Helpful Websites

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Fertility Resources  ~  Alternative Families   ~   Adoption  ~  Legal Resources  ~ Male Infertility

At Home IUI Inseminations (Bay Area)

• At Home Fertility  with Midwife Michelle Edgar: Conception Assistance in the comfort of your home.
• Take Root with Midwife Michelle Borok: Home Insemination and Fertility Services

Fertility Resources

• Alta Bates In Vitro Fertilization Program Comprehensive fertility services: IUI, IVF, In-house Egg Donors, Surrogates, ICSI/MESA/PGD, Egg Freezing, Fertility Preservation with Cancer, Pregnancy Losses, Ovulation Induction, Surgery. Educational website.

• American College of Nurse Midwives National database of nurse midwives, plus links related to pregnancy, medical issues, and parenting.

• American Fertility Association

• The Family is All Right: Disclosure and Open Donation Good resource for when you're considering whether to use a donor in our Identity-Release® Program and/or when you're trying to decide whether and when to talk to your future child about your family's donor origins. Authored by mental health experts Madeline Licker Feingold, PhD & Elaine Gordon, PhD (2008).
• Building Healthy Donor Conceived Families  An excellent primer to read anytime during the process of trying to conceive, during pregnancy or after your child is here. Authored by mental health expert Madeline Licker Feingold, PhD (2008).
• Talking with Children about Sperm Donation   An excellent primer when thinking about talking to your children about the family's donor origins. Authored by mental health experts Jean Benward, LCSW & Patricia Mendell, LCSW (2010).

• American Society for Reproductive Medicine Helpful guidelines and fact sheets related to every aspect of reproductive technology. ASRM’s research journal, Fertility & Sterility, focuses primarily on medical aspects of fertility. Also see ASRM's Mental Health Professional Group, which specializes in psychological support and well-being.
   
• At Home Fertility These SF Bay Area-based midwives offer in-home intrauterine inseminations to women in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo counties.

• Awakenings Birth Services  SF Bay Area-based midwives offering prenatal, birth and post-partum care.

• Bay Area Homebirth Collective Collective of midwives offering prenatal, birth, and postpartum care, as well as classes and support groups. Serving the San Francisco Bay Area. (415) 273-5185

• Birthways Childbirth preparation classes and referrals within the SF Bay Area

• Conceive Magazine Great resource for everything related to getting pregnant

• East Bay Homebirth Midwifery We are committed to and skilled in providing emotionally and physically safe space for women who choose to give birth in the intimacy and comfort of their home.

• European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology   ESHRE’s research journal, Human Reproduction, is an excellent research publication which covers both medical and psychosocial issues related to fertility.

• Fertile Hope Non-profit organization dedicated to helping male and female cancer patients faced with infertility.

• Fertile Thoughts  Resources, links, and bulletin boards related to fertility, adoption, surrogacy, and parenting.

• Fertility Plus Articles and resources on trying to conceive.

• INCIID International Council on Infertility Information Dissemination. Consumer-targeted infertility information with fact sheets and up-to-date reproductive health news.

• Infertility 911  Find out complete information about female and male infertility, their symptoms and causes. Get to know how infertility is diagnosed and treated.

• Infertility Network Non-profit organization offering education and support related to infertility. Based in Canada.

• Integramed Links to US Fertility Clinics-contact one in your area

• Internet Health Resources Group   An online resource with a range of resources: legal, medical, social support, books.

• Laurel Fertility Care  They offer only the latest assisted reproductive technologies (ART) supported by our nationally accredited embryology laboratory, resulting in excellent success rates.

• Maia Midwifery  Midwives who specialize in fertility, LGBTQ families and single parents by choice.  They provide telephone consultations nationwide, online support groups, fertility retreats and pregnancy retreats for LGBTQ families on Maui.

• Mental Health Professional Group  The American Society for Reproductive Medicine's Mental Health Professional Group (MHPG) is to dedicated to enhancing knowledge and understanding of psychological and emotional aspects of reproductive health.

• Natural Resources SF Bay Area-based retail store and educational center providing resources, referrals, and classes focused on pregnancy, childbirth and parenting.

• Open Path: The Family Building Resource for Northern California   The mission of Open Path is to provide timely, compassionate and a balanced educated perspective to all. We provide referrals to screened specialists and professionals and offer a place to connect, find support and share valuable experiences.

• Pacific Fertility Centers   Site includes good fertility information and links to other resources.

• Parents Via Egg Donation   Information for the parent or the parent-to-be including secure message boards, resource information and reading list.

• Reproductive Science Centers of the Bay Area   Great Resource. Fertility services. Site includes general information about reproductive technology.

