Transitioning from Fertility Treatment to Adoption

Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Stella Gilgur-Cook, LCSW, adoption therapist, and former director of The Modern Family Center at Spence-Chapin Services; and Pat Irwin Johnson, author of Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families.

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How do you know when to move from infertility treatment to adoption is harder now because of the increasing options with treatment?
How do you know when to stop?
What are the advantages of a psychological pregnancy for adoptive parents?
How adoptive parenting differs from parenting by birth?
Is there a difference between Plan B and settling for second best?
Why should adoptive parents have to prove themselves by being studies/evaluated when biological parents do not?
What are the losses associated with infertility.
How do you come to terms with these losses?
How the losses of infertility can affect parenting.
Why are the losses of infertility hard for others to understand?
Are adopted children more prone to problems?
Should you continue in fertility treatment at the same time you apply to adopt?
What should you consider before going back into fertility treatment for a second child after having adopted your first child?