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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203. How The Pain of Pregnancy Loss Helped Me Find My Purpose with Marla Rottenstreich
In this episode, Aimee sits down with Marla Rottenstreich, a fitness professional, doula, and COO of One Israel Fund. She opens up for the first time about her fertility journey, navigating a congenital uterine anomaly, pregnancy complications, and grief. This conversation is a vulnerable exploration of how deep medical trauma reshapes the path to parenthood.
201. Aimee’s Reflection on 200 Episodes, and special guest, Jonah Platt, on Circumstantial Infertility
In this episode, Aimee sits down with Jonah Platt, actor, musician, and host of The Being Jewish Podcast. Aimee first reflects on the milestone of 200 episodes and impact of IWSTHAB on the Jewish community, before pivoting to Jonah’s personal story. Jonah Platt discusses the complexities of navigating health, faith, and the public eye while trying to grow a family. This conversation is a vulnerable exploration of how chronic health challenges reshape the path to parenthood.
200. From Loss to Advocacy: A TFMR Journey with Clare Molnar
In this episode, Aimee sits down with Clare, a mother of three and reproductive rights advocate to discuss her experience with termination for medical reasons (TFMR). Clare shares how a complex twin pregnancy led to a heartbreaking decision and explains why she feels it is vital to share her story openly.
199. Trusting Your Timeline: Claiming the Future on Your Own Terms with Emily Sklar
In this episode, Aimee sits down with Emily Sklar, a podcast producer and media personality, to discuss her proactive decision to freeze her eggs at age 35. After years of prioritizing her career, Emily opens up about her mother's influence and a professional pivot led her to claim her future by securing the possibility of motherhood on her own terms.
197. Carrying for Family: A Cousin’s Gift of Surrogacy with Andrea Syrtash, Elana Syrtash-Ochs, and Aliza Abrams Konig
In this episode, IWSTHAB’s Surrogacy Support Consultant Aliza Abrams Konig sits down with Andrea Syrtash, a relationship expert and founder of Pregnantish, and her cousin Elana Syrtash-Ochs, an early childhood educator, to discuss their shared journey through gestational surrogacy. The conversation explores the profound emotional shift that occurs when a family member steps in after years of infertility, loss, and the heartbreak of being ghosted by a previous surrogate.
196. Not the After, the During: Telling the Truth From Inside Pregnancy After Loss with Sarah Guigue
In this two-part conversation, we return to Sarah Guigue’s fertility journey with honesty, vulnerability, and deep intention. In November 2025 Sarah made the brave choice to speak in the middle of her pregnancy, because she wanted to capture the raw intensity of her journey after loss. The fear. The hope. The constant calculations. The way joy and terror lived side by side.
191. Nothing About This Was Simple: Amanda Bryk on Miscarriage, Pregnancy After Loss Anxiety, and Finding Community
In this episode, Aimee sits down with Amanda Bryk, a new IWSTHAB board member, to talk honestly about miscarriage, anxiety, and the complicated reality of building a family after loss.
190. When the Waiting Becomes the Story
In this episode, Tamar and Giddy share their story - how they met, fell in love, and built a marriage shaped by multiple losses, 11 rounds of IVF, and the constant waiting that comes with not knowing what’s next.
7 Things You're Doing That Makes Your Guests Uncomfortable with Tzipora Grodko [Re-release]
With the holidays around the corner, we’re bringing back our conversation with Tzipora Grodko: 7 Things You’re Doing That Make Your Guests Uncomfortable. This episode is a gentle but honest reminder that gatherings can be complicated, especially for those navigating fertility struggles and loss.
180. Raw, Honest and Still Struggling with Chavie Bruk
In this episode, Aimee sits down with Chavie Bruk, a "Talking Away the Taboo" regular, a woman whose path to motherhood was through adoption, not biology. Together they talk about what emunah (faith) and bitachon (trust) look like in the face of unanswered prayers, and how fertility challenges shape our experience of the Yamim Noraim
178. Finding Strength in Unwritten Chapters with Rachel Honeyman, Tzipora Grodko and Peri Lyman
Rachel Honeyman, Tzipora Grodko, and Peri Lyman, join Aimee Baron, MD to talk about their deeply personal experiences of waiting, grieving, and finding meaning in places they never expected
177. Navigating Pregnancy After Loss with Taliya Corbett
Taliya Corbett, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the complicated road to pregnancy, having a stillbirth, and her path to healing
176. Modern Jewish Dating Meets Fertility with Aleeza Ben Shalom
Aleeza Ben Shalom, Jewish matchmaker, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about egg freezing, when (or if) to bring it up in the dating process, and what real support looks like from friends and family
175. “I Will Always Be Someone Who Lost Her Twins" an Anonymous TFMR story
An anonymous woman joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about diagnostic testing, endless waiting and pain, maternal love, and medical complexities
174. This Wasn’t How It Was Supposed to Go with Julia Makowsky
A therapist and mom of three, Julia Makowsky, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about antenatal depression, grieving the loss of future fertility after receiving a BRCA+ diagnosis, and how her view of G-d and faith has shifted
173. Stillbirth and Still Standing: Sarah Guigue’s Story
Sarah Guigue joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her stillbirth story, emotions around medical visits during pregnancy, becoming a mother after childhood parentification
172. Surrendering: Bianca Jade’s Story of Fertility, Faith, and Finding Herself
Bianca Jade joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about surrendering to uncertainty and what it means to take control, egg freezing in her late 30s, experiencing two miscarriages, and connecting to spirituality
Episode 32: That Good Grief with Rachel Reichblum
Rachel Reichblum, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her journey through the world of grief, the universality of grief, and how religion affected her thoughts and choices.
Episode 29: Living with Endometriosis with Leah and Michaela
Leah and Michaela, join Aimee Baron, MD to talk about how they were diagnosed with endometriosis, how this illness affected fertility and how they handled the emotional aspects of living with and managing chronic pain.
Episode 6: Your Pain is Real with Elizabeth Savetsky
Elizabeth Savetsky joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her experience with pregnancy loss and why she decided to go public with her story.
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