Useful Contacts

ACEBABES (Assisted Conception Babies) support for families following successful fertility treatment. www.acebabes.co.uk

ADOPTION UK (previously PPIAS - Parent to Parent Information on Adoption Services) Manor Farm, Appletree Road, Chipping Warden, Banbury, Oxon OX17 1LH. Tel:: 0870 7700450. e-mail: admin@adoptionuk.org.uk

AFAA (formerly STORK), (The Association for Families who have Adopted from Abroad), Maurice Thomas, General Secretary, AFAA, Carlton Lodge, Woodhead Road, Wortley, Sheffield, S30 7DG. S.A.E.

BRITISH AGENCIES FOR FOSTERING & ADOPTION (BAAF), Skyline House, 200 Union Street, London SE1 OLY. Tel: 0207 593 2000. Fax 0207 593 2001.

BRITISH INFERTILITY COUNSELLING ASSOCIATION (BICA) Offers information to patients who are seeking details of counsellors specialising in infertility. 69 Division Street, Sheffied S1 4GE. Tel: 01342 843880. Website: www.bica.net

CHASE (Childless Help and Support Exists) the aim of this organisation is to socially unite the childless and relieve isolation. For further information write to: The Secretary, CHASE, PO Box 115, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 7ZZ.

COTS (Childlessness Overcome Through Surrogacy), Loandu Cottage, Gruids, Lairg, Sutherland, Scotland. Tel: 0844 4140001; e-mail intro@surrogacy.org.uk ;Website: http://www.surrogacy.org.uk

DONOR CONCEPTION NETWORK, PO Box 265, Sheffield, S3 7YX. (A network of parents with children conceived by DI and those contemplating or undergoing treatment, who have decided to tell their children about their origins and who have come together to support each other.)PO Box 7471, Nottingham NG3 6ZE. Tel: 020 8245 4369; Website: www.dcnetwork.org

FORESIGHT (The Association for the Promotion of Pre-Conceptual Care), 28 The Paddock, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1XD. Tel: 01483 427839.

HUMAN FERTILISATION & EMBRYOLOGY AUTHORITY, 21 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3HF. Tel: 020 7291 8200. Website:www.hfea.gov.uk

INFERTILITY NETWORK UK . A merger of ISSUE & CHILD. Charter House, 43 St. Leonard's Road, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex TN40 1JAA. Tel: 01424 732361; Fax: 01424 731 858; e-mail: office@child.org.uk

INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOSEXUAL COUNSELLING, 11 Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, London, W1M 9DE. Tel: 0207 580 0631.

INTERNATIONAL (IPPF) PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION, Regent College, Inner Circle, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4NS. Tel: 0207 486 0741.

JAFA (Jewish Association for Fostering, Adoption and Infertility), PO Box 20, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 5BY. Tel: Suzi - 0208 9523638.

THE MISCARRIAGE ASSOCIATION, c/o Clayton Hospital, Northgate, Wakefield, W. Yorks WF1 3JS. Tel: 01924 200799; Fax: 01924 298834. e-mail :info@miscarriageassociatio.org.uk Website: www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk

National Gamete Donation Trust NGDT To help you understand what is involved in egg or sperm donation and how to go about becoming a donor you can contact the NGDT confidential helpline on 0845 226 9193 (local rate). They will be able to give you impartial advise or put you into contact to someone who has already been through the process. Alternatively you can email on info@ngdt.co.uk. Website: www.ngdt.co.uk

NORCAP (National Organisation for the Counselling of Adoptees and Parents), 3 New High Street, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7AJ. Tel:01865 875000.

OASIS (Overseas Adoption Support & Information Services) Christies Kings, Alexander Hotel, Woodland Terrace, Greenbank, Plymouth PL4 5NL. Tel: 01752 225536.

POST ADOPTION CENTRE, 8 Torriano Mews, Torriano Avenue, Kentish Town, London, NW5 2RZ. Tel: 0207 284 0555. Website: www.postadoptioncentre.org.uk

TAMBA (Twins & Multiple Births Association) 309 Chester Road, Little Sutton, South Wirral, L66 1QQ. Tel 0870 121 4000 or 0151 348 0020(until 2.00 pm) ; Fax: 0870 121 4001 or 0151 348 0765; Website: www.tamba.org.uk

THE NATIONAL ENDOMETRIOSIS SOCIETY, 50 Westminster Palace Gardens, 1 - 7 Artillery Row, London SW1P 1RL. Tel: 020 7222 2776.

Recommended Reading

FERTILITY PROBEMS: A SIMPLE GUIDE. Ruth Chambers. Radcliffe Medical Press (1999)

INFERTILITY Your Questions Answered, S.L. Tan, H.E. Jacobs. Blackwell Science Ltd. £9.95

INFERTILITY, Roger Neuberg. Second Edition (1994). Thorsons. £7.99. (Out of print. Libraries only) A clear comprehensive guided tour of infertility, its causes and possible solutions.

FAMILIES FOLLOWING ASSISTED CONCEPTION ---WHAT DO WE TELL OUR CHILD? Alexina McWhinnie, University of Dundee.

SO YOU WANT TO HAVE A BABY, Roger Neuberg, 4th Edition (1996). Serono. (Free publication). (Fifth edition in preparation).

MALE INFERTILITY - MEN TALKING, Mary-Claire Mason. Routledge. £12.99. An invaluable step towards focusing on men's experiences of their own infertility which will help open up lines of communication to lessen the suffering of infertile couples.

MY STORY, Obtainable through Donor Conception Network (See useful addresses). £3.95. Cheque payable to 'The Infertility Research Trust'. A delightfully illustrated book written for 4 - 5 year olds which explains DI in a straightforward and sensitive way.

YOUR GUIDE TO INFERTILITY (Published by the HFEA) HFEA Directory of Clinics 2005 / 06 (What you need to know about infertility treatments; When and where to seek help; Questions to ask clinics; Couples share their experience of treatment.)