Options for Creating Families
January 15, 2008
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Hoover pavilion -
211 Quarry Road, Suite 400 ( 4th Floor) Map
Stanford universitry
This special event will focus on learning about the different options for family building, including:
- IVF
- Ovum Donation
- Sperm Donation
- Adoption
- Surrogacy
- Gestational Carriers
Meet and listen to the journey from woman and couples that have chosen these paths.
Formal presentations will be made by:
Penny Donnelly, MFT, RN,
director of support programs at Stanford’s Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Center, has developed and led a number of counseling and health education programs for patients seeking fertility treatment. She offers private counseling to clinic patients and facilitates support groups for primary and secondary infertility; donor; and pregnancy groups. In addition, Penny founded and leads the nationally recognized mind/body program for infertility patients.
Sara Lively, M.S.Ed.,
is the founder of Adoption Paths, an independent education organization that provides unbiased information and support to people considering adopting children. Ms. Lively coaches people through the difficult decision whether or not to adopt, and helps them make informed decisions about all their options - international or domestic, closed or open adoption. She offers seminars, workshops and private consultations to prospective adopters throughout Northern California.
cost:
Couple: $25
Individual: $15
REGISTER by TUESday, jANUARY 8, 2008
Stanford University Medical Center:
- Location: Hoover Pavilion, 211 Quarry Road, Suite 4oo (4th Floor), Stanford - Accross from Bloomingdale's Department Store.
For convenient free parking at Hoover Pavilion off of Quarry Road.
follow Campus Drive to Panama Street, turn
into the parking lot that runs along the North side of Campus. After entering, turn to the right and park immediately adjacent to the Beckman Center.
For specific questions, please contact course director:
Penny Donnelly, RN, MFT, Stanford REI Center
900 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304
phone 650-723-6408 or pdonnelly@stanfordmed.org
