Talking Away The Taboo
Talking Away the Taboo is the podcast for anyone in the Jewish community struggling to have a child and seeking a place for emotional support and comfort. It is a show that will help you learn while validating your feelings and processing the hardship, and teach everyone else to be more sensitive. Each week, Dr. Aimee Baron and her guests talk away the taboo of infertility, pregnancy loss, infant loss, surrogacy, adoption, and more. We laugh, we cry, and we challenge the Jewish community to think differently about a topic that has for so long been shrouded in secrecy and shame. Join us on the wild, unpredictable, and gut-wrenching journey of creating a family.
More than 4 years and 83,603 downloads later, we’re celebrating 200 episodes!
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149. Reimagining Parenthood with Rachel Shanken
Rachel Shanken joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her journey to becoming an adoptive parent, something she never envisioned herself doing, the heartbreaking conversation as a single woman in her 30s when her doctors said that she may never have biological children and how she got married, but then struggled through the ups and downs of umpteen failed cycles to try to get pregnant.
129. My Three Girls: How Donor Eggs Helped me Build My Family with Jen Blumenfeld
Jen Blumenfeld joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the story of her 3 beautiful children, some of whom came into this world through donor eggs, longing for a child and having multiple failed cycles, how Jen and her husband came to considering donor eggs and building her family with the help of science and a modern-day miracle.
128. My Embryo Donation Story with Elana Frank
Elana Frank, CEO of Jewish Fertility Foundation, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her own fertility journey, doing IUIs in a doctor's home in Israel, choosing a donor embryo for her last child and her experience with secondary infertility.
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