Women with disabilities, particularly those with intellectual difficulties, have very particular needs  in regards to their hormones and bone strength. Many of these women are distressed by their periods or by the requirement for additional care it requires. To prevent this distress, many women use hormonal treatments to prevent their periods from occurring. Unfortunately, long term use of hormonal treatments can be damaging to bone strength. For most women this is not problematic, however combined with the use of other medications, wheelchair use, an absence of weight bearing exercise and institutionalization can be disastrous for bone strength and result in […]

Sperm donation is a wonderful gift to give a couple. Sperm donations are only used if the male has insufficient healthy sperm to create a pregnancy. As such it provides a couple with the only possible way for them to have a pregnancy and, aside from adoption, the only way to have a child. Many sperm donors are interested to find out if their donation ever resulted in a pregnancy. Although we know whether the donations resulted in a pregnancy and are often contacted after the baby is born. We often do not hear much more after that. So we […]