Featured in Million Podcasts’ Best Fertility Podcasts of 2025 - Named one of the Top 14 Fertility Podcasts worldwide, Talking Away The Taboo is a space for raw, real, and deeply Jewish conversations about infertility, loss, and everything in between..
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74. Our Fertility Story with Rachel Honeyman and Tzvi Doron
Rachel Honeyman and Tzvi Doron join Aimee Baron, MD to talk about not wanting to have children, wanting to try and discovering male infertility, multiple surgeries to try to extract sperm and contemplation about using a sperm donor.
73. The Angst of Secondary Infertility with Keshet Starr
Keshet Starr joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her diagnosis of PCOS in her late teens, how and when she told her future husband about her diagnosis and the real and raw pain of secondary infertility.
72. My Fertility Story with Abbie Sophia
Abbie Sophia joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her fertility story of multiple IUIs, failed IVF transfers, reductions, difficult pregnancies, her road to having her three children and her strength, hope, faith and resilience.
70. Pre-Passover Chizuk with Chani Melamed
Chani Melamed joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her experience with infertility over 11 years, how to take care of yourself during the holiday, and how she relates to Gd during this holiday and through her years of struggle.
Episode 69: Managing Passover during Infertility with Breindy and Tamar
Breindy and Tamar join Aimee Baron, MD to talk about how to manage Passover during infertility, dealing with holiday stresses and suggestions on what everyone else can do to help when they know someone is struggling.
Episode 68: Infertility and Fierce Advocacy with Risa Levine
Risa Levine, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her own personal story, how her marriage failed in the middle of her own IVF journey and how she worked to change the lives of so many struggling to have a baby.
Episode 64: Handling Insensitive Questions with Chani Ziggy-Hasis
Chani Ziggy-Hasis, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about all the crazy things people ask you and what you can say back to them, her marriage and three year old son, and the comments that just keep coming and coming.
Episode 63: My Story of Loss with Rabbi Idit Solomon
Rabbi Idit Solomon, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her own story of infertility and loss, how she founded Hasidah while still in her fertility years, with the mission of helping people financially with their treatments and her organization, which provides awareness and advocacy, emotional and spiritual care, in addition to the funding.
Episode 61: My Stillbirth Story with Chaya Hott
Chaya Hott, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about a clot diagnosed in her teens, dealing with osteoporosis in her twenties, being mismanaged by multiple medical providers and her story of heartbreak with her stillbirth.
Episode 59: A Story of Infertility and Loss with Monica Bivas
Monica Bivas, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her journey with IVF, stillbirth, suicidal thoughts, miscarriage and being on the brink of a divorce, her time as a Mindset and Holistic Fertility Coach and her remarkable story about her fertility and personal struggles.
Episode 58: How to Buy a Baby with Wendy Litner
Wendy Litner, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her fertility journey, what led her to embark on a writing career, and how she turned to adoption.
Episode 57: International Adoption with Cynthia Darrison
Cynthia Darrison, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the hurdles to adopt a baby girl from China, how her community accepted her daughter, Rachel, and what advice she gives to would-be singles and couples wanting to adopt.
Episode 56: Adoption with Michele Katz
Michele Katz, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her own journey to adopt two children (one as an infant and another at the age of 8), how she immersed them into her own family which includes two biological children and some of the common questions one has about the adoption process.
Episode 53: Adoption Awareness with Yettie Katz
Yettie Katz, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her change of heart when debating adoption, the circumstances surrounding each adoption and a window into some of the differences in state laws.
Episode 52: High Holiday Thoughts with Breindy and Tamar
Breindy and Tamar, join Aimee Baron, MD to talk about how to handle the holidays when you’re struggling, how to deal with pregnant family members that you’re spending the holiday with and what to do about those insensitive friends and family members.
Episode 50: My Secondary Infertility with Chaya Halon-Weinberg
Chaya Halon-Weinberg, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her experience with secondary infertility, how she dealt with her pain while surrounded by others in her family/community who were popping out babies and the nicest thing that someone did for her during her journey.
Episode 49: Setting Boundaries with Betty Gulko
Betty Gulko, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about boundaries regarding sharing your fertility journey, how she approaches these discussions in her life and her struggle with endometriosis.
Episode 47: Expectations, Pain, and Adoption with Chavie Bruk
Chavie Bruk, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about dealing with unmet expectations and how to have a mindset shift, leaning in and feeling the pain and the good and hard things about being an adoptive parent.
Episode 44: Gay Jewish Moms with Sydney and Brit Sharon
Sydney and Brit Sharon, join Aimee Baron, MD to talk about their lives and their journey to build their family, their IUI process, how they picked their donor sperm, and why they loved that process, and the legality of having two moms and what that might mean for their children.
Episode 40: World Down Syndrome Day with Daniela Weiss-Bronstein and Chari Pere
Daniela Weiss-Bronstein and Chari Pere, join Aimee Baron, MD to talk about Chari’s creative process, the emotions and turmoil with Dani, and how she responds when people are mean or inconsiderate of his needs/looks.
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