won’t Get You Pregnant…or Will It?

Posted 12 weeks 21 hours ago by Lori Kerrigan

Planning, Conceiving

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Relax and you will get pregnant. Is it a myth or truth?

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Adoption Options

Posted 12 weeks 2 days ago by Lori Kerrigan

Planning, Adoption

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Are you overwhelmed by the many options available when it comes to adopting? Here are four adoption options that stood out the most to us.

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Making The Decision To Adopt

Posted 14 weeks 2 days ago by Lori Kerrigan

Planning, Adoption

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Are you thinking about adopting? The process to making this decision can be full of emotional, spiritual and financial elements. Here is a "check list" for making this decision and resources to help.

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Failed or Cancelled IUI/ IVF, Pregnancy/Child Loss? What do you do?

Posted 15 weeks 2 days ago by Lori Kerrigan

Planning, Family Planning, Conceiving, Pregnancy, Birth, Adoption

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What do you do when the IUI/ IVF does not work or is cancelled? How do you get through a child or pregnancy loss? It had me defeated, but other women endured. Here are their stories.

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Infertility Resources

Posted 16 weeks 3 days ago by Lori Kerrigan

Planning, Conceiving, Finances, Healthcare, Diseases & Disorders

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Has your infertility diagnosis left you feeling overwhelmed and helpless? Are you unclear on where to begin? Here are four areas that will start your journey off on a successful path.

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Can Sex Be Sexy When Going Through Infertility? Yes!

Posted 16 weeks 5 days ago by Lori Kerrigan

Planning, Conceiving, Sex & Relationships

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Infertility can leave your sex life anything but sexy. If baby making has led to a lack of sexiness in your love life, don't get discouraged, sexy can come back!

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Waiting to Find Out the Sex: Selfish, Fun or Both?

Posted 17 weeks 4 days ago by Sonja Stewart

Planning, Pregnancy, Birth, New Parents, Relationships

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What are you having? A baby. Why it's ok to keep the gender a mystery, even if it means a clash with your mother-in-law.

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Gender Selection

Posted 18 weeks 2 days ago by Fred Lee

Planning, Conceiving, Pregnancy, Birth

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That banana on top of your bowl of cereal just might hold the key to whether you have a baby boy or girl.

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Medically Induced Twins….For A Healthy Fertile Couple….What?

Posted 18 weeks 3 days ago by Lori Kerrigan

Planning, Conceiving

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Twins, they are double the love, double the joy, double the curls. But are medical treatments for a fertile, healthy couple justified if they are able to have children without medical assistance……but just really want twins…..hmm, I say no.

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Asking for the Moon

Posted 19 weeks 3 days ago by Katherine Turner

Planning, Family Planning, Conceiving

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At Microsort, they call gender selection “family balancing.” I preferred to call it “getting to shop in the pink section of Carters.” But is this dabbling with the natural balance of the sexes just the beginning of a science-fiction future fraught with designer babies?

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Sibling Rivalry or an Only Lonely? Tick Tock…

Posted 20 weeks 3 days ago by Sonja Stewart

Planning, Conceiving

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Having one is so much easier. But what do you do when you know you aren't done? On your mark...Get set...

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Boomerangs and bowling balls

Posted 28 weeks 6 days ago by Sandra Hanks Benoiton

Planning

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Where will your kids be when they grow up? Still emptying your fridge and not putting their socks in your hamper? That depends ...

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Being a Young Mom: Why Starting Early Has Its Rewards

Posted 36 weeks 6 days ago by Linsey Knerl

Planning, Family Planning

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This is not an article pitting young mom against older mom. I just don’t have the perspective to do that. Since I’m in my late twenties, and already have four young ones to care for, I thought I’d offer my perspective on why I’m glad I started a family early. Here are five reasons being a young mom works well for me!

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