Infertility Resource Center

IVF Connections About this site: Facing infertility is always stressful, but IVF Connections offers the encouragement and support that comes from knowing you aren't alone. Connect with others through the site's frequent chats, private email lists, or nine heavily trafficked bulletin boards. There's also a Q and A section on the various stages of IVF treatment and links to articles on current medical research. (http://www.ivfconnections.com/)   Pluses: You can share your own IVF experience, success story, or poem.   Minuses: There are no bulletin boards or resources for partners.   Best feature: Check out the bulletin boards for IVF support.

Fertile Thoughts -- Infertility About this site: Fertile Thoughts is a great site for anyone trying to have a baby. It contains information on infertility treatments, insurance issues, and support systems. Other parts of the site cover surrogacy and adoption. (http://fertilethoughts.net/ft/infertility/)   Pluses: FAQs cover such helpful topics as low-tech ways to conceive, pregnancy tests, and in-vitro fertilization.   Minuses: It's hard to read the tiny letters on the left-hand navigation column.   Best feature: The infertility chats and bulletin boards are a good place to find a sympathetic ear.

Miracle Babies Online About this site: Do you have questions about infertility? Mark Perloe, a physician and author of "Miracle Babies," has put most of his fertility treatment book online where you can read it for free. (http://www.ivf.com/tocmb.html)   Pluses: Chapters cover everything from finding the right doctor to coping with the stress of treatments.   Minuses: Each chapter loads as one l-o-n-g page.   Best feature: The handy infertility glossary defines hundreds of terms you might encounter at a fertility clinic.

INCIID -- InterNational Council on Infertility Information Dissemination About this site: The name might seem clunky but the site isn't. The easy-to-find features include thorough factsheets, infertility causes and treatments, and a directory of professionals who are members of INCIID's nonprofit council. (http://www.inciid.org/)   Pluses: Specialized fertility industry news and a national calendar of conferences.   Minuses: Annoying images that flash on and off; to disable, hit "stop" button on your browser.   Best feature: Get expert advice or find a friend on the bulletin boards.