Hello World!
March 19, 2007 | By: Elizabeth
I was just thinking about the symmetry of the title of the StorkLawyer Blogging to Build Your Family weblog’s first post . . . Hello World indeed! As babies come into this world we often see pictures and announcements that say "hello world" on them . . . that is what we do at StorkLawyer.com and what we will talk about in the posts on this weblog . . . helping people bring babies into the world and into their families. It’s a really cool way to make a living and I feel very blessed to have been given this opportunity to participate in such an intimate way in people’s lives. Helping people realize dreams is such an amazing thing to witness. Danielle Bifulci (my associate) and I were talking today about starting a baby wall . . . like in an obstetrician’s office where they have the pictures of all of the babies the doctor has helped bring into the world. Like I said, it’s really cool to know we help grow families.
What do we do you wonder? Well, just about anything you could need if you’re infertile or having trouble having a baby . . . or otherwise interested in adoption . . . from consulting services for infertility treatment to help you figure out the "what next" in your treatment options (intrauterine insemination or IVF?) to helping you with almost any aspect of egg donation, gestational surrogacy, embryo donation to starting an adoption plan (we even help you decide how to adopt if you can’t decide between domestic and international adoption). We do it all. Legal services, personal services . . . just listening.
This weblog will be devoted to talking about decision-making for people trying to have a baby or expand their families using assisted reproductive technologies like egg donation or those interested in adoption. Have a question that someone who has been through infertility and adoption might be able to answer, post it here. Need to vent about your doctor or how hard and expensive this stuff all, start a topic. Need answers about what your egg donation or gestational surrogcay agency is telling you and want to know the insider’s perspective (without trying to get your business — I promise), post it here or see our “Insider’s Advice”.
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And thank you for your patience as we get up and running!
Liz Falker
Elizabeth Swire Falker, Esq.
The StorkLawyer®
Filed under: Thinking Out Loud
I did it!
April 9, 2006 | By: Elizabeth
Okay, freaking out here. No support from DH either. But I made the appointment with Dr. Chung. I swear it is all this research I am doing on embryo donation for an upcoming AFA conference in NYC that I am speaking at. The more I read about embryo donation, the more I want to try it. And that is NOT to say that I am not considering every available means (except traditional IVF — and how weird is it that there is such a term as traditional IVF? LOL!) of family building that would utilize my uterus. And that is NOT to say that this is a decision that will be made right around the corner, in fact any future babies coming to this family are a couple of years down the road (maybe sooner?) . . . but it was a HUGE step for me to actually make the appointment. Now to see what he says!
And the best thing about it . . . they’ve moved offices so no more of that big bad ugly mean old waiting room (formerly known as the “big room”). Maybe there will be better family building karma for me in Cornell’s knew offices?????
AM I CRAZY TO BE DOING THIS?
Filed under: Uncategorized
I want to have another baby!
March 20, 2006 | By: Elizabeth
And I am back in the beginning. Evaluating the infertility terrain, thinking through my options. I know so much more now than I did way back when . . . before the books, before my law practice . . . but surprisingly the feelings haven’t changed. Maybe there is a little less desperation but not much. That same fear about the “what ifs?” and the “what if it doesn’t work” . . . they still haunt me.
I think a lot of this has been brought on my plans to do the first revised edition of The Infertility Survival Handbook and the thought that going back into treatment for my third and last baby would be an amazing tie-in for the new edition . . . but is that a reason to open up wounds that I had maybe finally started to let scab over? And why am I so hell-bent on treatment for a third baby. Why not adopt again?
And what about the big question . . . why haven’t I made that appointment with Dr. Chung if I am so serious about possibly pursuing having a third child through assisted reproductive technology. I don’t get why I am hesitating so much.
Filed under: Treatment
