Law and Order Disappoints by Getting the Law WRONG on egg donation and the...
I rarely watch television anymore. I am lucky if I get time late at night to watch something and then I usually elect to watch a re-run of The West Wing. However, the other night DH and I decided to...
View ArticleUpdate on the Boy Who Was Returned to Russia
For those of you who are following this horrific story, here is a link to a newspaper article a colleague shared with me: http://www.t-g.com/story/1634398.html The post Update on the Boy Who Was...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know About Birth Parent Relinquishment Laws and Revocation,...
Today is a day on which I usually hide under the covers. Fortunately, I have the flu and have an excuse to hide from the world. Although for the first time in many years I don’t think I really need...
View ArticleFear, failure and fertility: should we really continue to stay silent about...
I am getting over a pretty nasty bought of pneumonia. And as a result, I have had a lot of time to think. To think about everything that I should be doing in the office but can’t. To think about...
View ArticleHow art imitates and informs our life as prospective parents.
I have periodically blogged about how Hollywood portrays infertility, but I have never really focused on how Hollywood or television portrays parenthood. There are tons of great movies and t.v. shows...
View ArticleI got Baby Proofed!
Summer reading lists. What was on yours? I read several great books including one which much to my surprise dealt with infertility, adoption, egg donation, embryo donation, sperm donation, single...
View ArticleMaking an Egg Donation Cycle Work. A brief look at what you might need to...
Through egg donation, many infertile women are now able to experience pregnancy: sharing their thoughts, feelings, blood supply and the sound of their voice with their baby, and delivering their child...
View ArticleA Book on Adoption By Emily Giffin — and i’m too scared to read it!
Everyone who knows me, really knows me, knows I am sucker for all things Emily Giffin (I mean we have sooo much in common . . . you do know I said that tongue in cheek right? although the similarities...
View ArticleWhen Infertility Professionals Get it Wrong.
You know it’s not that often that I see glaringly offensive comments or information from professionals in the infertility world. Most of us know to be very careful with the language we use so that we...
View ArticleThe Bizarre World of Embryo Banking. Where My Motherhood and Morality Meet.
Every once in a while I have true conflicts between my self as a former infertility patient and my career as a reproductive lawyer and adoption attorney. A couple of years ago, I wrote a law review...
View ArticleAdoption friendliness at its best. How one nurse blew me away and changed how...
Adoption is a complex world. As anyone who is going through the process, or who has gone through the process knows, the legal issues are complicated, the emotional issues are highly charged — about as...
View ArticleWhen Judge’s get it wrong when endeavoring to make it right. Second-parent...
Disclaimer: The following blog post is of a rather technical nature insofar as it is an analysis of recent legal decisions impacting second-parent adoptions and the rights of same-sex parents in New...
View ArticleWhen Judge’s Get it Wrong When Endeavoring to Get it Right. Second-parent...
I promised a more human blog on this new case from Brooklyn. Here goes: By now most people are aware of the groundbreaking, landmark decision in the case of United States v. Windsor, a case which...
View ArticleThe Risk of Choosing The Mindset of Infertility
I’m back (after a blogging break) and I’m mad. Very mad. I am mad at doctors, mad at the media, mad at the reproductive community, mad, mad, mad! Why am I mad you ask? Good Question. It took me...
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Never, Ever Give Up
Today is one of those days where I wish I could make all the hurt and pain go away for one of my clients. For today, everything seems to be falling apart on their path to parenthood. The thing is, I...
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If you have ever been infertile, Mother’s Day Can Freakin’ Suck.
If you have ever been infertile, Mother’s Day Can Freakin’ Suck. This is a picture of my mom. She had Stage IV endometriosis (like me), and as a result, only had me. She wanted more babies but...
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