News Coverage Making Infertility Dreams Come True Through the Coalition for Family Building Getting Zen with Jen ZMay 1, 2019 Dr. Eve Feinberg, Medical Director of Northwestern Fertility and Reproductive Medicine, joins the conversation to share her expertise on the topic of infertility. She walks us through the process of making these tiny miracles happen, breaking down the stigma around …
News Coverage Making Infertility Dreams Come True Through the Coalition for Family Building Getting Zen with Jen ZMay 1, 2019 Dr. Eve Feinberg, Medical Director of Northwestern Fertility and Reproductive Medicine, joins the conversation to share her expertise on the topic of infertility. She walks us through the process of making these tiny miracles happen, breaking down the stigma around …
News Coverage What is the Coalition for Family Building (formerly The Life Foundation) and how can it help our US followers? IVF BabbleFebruary 11, 2019 Fertility treatment in America can be an expensive business and if you’re not a celebrity, have access to a trust fund, a lottery win, or a good insurance policy, you will have to self-fund. But …
News Coverage Let’s Get Real about Fertility Treatments and Insurance Modern FertilityBy Chanel DubofskyJanuary 17, 2019 Before I started writing this piece, I did an extremely informal poll, asking people about their experiences getting insurance to cover/reimburse their fertility treatments. Here are a few of their responses. “It was almost all covered but the meds (which are several thousands a …
News Coverage Nonprofit Coalition Gives Grants for IVF to Couples Struggling with Infertility Good Morning AmericaBy Catherine Thorbecke and Cathy BeckerDecember 19, 2018 A nonprofit coalition in Chicago is giving hope to couples struggling with infertility by offering grants to cover the medical costs of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments. Esten and Josie Patrick had been yearning to start a family …
News Coverage Made In Chicago: The Coalition for Family Building (Formerly The Life Foundation) CBS Chicago February 12, 2018 CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Tracy and John Papach of Evergreen Park have been married for 10 years. They’ve spent nine of them trying to have a child. “Nothing was working for us,” Tracy recalled. Tracy and John Papach with Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron. …
News Coverage Coalition for Family Building (formerly the Life Foundation) Helps Create Families Daily North Shore By Julie Kemp Pick December 25, 2017 HIGHLAND PARK – Though the overall mission of the Coalition for Family Building (formerly the Life Foundation) is to promote educational and financial assistance for those who are struggling with infertility, the program has worked to provide …
News Coverage Returning from war, some vets have a hard time starting a family The Daily WorldBy Alison Bowen, Chicago TribuneNovember 13, 2017When Chris Lynd encountered health issues after serving in the military, he thought his benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs would cover his medical treatments. So he and his wife, Caitlyn, were surprised when those benefits didn’t …
News Coverage ‘It can be heart-wrenching’: Family Building Grants help couples with fertility issues build families Chicago Tribune By Christen A. Johnson November 20, 2017 After three failed intrauterine inseminations (IUI), Ashley Versage’s nurse called sharing news that she was “definitely pregnant.” Hoping to surprise her wife, Kate, she ran to Target and got a digital pregnancy test and two …
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