I was supposed to live a storybook life. Graduate college, get married & start a family. Only, it didn’t happen and suddenly I was in my 40s with a biological time clock ticking so loud I could barely think.

Rachel Goldberg LMFT, PMH joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about binge and restrictive eating habits and how that can affect fertility, the reasons why disordered eating or exercise can cause fertility issues, the guilt and shame that go along with this these diagnoses, and the small changes suggestions people can make to try to get them out of a destructive feeding pattern.

Reva Schlanger Peyser MS, RD, CDN joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about a myriad of issues surrounding fertility in regard to body image and eating disorders, how people feel like their body is failing them during the struggle to build a family and how people might use eating, nutrition, exercise to try to take back some control.

There are many different ways our relationship with our body changes because of all that we go through to grow our family. It’s normal to struggle with the changes your body goes through along the way.

How does one move on from here? While her story is unique, there are so many pieces that are not. The fear. The pain. The loss of control. Powerlessness. Feeling that your body betrayed you. The unknown.

This is the a story of molar pregnancy. Please read with kindness and sensitivity in your heart, because this woman is in deep pain.

Read one woman's story about an extopic pregnancy and needing mental health support 10 years later because of the trauma it caused.

How To Be A More Sensitive Host

Grief is trying to talk to you. Here’s a cheat sheet to tell you what it’s really saying.

Don’t Say This, Say This Instead

“Once I got to high school, it was probably about 11th or 12th grade where my parents told me I would have to go through IVF to have kids. In my mind I was like, ‘Okay- No big deal.”

“People talk about infertility and pregnancy loss as reasons they don't have the family they dreamed of. I've never heard of anyone talk about the genetic carrier issue.”

While many undergo fertility treatments because of a medical diagnosis of infertility, others have a different genetic condition or disorders which necessitate IVF to ensure a healthy child.

Yom Kippur Reflections

Coping Tips for Sukkot

How To Be A More Sensitive Host

How many times have you wanted to give *that* person a snippy remark after they made you feel bad, but you just couldn’t think of one at the time? Here’s the post for you.

Liz Glazer joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the moment when everything changed, when her daughter, Leo Pearl, was stillborn and the aftermath, and growing up not knowing if she was ever going to be able to have a family.

This story gives an insight into one woman’s feelings as she prepares for her last visit to the mikvah (ritual bath), a necessity in orthodox communities before husband and wife reunite.

“Let me start here. Niddah makes me want to die. I have separation anxiety. Something I’ve had all my life. I was treated for it once, but I hated the meds. They had horrible side effects.”

It’s been a long time since I was in that stage of my life, the emotions and stress of mikvah night during the years when we kept losing babies come rushing back.

Thank you to this voice from the community for perfectly describing this 😭😭😭

A follower who has been suffering for years with infertility, and recently got pregnant wrote this to me, after reading how some people are triggered when hearing people complain.

“Can you share some tips about how to get through pregnancy after loss? I am 6 weeks pregnant now and a mess. It’s just so hard to get through the day.”

So many of you have written about your relationships and marriages being strained through the journey of infertility or after a loss, that it’s worth mentioning here.

“I’ve never told a single soul this, but the biggest reason I don’t want to do IVF is because I don’t think my marriage is strong enough to endure it.”

“Yet, we don't have kids to play with their kids at shabbos meals, go to afternoon activities with, or go to museums with. We have tried to fit in, but maybe it's better to not even try.”

Dr. Aimee Baron supports those who are struggling with fertility - and answers some of the most import questions on this episode of Meaningful People Podcast.

This poster wishes to remain anonymous, but I’ve had many conversations with her about trying to reconcile the despair of trying (and failing) to get pregnant with another child.

. It’s been “easy” (😕) to deal with your situation, but to have your aloneness on display, while watching everyone else parade with their families has been a big adjustment.

I will be honest and say that it took me a long time to be able to share my story without falling apart. But once I was able to, I have shared it so many times because I find that it gives people hope.

I always knew surrogacy would be my path to having a child of my own. When I was 16 years old, I was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a form of cervical cancer.

Surrogacy gives many people the opportunity to grow their family when they otherwise couldn’t have and bring them the greatest joy. However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t grief and loss throughout the process.

Parents who are choosing to use a donor for their child are thinking exactly the same way. They want to be parents more than they want to share their DNA.

These are some of the things that parents think about when considering using a donor (and things that other people think when you share you are going the donor route)

"We failed 11 IVF's at 4 different prominent fertility clinics with my own eggs, before we even considered donor eggs- what a difference it is going for a transfer being pretty confident that I'll end up pregnant!"