PVED INFORMATIONAL LINKS

Here you will find the many links and resources we at PVED find helpful and beneficial to its many members. We update links all the time, so if you come across a link you feel should be listed please contact marna@pved.org and we will make sure it's added.

• Current SART Success Rates One of the most important functions of the SART site is to help patients locate and contact infertility clinics and view national and individual clinics.
• MVED: Mothers and Parents Via Egg Donation Welcome to the Mothers and Parents Via Egg Donation Yahoo group a support forum only open to women and/or their partners who have been, or are attempting to become, mothers through egg donation
• ART 2005 Clinic Report The ART report provides an in-depth picture of the type, number, and outcome of ART cycles performed in U.S. fertility clinics. It also includes individual clinic tables that provide ART success rates and other information from each clinic
• Pregnancy, Trying To Conceive, and Parenting After 50Pregnancy - TTC - Parenting After 50 . If You're Over 50 and Considering Pregnancy, Trying to Conceive, Currently Pregnant or Parenting -- You're in the Right Place!
  Tired of hearing the "how old is too old" debate. You know that what you're trying isn't crazy for you. Yes, there are women over 50 years of age trying to conceive, getting pregnant, and having babies today. Some are surprises, some are hard won prizes, but either way the women who have them are mature women with experience, love, and patience to give to their children.
• Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society The mission of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society is to provide leadership in reproductive health for women and men through research, education and advocacy.
• The American Fertility Association The AFA is a national, non-profit organization serving the United States through its national office in New York City, and is a leader in providing men and women, health care professionals, public officials and the media, both nationally and internationally, with information about infertility treatments, reproductive and sexual health and family building options including adoption and third-party solutions.
• Fertile Hope is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing reproductive information, support and hope to cancer patients and survivors whose medical treatments present the risk of infertility.
  1-888-994-HOPE (4673)
• ASRM Ethics Committee Report On Financial Compensation To Egg Donors
• Donor Sibling Registry The focus of the Donor Sibling Registry (DSR) is to assist individuals conceived as a result of sperm, egg or embryo donation who are seeking to make mutually desired contact with others with whom they share genetic ties.
• Egg Donor Agencies That Abide by ASRM and SART Rules The Egg Donor Agencies listed within have all signed an agreement with the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) that states that they will abide by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Ethics Committee Guidelines governing the payment of egg donors. This information is self-reported and has not been verified by either ASRM or SART.
• Miracles Waiting A non-profit organization dedicated to providing valuable and up-to-date information on all aspects of embryo donation, as well as offering embryo donors and recipients the opportunity to find each other and allowing them the freedom to work out the details on their own terms.
• Peek-A-Boo Pregnancy - Take a "peek" into your pregnancy and follow baby on his/her incredible journey. Information on pregnancy, fetal development and much more.
• RESOLVE The National Infertility Association established in 1974, is a non-profit organization with the only established, nationwide network of chapters mandated to promote reproductive health and to ensure equal access to all family building options for men and women experiencing infertility or other reproductive disorders. The mission of RESOLVE is to provide timely, compassionate support and information to people who are experiencing infertility and to increase awareness of infertility issues through public education and advocacy.
• Infertility Resources Website This website provides extensive information about IVF, ICSI, infertility clinics, donor egg and surrogacy services (e.g., gestational carriers), tubal reversal doctors, vasectomy reversal doctors, natural infertility treatment, male infertility services, sperm banks, pharmacies, infertility books and videotapes, sperm testing, infertility support, and drugs and medications.
• Disclosure can be tricky for Egg Donor and Sperm Donor Parents This is a thoughtful article by Patricia Wen who tells a story about a mother who is preparing to tell her daughter about the origins of her conception and her egg donor.
• Donor Conception Network Based in England, DCN is a self-help network of over 1,000 families created with the help of donated eggs, sperm or embryos; couples and individuals seeking to found a family this way; and adults conceived using a donor.
• Bay Area MVED Meeting Group A group of San Francisco Bay Area mothers and future mothers of children via egg donation.
• The International Premature Ovarian Failure Association The mission of IPOFA is to provide community, support and information to women with Premature Ovarian Failure (POF) and their loved ones; to increase public awareness and understanding of POF; and to work with health care professionals to better understand this condition
• Looking To Be A Mom Through Egg Donation - Currently in a donor cycle? Looking into donor egg/embryos? Thinking about needing them in the future? Join us for support, answers to questions and protocols, and to share the trials and tribulations. This group is a public board.
• IVF Connections IVF Connections is a web site where users can support each other and share information about our IVF experiences. This group is a public board
• Infertility Answers This organization Assists Intended Parents, Surrogates, and Egg Donors as well as professionals in the Assisted Reproductive Technology field by answering common medical and legal questions and sharing information.
• Pee On a Stick PeeOnAStick.com is a comprehensive collection of home pregnancy test and ovulation predictor test information and images!
• Home Pregnancy Test hCG Levels and FAQ Everything you ever wanted to know about Home Pregnancy Tess and hCG levels.
• EDSPA EDSPA is a multidisciplinary organization that promotes cooperation, education and professional ethics in the matters of gestational carriers, traditional surrogacy, egg, sperm and embryo donation, and related areas. The Association accomplishes its mission by providing a forum for education, communication and advocacy on behalf of patients, physicians, attorneys, agencies and affiliated professionals in the field of surrogacy and egg donation.
• Fertility Plus - Donor Egg, Surrogacy & Embryo Adoption Resources.
• All About Premature Ovarian Failure
• Do I Have Premature Ovarian Failure?