Podcast Episodes

Talking with Your Adopted Child about the Difficult Parts of His History

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Sometimes our adopted kids come to us from a history in their birth families or drug abuse, rape, incest, abuse, or pri…

12 years ago

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Making a Hospital Plan in Open Adoption

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Adoptive parents are often asked to be present at the hospital in open adoptions. This emotional time is complex for bo…

12 years, 1 month ago

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How Weight Affects Fertility and Infertility Treatment

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How does your weight or Body Mass Index (BMI) affect your fertility. Does it alter your chances of success with inferti…

12 years, 1 month ago

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Preparing an Adoptive Parent Portfolios for Expectant Mothers

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Adoptive parents wanting to adopt a baby in the US must prepare an adoptive parent portfolio, also known as an adoptive…

12 years, 1 month ago

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Adopting a Child with Cleft Lip/Palate

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Should you adopt a child with cleft lip or cleft palate. What is involved with this special need? Host Dawn Davenport i…

12 years, 2 months ago

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Classic Episode: Genetics vs. Environment- Which Affects Us the Most

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How much of our personality traits, temperament, talents, health conditions, mental illness, and intelligence are contr…

12 years, 2 months ago

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Classic Episode: Evaluating Risks in Adoption Matches and Referrals

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One of the hardest things many adoptive parents have to do is to decide if the risks or special needs of a particular b…

12 years, 2 months ago

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Classic Episode: Avoiding Mistakes and Mix-Ups with IVF and Fertility Treatment

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Infertility patients worry about the wrong embryos being transferred; their egg, sperm or embryos being mislabled; the …

12 years, 2 months ago

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Classic Episode: Tips for Parenting a Child with ADHD

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Raising a child with Attention Deficit Disorder is hard on kids and hard on parents. How to parent a child with Attenti…

12 years, 2 months ago

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Classic Episode: Traditional Chinese Medicine and Infertility

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How can Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) be used to treat infertility. Can acupuncture and TCM be used with western i…

12 years, 2 months ago

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