How to Afford Adoption
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
09/29/21
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What are some tried and true ways to afford adoption? In this episode, we talk with Julie Gumm, author of You Can Adopt Without Debt: Creative Ways to Cover the Cost of Adoption. We cover ways to find “extra” money that you can put towards your adoption, ideas for increasing your savings, and reasons to be cautious about asking for donations to pay for an adoption.
In this episode, we cover:
- How much do adoptions cost for families adopting in the US?
- Julie’s story of how they afforded to adopt
- What are the different options for paying for an adoption? Savings, second job, sell things, grants, fundraise, ask for money from family and friends
- How to effectively save money? - “Start with the money you already have”
- How long in advance do you need to start?
- Federal Adoption Tax Credit State Adoption Tax Credit, Adoption Employee Benefits
- Second job and freelance ideas
- Downside of adding additional work to your schedule
- Selling items you have but don’t use much or don’t need
- Fundraising to help pay for an adoption. Controversial in some adoption circles
- Difference between offering a service or event vs. asking for money
- Things to be aware of when deciding on how to fundraise for adoption. Dangers of oversharing your child’s story in order to raise money
This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
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Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
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Family Building Challenges for Military Families: Adoption, IVF & Fostering
September 22, 2021
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We talk about the challenges of adopting, fostering, IVF, or third-party reproduction while being in the military. We talk with the co-founders of the Military Family Building Coalition, Katy Bell Hendrickson and Ellen Gustafson.
In this episode, we cover:
- What are the challenges of being in the military and trying to adopt?
- What are the challenges of being in the military when seeking fertility treatment
- Military health insurance: Tri Care
- Military Family Building Coalition https://www.militaryfamilybuilding.org/
- What does Military Family Building Coalition do?
This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
Please leave us a rating or review RateThisPodcast.com/creatingafamily
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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Primary Ovarian Insufficiency
October 6, 2021
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Primary Ovarian Insufficiency is a difficult and little understood diagnosis for infertility with ramifications for your general health as well as for your fertility. We talk with Dr. Alex Quaas, a Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist with Reproductive Partners of San Diego and an Associate Professor at UCSD.
In this episode, we cover:
- What is Primary Ovarian Insufficiency (POI)?
- Is there a difference between the labels/diagnoses - Primary Ovarian Insufficiency, Premature Ovarian Failure, Premature Menopause?
- What are the symptoms (other than an inability to get pregnant)?
- Is there a decrease in egg quality and increase chromosomal abnormalities?
- How is POI diagnosed?
- How does the diagnosis differ from PCOS?
- What causes primary ovarian insufficiency?
- Is there any correlation between POI and taking Accutane (a treatment for acne) as a teen?
- Is there a link between premature ovarian failure and the HPV vaccine (Gardasil or Cervarix)?
- Can losing one ovary lead to Primary Ovarian Insufficiency?
- Are those with autoimmune diseases more susceptible to POI?
- Can IVF lead to Primary Ovarian Insufficiency? Is there any evidence that aggressive stimulation of the ovaries during a typical IVF cycle can contribute to POI?
- How effective is IVF with woman with Primary Ovarian Insufficiency?
- What are the odds of a spontaneous pregnancy for a woman with POI?
- What is the role of the infertility nurse in helping women with POI?
- Is there a medical way to slow down the diminution of ovarian egg reserves?
- Are their lifestyle choices that contribute to POI or contribute to increasing a woman’s ovarian reserves?
- Are there supplements or vitamins that help improve fertility for women with Primary Ovarian Insufficiency?
- Has alternative medical approaches or Eastern Medicine been effective with increasing fertility for women with POI?
- What are the other health implications for women with Primary Ovarian Insufficiency?
This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire infertility patients and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
Please leave us a rating or review RateThisPodcast.com/creatingafamily
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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