Frequently Asked Questions

Tinina Q. Cade Foundation

• What exactly does The Tinina Q. Cade Foundation, do?
  • The Tinina Q. Cade Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization that is a resource for families facing infertility. The Tinina Q. Cade Foundation, Inc. staff provide individuals and groups of people affected with infertility as well as those who are unaffected but interested in the topic, with reliable information. We offer educational seminars as well as internet based information on the causes, diagnostic procedures, treatments, policy related issues and advances in research on this area, as well as on non medical options for having children (e.g. adoption or foster care). It is our belief that having children is one of the fundamental reasons we were created and that no one should be denied that opportunity and privilege.
• How does the Tinina Q. Cade Foundation, Inc. finance their activities?
  • The Tinina Q. Cade Foundation, Inc. raises funds through walkathons, silent auctions and other similar fundraising/ awareness building activities in order to financially support our family building grant for couples who desire to become parents through infertility treatment or adoption. We will begin offering financial scholarships to families in the fall of 2007.

   

Infertility

• Can women over age 50 and women who have already begun menopause still have children through IVF?
  • There have been several studies examining pregnancy in women over 50 and in women who have experienced menopause. Women falling into these 2 categories can potentially still get pregnant and carry a healthy baby to term. Ask a Tinina Q. Cade Foundation, Inc. staff member for more information about the research supporting this, as well as where you might go for more information and support if you fall into this category.
• Can people suffering with cancer preserve their ability to have children so that if they survive their cancer, they will be able to have genetic children later in life?
  • In males, freezing sperm before cancer treatment is the best way to preserve their chances of being able to father a child after treatment. In females, freezing an embryo before treatment is the best way to do this. Egg freezing or ovarian tissue freezing is still experimental and not proven effective at this point. All cancer patients and their families should discuss this (future fertility) with their cancer doctor before treatment starts if possible, but if it has already started- discuss it immediately. Today ther are more cancer survivors than at any point in this nations history. As opposed to times in the past where people were dying quickly from cancer- today people are living long enough to suffer with long term effects like infertility. Talk with a Tinina Q. Cade Foundation, Inc.staff member and your physician for more information on this topic.