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.
People Can Be Struggling With Mental Health Even If…
You never have to do it alone ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
World Childless Week
Part of mental health is also acknowledging that you may not be where you want to be eventually, but you still have to take care of yourself here — now.
Do I Need Therapy?
We are huge advocates of making sure everyone is mindful of their own mental health. We’ve spent a lot of time discussing many different aspects of this, touching on topics like support groups, medication, setting boundaries, toxic positivity, self care, etc.
Asking for Help is the Bravest Thing You Can Do
You never have to do it alone ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
Stop Telling People to Pray Harder
Stop telling people to pray harder.
Shofar of Infertility
Thank you to this follower for sharing a beautiful piece about the different meanings of the sounds of the shofar and how it relates to everything right now💗
5 Ways to Make Holidays More Manageable
You're going to get through this.
You're going to get through this.
You're going to get through this.
49 Questions to ask on Rosh Hashanah
There is so much more to talk to someone about than their journey to parenthood 💗
138. How to Speak to Children About Grief with Talia Mizrahi
Talia Mizrahi, Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist Certified Grief Educator, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about how to talk to children about grief and loss, sharing news in a way that is developmentally appropriate for each child, and normalizing the greiving process for children by explaining that you may be sad one day and not the next.
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.
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.
Mental Health While Trying to Conceive
Did you know that people suffering from infertility are dealing with depression, anxiety, and divorce much higher than the nation averages?
Grief, like love, cannot be quantified
Grief, like love, cannot be quantified. It simply is.
Pregnancy After IF/Losses
Thank you to this voice from the community for perfectly describing this 😭😭😭
The Gift of Tisha B’av
So here’s the question -
Tisha B’av - the 9th of Av - is the saddest day of the year. It’s the day when countless tragedies have occurred to the Jewish people. We are told that we need to sit and cry and mourn. But why the commandment to cry? Why do we HAVE to cry on this day?
My Purim Story
“Purim was always hard. I was sort of the aftermath of a tragedy. My father died when I was a year old. My mother never really recovered. But I didn't remember anything. “
Struggling With Personal Fertility Journey as an OBGYN
“The job of delivering healthy children to beaming parents all the while doing the herculean task of squashing your own bleeding internal wounds.”