Hadassah Shemtov, the cofounder of the “Batsheva Learning Center” joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about a number of the sources that discuss infertility and pregnancy loss, her hope that having this knowledge could help shape the way people process and relate to some of the difficult experiences that they are having on their journey, and the concept of being “busy with” Pe’ru U’revu (being fruitful and multiply) versus “fulfilling” the mitzvah (commandment) of Pe’ru U’revu.

Michelle (Malka) Grunstein, LMFT CATC-IV, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about how she has always known that she wants to be a mother, how she decided that by the time she was 30, if she didn't meet someone, she would take steps to do this by herself and her multiple failed relationships including a broken engagement.

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.

Rabbi Karen Glazer Perolman joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her upbringing, her passion for her job as a community rabbi, and having a stillbirth, her baby, Leo, who she lost, what grief looks like when your job is to hold people in *their* pain and how she has managed to get through all of it.

Shira Collings joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her personal experience with recurrent pregnancy loss (4 heartbreaking losses), how navigating grief is hard enough after a loss, as most people don’t truly understand what a grieving person needs and the added layers of being part of the queer community, which brings up other ways that people can feel isolated and alone.

Rob Reider joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the stillbirth of his daughter, Lila, in December 2017, how he dealt with the grief and overwhelming heartache, and how he and his his wife, Tehila, got through those early weeks (spoiler alert- they were both a mess).