NIAW - RESOLVE - Online Chats

[ShelbyMay]

Read about this and thought some others here might be interested: Resolve (The National Infertility Association) is hosting a week of online chats in honor of National Infertility Awareness Week (October 23-29). Here's the schedule (http://www.resolve.org/main/national/bboard/chatschedule.jsp?name=bulletin&tag=bboard):

Date Host Topic
Mon 10/24/2005
8pm ET / 5pm PT Julie Greenstein Infertility Coverage: What You Can Do To Secure Infertility Coverage
Tue 10/25/2005
8pm ET / 5pm PT Richard Scott, MD, FACOG, HCLD Treatment Options for Infertility Patients, Sponsored by Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey

RESOLVE / WebMD NIAW Chat Series - 10/26/2005
Wed 10/26/2005
Noon - 1pm ET / 9am - 10am PT Allison Hemingway, MPH, PA-C Fertility 101
Wed 10/26/2005
1pm - 2pm ET / 10am - 11am PT Sheldon Marks, MD Boosting Male Fertility
Wed 10/26/2005
2pm - 3pm ET / 11am - Noon PT Charles Miller, MD, FACOG Low and High Tech Fertility Treatments
Wed 10/26/2005
3pm - 4pm ET / Noon - 1pm PT Eldon Schriock, MD Donor Options as Fertility Solutions

Thu 10/27/2005
8pm ET / 5pm PT Michael B. Doyle, MD Treatment Options for Non-traditional Families
Fri 10/28/2005
3pm - 4pm ET / Noon - 1pm PT Gary Howard CFP®, JD and Dave Carlson, CFP® Financing Options for ART
Tue 11/1/2005
8pm ET / 5pm PT Tracy Barr and Katrina Carlisle, BSW, LSW Knowing Whether You are Ready to Adopt
Wed 11/2/2005
8pm ET / 5pm PT Dawn Davenport International Adoption: The Step by Step Guide to Finding Your Child
Wed 11/9/2005
8pm ET / 5pm PT Julie Vargo Frank, Friendly Advice on Overcoming Infertility
Wed 11/16/2005
8pm ET / 5pm PT Joe Massey, MD Natural Cycle IVF
Wed 11/30/2005
8pm ET / 5pm PT Zsolt Peter Nagy, MD Understanding Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) and How it Treats Infertility, Sponsored by Halozyme
Wed 12/14/2005
8pm ET / 5pm PT Diane Clapp, BSN, RN Coping with the Holidays
Wed 1/25/2006
8pm ET / 5pm PT Bill Yee, MD Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

[miel]

Is RESOLVE a good organization to join?

I actually can't afford the membership fee right so this is kind of a moot point but I've been very forgetful lately and I might forget about RESOLVE unless i ask someone about it now!

As of now, I'm just learning about these things slowly but right at this moment I think it might be helpful to find an acupuncturist who knows about fertility issues. I have seen an acupuncturist but I'm not sure of her skills in this area. Once I can afford it, I'd like to see one. RESOLVE said they have a list. But you have to join (pay $55) to get the list. Is it worth joining do you think?

[honeygirl]

I haven't paid anything to join resolve, but I use some of their resources. I watch the online chats and am planning on going to a support group this month. I guess I didn't know that there were more services if you paid (I have a log-in name).

[honeygirl]

Miel - I just wanted to update. I went to the Resolve Support Group tonight and found that you need to join after (or by) the 3rd meeting. Once you join you get a newsletter (quarterly I think).

As for the acupuncturist, I'd do a google search. Or if you go to a fertility clinic ask them.

Good luck!

[miel]

Thanks Honeygirl. That's excellent advice and I wouldn't have thought to ask about acupuncture at the RE.

Good luck with your resolve group.

Love your icon picture by the way. It reminds me of this picture of two kids walking through some brambles that was a poster in my friend's house when I was a kid.