• UCSF Center for Reproductive Health   Fertility services, including IUI, IVF, ICSI, and donor egg program. Fresh sperm inseminations with husband’s or known donor’s sperm. Inseminations seven days a week. San Francisco, CA (415) 353-7475

Alternative Families

• Bananas  Provides comprehensive information and referrals to child care and children’s services in Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, and Piedmont. Oakland (510) 658-7353

• Choice Moms  For single women who are choosing to build a family. Resources, events, podcasts and blogs geared toward the choice mom community.

• COLAGE, Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere. Support and advocacy organization for children of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered parents.

• Donor Conception Network  Non-profit organization offering education and support related to family formation through donor conception. Includes excellent resources for talking to your child about their donor origins. Based in the UK.

• Donor Conception Support Group   International organization (based in Australia) offering support, information, and resources.

• Family Equality Council  Works to ensure equality for LGBT families by building community, changing hearts and minds, and advancing social justice for all families.

• iVillage Pregnancy & Parenting   Includes groups for single women and lesbian parents

• Lesbian Health Research Center   The official site of UCSF's Lesbian Health Research Center offers lesbians and their medical practitioners information on a variety of health-related topics and includes a section on parenthood.

• Mombian-Resources for LGBT Families For Lesbian Moms

• Our Family Coalition  Sponsors events and education for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered families and friends in the SF Bay Area.

• Parents Place  A full-service family resource center offering workshops, classes, and support groups to families in San Francisco, Palo Alto, San Rafael, and Santa Rosa.

• Single Mothers by Choice  National support and information network for single women choosing motherhood.

•  The Rainbow Babies  The Rainbow Babies vision is to provide a central area for general information on the many aspects of GLBT pregnancies and parenting. We will also provide space for parents or would-be parents to share their stories about their respective paths to parenthood.

• TransParentcy  TransParentcy's mission is to support the Transgender Parent, and their advocates (lawyers, mental health professionals, friends, family) by providing information and resources to diffuse and/or dispel the myths about any adverse impact being transgendered/transsexual might have on one's children.

•  Two Lives  A publisher and distributor specializing in books, music, and gifts for LGBT families.

Sperm Banking and Male Infertility

• Sperm Bank Directory  This national directory site includes information on why and how to bank your sperm.

• Testicular Cancer Information and Support  An informational and support site with online chat forums dedicated to educating and supporting patients with testicular cancer.

• Testicular Cancer Resource Center  Information and support related to testicular cancer, the most common cancer for men between the ages of 15 and 35.

Adoption

• Adopt International Private non-profit agency that provides both domestic and international adoption placement services. San Francisco (415) 934-0300

• Adoption Connection  Non-profit Northern California agency that facilitates open adoptions.

• Family Builders by Adoption  Non-profit SF Bay Area agency that trains prospective parents for special needs children.

• Gradstein, Attorney  Adoption and surrogacy counseling and legal services. Half Moon Bay, CA (800) 922-0777

• Independent Adoption Center  Non-profit agency that facilitates open adoptions.

• Pact, An Adoption Alliance  Non-profit Bat Area organization that facilitates open adoptions of US-born children of color and creates resources and publications related to race and adoption.

• Susan Romer, Adams & Romer, Attorneys  Pioneers in open adoption. San Francisco, CA (415) 643-4523

Legal Resources

• Ami Jaeger, Attorney   Private practice. Works with parents, donors, and surrogates. Santa Fe, NM (505) 466-4642

• Deborah Wald, Attorney  Private practice in San Francisco. Over ten years experience in lesbian and gay family issues, including sperm and egg donor agreements.

• Diane Michelsen, MSW, Attorney   Private practice with Shannon Matteson. Twenty years experience with adoption and assisted reproduction. Lafayette, CA (925) 945-1880

• Emily Doskow, Attorney and Mediator  Private practice. Fifteen years offering family services to the LGBT community, including donor agreements and adoption. Berkeley (510) 540-8311

• Jane Hindman, Attorney  Private practice. Experienced in alternative methods of family building. Cupertino (408) 777-8457

• Lederman & Beach, Attorneys   Lesbian-owned private practice in San Francisco. Services include co-parent agreements, sperm donor and recipient contracts, powers of attorney, and adoption.

• Linda Scaparotti, Attorney  Private practice in Oakland and San Francisco. Experienced in donor insemination issues including co-parent agreements, donor contracts, and powers of attorney.

• National Center for Lesbian Rights National legal and advocacy organization for lesbians and their families offering phone counseling, education, and publications.

• Nolo Press  Free legal information on key issues affecting same-sex couples.

• Susan Silber, Attorney  Family law. Lesbian mom herself, working in DC and MD, also licensed in NY. (301) 891-2200

• Yetta Kurland, Attorney  Private practice. Experienced in second-parent adoption and lesbian/gay family issues. New York, NY (212) 253-6911