by RNE | May 16, 2023 | Adoption, ART, Donor Conception, Education, Infertility, IVF, Loss, Resources, Support, Surrogacy
Featured in the RNE Magazine, 2023 Volume 3 By: Katie Aguayo Zweifel, LICSW, PMH-C Many people facing challenges in growing their family also experience mental health difficulties as a result. Numerous studies have shown that people who are struggling with fertility...
by RNE | Jun 5, 2017 | Adoption, ART, Education, Infertility, IVF, LGBT
By Kate Weldon LeBlanc At bedtime on my daughter’s ninth birthday, she asked me to explain how babies are made. I think it was just a coincidence that it was on her birthday, but the timing did make the conversation even more meaningful. This was the most pointed time...
by RNE | Nov 10, 2015 | Adoption, Education, LGBT, Options
By Diane Tomaz, Director of Family Support Services Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE) Of the more than 600 children in Massachusetts foster care, every last one wants a family and a place to call home. What does it take to adopt a child from...
by RNE | Sep 4, 2015 | Adoption, Advocacy, Announcements, Events, Infertility, LGBT, Support, Surrogacy
by Kerri Kivolowitz Infertility (IF) is a diagnosis that carries with it loss, isolation, guilt, doubt, depression, and surprisingly, hope; the ever-twinkling hope that this time it will be different. Six years ago, my husband and I decided we were ready to start a...
by RNE | May 6, 2015 | Adoption, Holidays, Infertility
When you are struggling to build your family, you don’t know when the painful pierces are going to strike. I do not mean injections or any other physical piercings related to fertility treatment. I mean the sudden emotional pierces. Sometimes I feel them literally in...
by RNE | Apr 14, 2015 | Adoption
Home Study is the process of evaluation and education that is required by each state in order for you to be approved to adopt a child. A good home study will not only provide the professional/agency with the information they are required to obtain for the study, but...