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At Northern California
Fertility Medical
Center, we provide the
most advanced treatments
with a superior level of
care. However, there is
often much more to
overcoming fertility
problems than the
medical aspect of
treatment. Having
trouble becoming
pregnant can be the
source of frustration,
confusion, fear, anger,
and a host of other
complex emotions. That
is why we strongly
recommend that our
patients participate in
some type of infertility
support program while
undergoing treatment at
our California IVF center.
There are local and
nationwide organizations
that offer men and women
a chance to listen to
the stories of others,
share their own
experiences, and
recognize that they are
not alone.
Seminar Information
We offer monthly seminars for prospective patients. These
seminars cover general infertility issues and give potential
patients an opportunity to see our California IVF center and
meet with one of our physicians. These seminars are held on
every third Tuesday at 7pm. To attend, please call us at (916)
773-2229 ext: 207.
The
Benefits of Group
Support
Dealing with
infertility problems
and the roller coaster
of emotions that can
come with treatment is
something no one should
have to do alone.
Unfortunately, many
people find that turning
to friends or family is
unhelpful, even painful,
because without
firsthand experience,
friends and family
members just can’t
understand what the
infertile couple is
going through.
The
infertility specialists
and medical staff at q
fertility clinic are
experienced and
knowledgeable about the
subject and can provide
a certain amount of
support, but are not
always there to listen
when the patient needs
to vent. Their position
as professional, medical
practitioners prevents
them from being able to
provide extensive
personal advice or
attention.
That is why meeting
with an infertility
support organization is
recommended to patients
at our Roseville center,
near Sacramento. This
option can make such a
big difference in a
couple’s treatment
experience. These groups
are made up of people
who have gone through,
or are currently going
through, the very same
struggles as our
patients. Sharing
stories, perspectives,
advice, and sympathy
with others in the same
situation helps patients
to realize that they are
not alone. It provides a
network of people to
turn to when
frustration, rage, or
even elation needs to be
expressed.
Studies have even
shown that people who
take the time to care
for their own emotional
needs during fertility
treatment tend to be
more successful in
achieving pregnancy as
well. Consider these
findings:
- Women who were
in their second
year of
infertility, who
were not
experiencing
depression, and who
received group
psychological
intervention to
help them avoid
becoming depressed
had significantly
increased rates of
viable pregnancies
compared to women
who did not receive
preventative
treatment for
depression (Reproductive
Endocrinology
73:4, April 2000).
- Women who
received treatment
for depression
showed a 60 percent
viable pregnancy
rate within six
months, contrasting
with 24 percent for
women whose
depression went
untreated (Journal
of American Women’s
Medical Association
54, 1999).
- Women with a
history of
depressive symptoms
reported twice the
rate of subsequent
infertility (Psychosomatic
Medicine 57,
1995).
Infertility Support
Resources
The following is a
list of nationwide
groups that bring
together women or
couples dealing with
different types of
fertility problems. We
have included
information about how to
join or subscribe. These
groups are extremely
helpful for many
couples. If you are
looking for a local
infertility support
group, please ask a
member of our staff. We
will be happy to
recommend an
organization in your
area.
ONNA (Oh No, Not
Again)
ONNA is a mailing
list for women who are
trying to get pregnant.
Some have been trying
for years, others for
months. The list is a
great source of
information on methods
of conceiving ranging
from herbalism to the
ultra-high-tech. More
than that, though, the
group is an amazingly
warm infertility support
network. To be
unsuccessful at getting
pregnant for any length
of time can result in a
roller coaster of
emotions. ONNA brings
women (and sometimes
their partners, too)
together to share their
fears, hopes, rages, and
joys.
To sign up, send an
e-mail to
listserv@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu
Body of Message:
Subscribe ONNA
Infertility
Support Group Mailing
List
This is an
infertility discussion
group with an emphasis
on support. To sign up,
send an e-mail to
majordomo@acpub.duke.edu
Body of Message:
Subscribe ILIST, your
e-mail address
Endometriosis
Mailing List
- This is a
discussion group
that shares
remedies for
endometriosis.
- To sign up,
send an e-mail to
listserv@listserv.dartmouth.edu
- Body of
Message: Subscribe
WITSENDO, your last
name, first name
Fortility
PCO Mailing List
- This support
group is for women
with polycystic
ovarian syndrome.
- To sign up,
send an e-mail to
pco-request@lists.best.com
- Body of
Message: subscribe
SPALS (Subsequent
Pregnancy after Loss
Support)
- SPALS is a
support group for
those who have
experienced
miscarriage or
neonatal loss.
- To sign up,
send an e-mail to
spals-request@inforamp.net
- This group is
moderated.
Hannah to Hannah
This group is
dedicated to the
encouragement of couples
who are facing
infertility, or the loss
of a child at any time
from conception through
infancy. Christian
support is offered to
couples facing these
challenges.
http://www.hannah.org
Premature Ovarian
Failure Support Group
The goals of this
group are to offer
support and information
to women who have been
diagnosed with Premature
Ovarian Failure.
http://www.POFSupport.org
Additional
Resources
- Fertility
Lifelines (Serono)
(866)538-7879 (toll
free)
Provides general
infertility
information,
insurance
assistance,
medication support
(Serono products
only) and emotional
support.
Monday-Friday:
8am-midnight ET
Saturday & Sunday:
8am-6pm ET
- Resolve of
Northern California
(415)788-3002 and
website
www.resolve.org
- American
Infertility
Association
(888)917-3777 and
website
www.theafa.org
- American
Society for
Reproductive
Medicine-website
www.asrm.org/Patients/mainpati.html
- Polycystic
Ovarian Syndrome
Association, Inc.
P.O. Box
80517,Portland,OR
97280.
(877)775-PCOS (toll
free).
www.pcosupport.org
- Premature
Ovarian Failure
Support Group. P.O.
Box
23643,Alexandria,
VA 22304
(703)913-4787.
www.pofsupport.org
- The
Endometriosis
Association.
International
Headquarters, 8585
North 76th Place,
Milwaukee, WI
53223.
(800)992-3636.
www.endometriosisassn.org
Society for
Reproductive
Endocrinology and
Infertility (SREI)
www.socREI.org
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