The Unique Pain of Infertility and Why It's So Hard to Cope

The Unique Pain of Infertility and Why It’s So Hard to Cope

Why is it so hard to cope with infertility? Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Ken Doka, professor at The College of New Rochelle and the the author of Disenfranchised Grief; and Kris Faasse, Director of Adoption for Bethany Christian Services.

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Why is infertility grief referred to as “disenfranchised grief”?
Why is infertility grief sometimes called an ambiguous loss?
What are the typical triggers for infertility grief?
What is the quadruple whammy of infertility?
Why is the right to mourn so powerful?
What triggers can happen after adoption?
Do men and women handle grief in a different manner?
What are the predominant styles for grieving?
How to handle the grief associated with a miscarriage?
How can unresolved infertility grief impact an adoption or adoptive parenting?
What type of pre-adoption education and counseling can help?
Why is adoption not a cure for infertility?
How can infertility grief affect attachment in adoption?
What are some techniques for coming to term with infertility grief?
How do you know if you have healed sufficiently from infertility to move on to adoption?