What Prospective Parents Should Know About Adoption Home Studies
Guest Post by Nancy Rosenhaus, L.I.C.S.W. Adoption is an incredible way to grow your family. Whether you already have children in your home, or you have longed to become a parent for some time now, adopting a baby is the start of a new and exciting chapter. Of course,...
“We’re Not on the Same Page!”
Guest post by Lotte Smith-Hansen, PhD If you’re building a family with a partner, what happens if you disagree about the next steps in your journey? Believe it or not, this happens more often than you might think. A complicated family building journey involves so many...
Wave of Light
"We talk about them because we are theirs, and they are ours, and no passage of time can change that." -Unknown October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, a time for us to we honor the babies held in our hearts. The heartbreaking reality is that 1 out of...
Why I Walk
Guest Post by a member of the 2023 Footsteps for Family Building Walk Committee The hardest battles are given to the strongest soldiers. A story I’ve never fully told publicly even to some of our closest family members, started with our wish for a baby. We thought...
One
1 in 4 1 in 6 1 in 50 1 in 880 1 in 5 One is the loneliest number. Even more so when you encounter it over and over again during your family building journey. I know stats like these are supposed to make you feel less alone, but when the only number one you long to...
PCOS and Fertility
In honor of PCOS Awareness Month, we invite you to join Dr. Shruthti Mahalingaiah, Reproductive Endocrinologist at Massachusetts General Hospital specializing in ovulation disorders, reproductive endocrinology and infertility and Assistant Professor of environmental,...