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147. Navigating the pain and grief: A personal story of primary infertility and infant loss with Elissa Felder
Elissa Felder joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her years of primary infertility, coupled with the devastating loss of her infant son, her book, “From One Life to the Next Life: The Sacred Passage After Death,” which has become a lifeline for those navigating the churning waters of grief and her raw, soul-baring journey from paralyzing grief to living a life infused with purpose and passion.
146. Infertility, Miscarriage and Grief Against The Backdrop of October 7th with Shirel Korobkin and Shani Weinmann Kay
Shirel Korobkin and Shani Weinmann Kay join Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the realities of the fertility community in Israel, one year after October 7th, what the last 365 days has been for them personally and as individuals who have taken active roles in trying to hold space for others and advice on how we can best support.
145. Exploring the Emotions of the Struggle to Have A Baby with Aliza Tropper, LMHC
Aliza Tropper, LMHC, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the emotions that come up during the quest to build a family, the guilt, shame, sadness, anxiety, inadequacy, etc., and how they manifest, and suggestions on how to make these deep feelings more manageable, like self-soothing, mini-breaks, reaching out for support and even medication if things become too overwhelming.
144. My Infertility Story: Lessons from Chana and Penina with Tee Simpser
Tee Simpser joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her 6 years of primary infertility, heartbreaking disappointments, life-threatening complications and all kinds of insensitive comments and how she saw herself in the Chana/Penina story from the Book of Shmuel (book of Samuel), as she longed to be a mother, while watching everyone else around her get pregnant.
143. Busting Myths Around Treatment Options Before, During and After Pregnancy with Esther Rollhaus, MD
Esther Rollhaus, MD, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about all aspects of reproductive psychiatry, the reasons why someone would reach out, how meds are used as an adjunct to therapy, and myths about medication.
141. Pain Doesn’t End…or Does it? with Chavie Bruk
Chavie Bruk joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about pain and the way it changes over time, her and her husband's permanent infertility, adopting 5 children at different ages and her grieving the loss of a biological child.
139. Open, Honest, Struggling with Ricki Steiner
Ricki Steiner joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her primary infertility journey this far, why she decided to start talking openly about her struggles on social media, how she feels when people tell her they’re praying for her (with a whole sidebar on her relationship with G-d right now).
137. Why Infertility Is So Isolating with Rabbi Elchanan Poupko
Rabbi Elchanan Poupko joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about his recent piece about the insensitivity in the orthodox community to people who are struggling to have a child, his personal story of infertility and the pain he and his wife carried for all those years, and how their infertility challenges made him a passionate voice for those who are still in the trenches.
136. The Impact of Eating Disorders on Reproductive Health with Rachel Goldberg LMFT, PMH
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.
135. Disordered Eating, Body Image and Fertility with Reva Schlanger Peyser MS, RD, CDN
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.
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