In this episode, Danielle Mizrahi shares her unique fertility journey — one that challenges our assumptions about what “fertility struggles” look like. From the joy of welcoming her third child to the unexpected trauma that followed, Danielle opens up about grief that doesn’t come with a funeral, the profound loss of her ability to have more children, and the moments when her pain felt invisible.

In this episode, we’re digging into male factor infertility: what it means, how it’s diagnosed, and how it impacts couples emotionally, physically, and relationally.

We’re joined by Paul Kassebaum, a quantum physicist, and his wife Julia Cohen, an economist as they open up about the medical and emotional twists and turns of their path. We also bring in experts: Dr. Ariel Moradzadeh, a reproductive endocrinologist, and Abbe Golding, a genetic counselor at Jscreen.

Briana Felsen’s path to motherhood was anything but straightforward. When she learned she was a BRCA carrier, everything changed—her sense of time, her plans for the future, and her relationship with her own body.

In his first-ever podcast conversation, Aimee sits down with Rabbi Elon Soniker, author of Uriel’s Light, to talk about faith, family, and finding meaning after unimaginable loss. Rabbi Soniker shares the story of his son, Uriel, his brief but powerful life, and the light that continues to shine through his memory.

Emily Getz joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about how she and her husband had their first child naturally and never expected that it would be difficult trying to build their family, her stillbirth and multiple miscarriages, 1 ectopic, 4 rounds of IVF and still no baby, and the grief, shock, loss and heartbreak that were almost pushed to the side as they pursued every possible step in order to try to have another child.

Michelle Weissman, MD joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about how she became a single mother by choice...to 4 children, how this was never her "plan A" and she didn't even consider becoming a parent until she was in her 30s, with no dating prospects on the horizon and the process of how and why she got comfortable with the idea.

Dr. Eric Surrey, Rabbi Idit Solomn, and Lori Metz, LCSW, CCM, BC-THM join Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the most frequently asked questions about donor conception, who considers using a donor, how one picks a donor, and the emotions that people typically grapple with.

Taliya Corbett joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the story of her daughter, Ora, who was stillborn, after having 4 healthy boys and how she was raised as a Muslim, and fell in love with Judaism (and her husband, Ari) and converted at 26.

Chari Pere joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her miscarriage, a harrowing experience of losing a very wanted pregnancy, how she decided to tell her story via cartoons, and her series of cartoons, “Miscarried: An Unspoken Cartoonmentary.”

Chani Melamed joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about getting married at 26 years old, her 14 year marriage to her husband without children and how she has been able to remain positive and have a zest for life despite her challenges with fertility.

Tzipora Grodko joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about 7 pain points people in the singles and fertility community feel as when they are hosted by family or friends for the holidays and how people are treated when they are a guest in someone’s home.

Elisheva Levitt joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the surrogacy story of her twins, who were born after three heartbreaking pregnancy losses and years of searching for a surrogate and the pregnancy of her first child that left her with a blood incompatibility and her body attacked any subsequent attempts to try to bring another baby into this world.

Aliza Konig, Reena Bloom, and an Anonymous guest join Aimee Baron, MD to talk about what brought them to surrogacy, how they navigated that journey, how they managed their family and friends during the process. In addition, they talked about how Reena and the Anonymous guest had previous pregnancies, and surrogacy was chosen as a miraculous way they could grow their families.

Dr. Sahar Wertheimer, Peggy Cottrell and Rachel Sentchuk join Aimee Baron, MD to talk about breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and infertility.

Abby Brody joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her experience being thrust into the world of breast cancer, how that diagnosis was complicated by the fact that she was pregnant and how cancer has affected her ability to have more children right now.

Carrie Bornstein joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her experiences as a surrogate , the thoughts and feelings that led to her decision to become a surrogate, the agency she worked with, the legal process, and the matching that takes place.

Rabbi Shmuli Falk, Chana Falk, and Yehonatan Palmer join Aimee Baron, MD to talk about creating Keren Ohr, the infertility journey of the Falks and the Palmers and how hashgacha pratis (divine providence) led them to one another.

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.

Cantor Lucy Fishbein, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about how she gets comfort from the fertility stories of the matriarchs and how they suffered, her multiple miscarriages, rounds of IVF cycles and transfers and how she doesn’t have a happy ending and may never have one.

Chaya Hott joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about strategies on how she got through the crippling anxiety of that pregnancy, how rainbow babies don’t “fix” grief and how to hold joy and grief at the same time (especially in light of the war in Israel).