About this podcast
Building a family can be a complicated, messy, lonely, and sometimes heartbreaking process, but you don't have to navigate this challenging journey alone.
Join the AllPaths Family Building community as we talk with people who are currently trying to grow their family, those whose family building journey has come to an end, and experts in the fertility and family building space.
Together we'll:
*Hear family stories, providing real-life perspectives that highlight the many different paths a family building journey can take.
*Explore different fertility treatments and family building options with experts in this space.
*Get connected to a variety of supportive resources so you feel better equipped to tackle any challenges that may arise in your family building journey.
*Learn about ongoing advocacy work that promotes access to fertility care and family building options - and you can get involved.
No matter what you encounter on your journey - struggles while TTC, IUI, IVF, donor conception, surrogacy, adoption, pregnancy loss, pregnancy and parenting after, or remaining childless not by choice - the real-life insights from people who have traveled those paths can provide connection, comfort, and hope.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 108 episodes
- The 46 Books on the Shelf · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 107You did the retrieval, waited anxiously for the results, and received the news that your embryo is chromosomally normal and ‘healthy.’ So why didn’t it become a successful…
- "It’s Okay That It Sucks" · 1 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 106After enduring four pregnancy losses in just twelve months, the most healing words Macie heard didn’t offer false hope or easy silver linings, they simply acknowledged the brutal…
- Unexplained Is Unacceptable · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 105Driven by the stark reality that half of all recurrent pregnancy loss cases go completely unexplained, Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Association (RPLA) co-founder Megan Hanson shares…
- "Two Things Can Be True at the Same Time" · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 104How do you hold space for others through infertility, pregnancy, and the postpartum period while quietly navigating your own recurrent pregnancy loss? In this episode of the…
- October Check-In: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 103In this mini-episode of the AllPaths Podcast - regular full-length episodes resuming next Tuesday - host Emily catches up with listeners, expressing gratitude for the success of…
- “Oh, they actually get it.” · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 102In this episode of the podcast, AllPaths Executive Director Lauren sits down with volunteer support group leaders Ashley, Kristen, and Jillian to discuss their personal family…
- "IVF Is the Great Equalizer, But It’s Not Equitable Yet" · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 101In today’s episode, we’re delighted to introduce Boston-based reproductive endocrinologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital at Mass General Brigham and new member of the Board of…
- “We’re just two people who wanted to have a baby”: A Conversation with America’s First IVF Mom · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 100In this milestone 100th episode of the AllPaths podcast, hosts Emily and Lauren welcome Judy Carr, the first mother through IVF in the United States. Judy shares the story of her…
- Challenge Accepted: Building a Global PCOS/PMOS Movement · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 99When Sasha Ottey was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (recently renamed PMOS, or Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome) in 2008, her doctor handed her a brief pamphlet…
- The “Funky Chromosome” Bedtime Story · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 98In this episode, we sit down with Kelsey Reynolds, a Board-Certified Reproductive Genetic Counselor with a unique entry into the field. Inspired by her own parents' decade-long…
- Building a Bigger Table · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 97Content Warning: Please note that this conversation includes discussions of domestic violence and child abuse. Take care of yourself while listening and see below for helpful…
- Don't Be An Athena · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 96In this episode of the AllPaths Podcast, we welcome Kayla Branstetter, an educator and author, to share her personal journey through unexplained infertility and miscarriage…
- “Love makes a family, but DNA makes a person.” · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 95In this episode, licensed social worker and founder of Beyond the Cradle Consulting Max Tang shares their experience as a donor-conceived person and their advocacy work to…
- It’s OK To Be Human · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 94This episode of the AllPaths podcast features Kallie Chausse, a baker and photographer, to discuss her journey to parenthood. After marrying the boy next door in her early 20s…
- "If I just get up and take a shower, I've done something today." · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 93In this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we sit down with Jen Rogalski, Assistant Director of Empty Arms Bereavement Support, to discuss her journey through late-term pregnancy…
- Sarah and IVF Babe · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 92In this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we sit down with Sarah Weiss, a New Jersey native who began documenting her family-building journey on day one on her social media. Sarah…
- From "The Girl with Bad Periods" to “Chief Hope Officer” · 56 min · Season 1 Episode 91This episode of the AllPaths Podcast features women's health advocate La-Anna Douglas. La-Anna shares the complex story of her 16-year journey through infertility, which began…
- Rewriting the Mother Code · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 90In this episode of the AllPaths Podcast, we sit down with journalist and author Ruthie Ackerman to discuss her memoir, The Mother Code, and her journey to parenthood. For much of…
- Mental Health Absolutely Matters · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 89This episode of the AllPaths podcast features Dr. Kim Murray, a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified perinatal mental health provider, candidly recounting her…
- Redefining "Happily Ever After" · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 88In this episode, Toronto-based coach Reema Kiran shares her personal experience of becoming a single mother by choice. Despite initial fertility assessments suggesting she would…
