Psychological and Medical Perspectives on Fertility Care and Sexual Health

Kim Bergman, PhD, is a licensed psychologist who writes, teaches, and speaks extensively on parenting by choice. She is an owner and senior partner at Growing Generations and created a comprehensive psychological screening, support, and monitoring process for Intended Parents, Surrogates and Donors. She is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, serving as the Outgoing Chair of the LGBTQ Special Interest Group; an incoming board member of the Mental Health Professional Group; the American Psychological Association; the Los Angeles County Psychological Association; the Lesbian and Gay Psychotherapy Association; and the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association. She is on the national Emeritus board of the Family Equality Council. Dr. Bergman is the author of Your Future Family: The Essential Guide to Assisted Reproduction (Conari Press 2019) and the upcoming children’s book, You Began as a Wish. William Petok, PhD, has been in full-time independent practice for over 30 years and he is a Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He is a past Chair of the Mental Health Professional Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and is a regular reviewer for Fertility and Sterility and other professional journals. Dr. Petok served for 10 years as a board member of Path 2 Parenthood, formerly the American Fertility Association, and as a member of the Executive Council of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology for 9 years. He has chaired and served as faculty on multiple post-graduate courses that focus on sexuality and assisted reproductive technologies at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s annual meetings.

Preface: The Intimate Interface of Sexuality and Fertility. Kim Bergman, PhD and William Petok, PhD

Reproductive Health

1. The Acquisition of Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge. William D. Petok, PhD and Arik V. Marcell, MD, MPH

Sexual Dysfunctions and Infertility

2. Male Infertility: Medical Factors and Emotional Consequences. Vassili Glazyrine MD, Dane Stephens, MD, Emily Wentzell, PhD., Kimberly Wallace-Young, PhD, Ajay Nanja, MD

3. Female Sexual Function and Fertility and Infertility. Elizabeth A Grill,PsyD, Alison J. Meyers, Alice D. Domar, PhD

4. The Impact of Erectile Dysfunction on Infertility and its Treatment. Amir I. Khan, MD, Jennifer Lindelof, MD, Stanton Honig, MD

5. Ejaculatory Dysfunction and Infertility. Daniel N. Watter, EdD.and Kathryn S. K. Hall, PhD

6. Early Menopause: Diagnosis and Management. Tanya Glenn, MD and Amanda N. Kallen, MD

7. Reproductive and Sexual Health Concerns for Cancer Survivors. Jessica Gorman, PhD, MPH and Elizabeth K. Arthur, PhD, APRN-CNP, AOCNP

Special Considerations

8. Lesbians Pursuing Parenthood: Pathways, Challenges, and Best Practices. Marie Hayes, MA.and Julia T. Woodward, PhD

9. Gay Men, as Individuals and as a Community, Overcoming Reproductive Challenges to Have Children. Guy Ringler, MD and Cyd Ziegler

10. Parenting in Transgender and Non-Binary Individuals. Amanda R Schwartz, MD, and Molly B Moravek, MD, MPH

11. Trauma and its Impact on Reproduction and Sexuality. Laura Covington, PhD. MSW, LICSW

12. How the "Medicalization" of Reproduction Takes the Fun Out of the Process. Alice D. Domar PhD, Alison J. Meyers, Elizabeth A. Grill PsyD

13. Unintended Infertility: Labor Markets, Software Workers, and Fertility Decision Making. Sharmila Rudrappa, PhD

14: Eastern Medicine: An Alternative Perspective. Denise Wiesner, LAC

15. Sex, Religion, and Infertility: The Complications of G-d in the Bedroom. Julie Bindeman, PsyD

Looking Forward

16. Thoughts on Education, Reproduction and Sexual Function. Future Research: Direction and Obstacles. Angela Lawson, PhD