Welcome back Maia Midwifery -- after a kind of hiatus, Kristin Kali is back for ongoing support to Choice Moms on the fertility journey. She has returned to sponsor some of our resources, and be an expert ally, especially for our San Francisco-area community.
Thanks to sponsors for helping us create amazing resources for the Choice Mom community
our sponsors
Thanks to these sponsors, Choice Moms LLC has produced a wide variety of resources specific to our unique community of women -- including e-guides, podcasts, networking events, and more than 500 articles. In 2013 we are especially pleased to be working with these sponsors:
CHOICE GOLD:
California Cryobank (sperm bank) -- my first sponsor, this sperm bank has been behind my efforts in the community since 2007; read this blog post for more
CHOICE SILVER:
- European Sperm Bank USA -- behind our efforts for two years and counting
- Columbia Fertility Associates (D.C.), read this blog post for more; thanks in particular to Dr. Rani Abbasi for co-sponsoring three networking events in the D.C. area
- The Sperm Bank of California -- this non-profit has supported us in many ways for five years
- A consortium of hand-picked Choice Mom-friendly mental health professionals
Past sponsors who enabled us to create specific events and online resources:
FERTILITY AND SPERM
- Reproductive Medicine Associates of Philadelphia
- Outreach Health Services, Canadian sperm services
- East Coast Fertility (New York), read this blog post for more
- Laurel Fertility Care (San Francisco), read this blog post for more
- C.A.R.E. Fertility, which has offered us insight from its extensive FertilityTies.com website, such as "Do you understand ovulation?". See this blog post for more.
- Sepal (home insemination products), read this post for more
- Maia Midwifery, listen to her on this audio clip
- Cryogenic Laboratories and Fairfax Cryobank, owned by Genetics & IVF Institute
- Linda Scaporatti, San Francisco estate attorney
- Extend Fertility, egg freezing options
- Reproductive Science Center of the Bay Area
- Pacific Fertility Center
- Carol Lourie, Integrative Health natural healing (San Francisco)
- Pulling Down the Moon, holistic fertility health (Chicago and D.C.)
- Fertility Center of Chicago
- University of Chicago Fertility
- Claudia Booker, D.C.-based doula and adoptive mom
- Charles March, Los Angeles-based fertility doctor
- Create IVF, Toronto-based fertility
- Pacific Reproductive Services, lesbian-friendly, Los-Angeles based sperm bank
FINANCIAL AND LEGAL
- Jennifer Napper, San Francisco-based financial planner
- Rebecca Hall & Associates, an Ameriprise Private Wealth Advisory Practice (D.C.)
- Joan Gilles, Ameriprise Financial Services (Minnesota)
- Angela M Celso (New York)
- Shelly Tarnoff, San Francisco-based family law attorney
- Rose Kesten, Los Angeles-based family law and reproductive attorney
- ACH Investments, Janet Fox, North Carolina-based financial planning
Posted January 4, 2012 at 10:15 AM
SPONSOR: European Sperm Bank USA
I've been looking for additional sponsors to help develop Choice Mom resources, and one that has long been interested in working with us is European Sperm Bank USA.
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Posted February 14, 2011 at 12:25 PM
Happy Valentine's Day gifts to new moms
I'm very happy to report that 30 Welcome Kits went out to new Choice Moms last week. This is a special new perk to the Choice Mom community, which includes...
Posted February 2, 2011 at 7:10 AM
Welcome C.A.R.E. Fertility (Los Angeles)
We have a new fertility team in the Choice Mom network. I'm happy to introduce Dr. Rudy Quintero, who runs his own clinic in the Los Angeles area. His team is starting us off with some tools about ovulation detection.
Posted January 18, 2011 at 8:45 AM
Welcome Alta Bates IVF to the Choice Mom community
Thanks to some great referrals, San Francisco-based Alta Bates IVF is now part of the Choice Mom family of recommended fertility specialists.
Posted October 27, 2010 at 10:55 AM
Spotlight: California Cryobank
Several years ago I got a call from the long-time co-founder of California Cryobank (CCB), gently and intelligently "checking me out" as an educational partner in his attempt to help his colleagues in the sperm bank industry understand why some policies needed to change. Since then...
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Posted October 12, 2010 at 10:25 AM
Spotlight: Columbia Fertility Associates
Our two networking events in D.C. featured the excellent advice of Dr. Rani Abbasi, of Columbia Fertility Associates. Here's what she told us.
Posted September 8, 2010 at 2:50 PM
Spotlight: Laurel Fertility Care
I couldn't offer what I do on this website and at the Choice Mom networking events without the support of sponsors who specifically value the Choice Mom community. I've had the pleasure over the years of working with doctors from many Bay Area clinics. One of the warmest and most accessible of those has been Dr. Collin Smikle, of Laurel Fertility Care.
Posted September 7, 2010 at 12:45 PM
Spotlight: East Coast Fertility
I couldn't do what I do on ChoiceMoms.org, and at our networking events, without the support of sponsors who specifically value the Choice Mom community. At the July 2010 New York City event, East Coast Fertility's Dr. Michael Zinger talked with women about their fertility concerns. Here's what he's offered:
