By Brandy Black Creating a family isn’t easy for every couple or single parent by choice. For Susan and I, it was a long three years of disappointment after disappointment. But there was a beautiful light at the end of it all — three lights, in fact. We shared with you the first part of […]
New IVF Calculator May Predict Your Chances of Having a Baby
New Fertility Pump Could be as Successful as IVF
For those that have undergone IUI, you know the process — placing sperm inside a woman’s uterus in hopes of fertilization. It’s usually done at a doctor’s office, and many couples go through multiple rounds of this in hopes of getting pregnant. But what if you didn’t have to go to the doctor for your […]
VA to Cover Costs of IVF for Veterans with Service-Connected Injuries
Originally published on The Seattle Lesbian Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) applauded her provision being signed into law this week that allows the Veterans Administration (VA) to cover the costs of assisted reproductive technology, of which IVF is the most common, for veterans who suffered service-connected injuries. After more than a decade of war, widespread use […]
WATCH: Lesbian Moms Talk About Their Struggle With Infertility Issues
By Alex Temblador For many families across the world, infertility is a huge struggle, and no one has more first-hand experience with it than the moms of The Next Family. In their newest video, Brandy Black and Susan Howard discuss how they started working toward creating their family. Though Brandy was always intent on […]
Ten Questions to Ask a Surrogacy Agency
For many people who go through the surrogacy process to create their families, they often prefer moving forward with a surrogacy agency. Though it might cost more to do so with agency fees and such, reputable surrogacy agencies have created smooth processes for both surrogates and parents-to-be and provide bountiful knowledge of all things surrogacy. […]
Lesbian Moms Give Tips on Picking a Donor
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Spanish Lesbian Couple Sues for Denial of Financially-Assisted IVF
By Alex Temblador A Spanish lesbian couple, whose names have not been released, went to Fundación Jiménez Diaz, a hospital, to receive IVF treatments under a financial assistance program that Spain’s Ministry of Health had enacted in 2013. The couple was denied financial assistance on the basis that they didn’t have a male partner, a […]