Quick self-care reminders
Quick self-care reminders
National Adoption Awareness Month
November is National Adoption Awareness Month. As a fertility community, here are some things we need from the well-meaning people in our lives.
How To Announce A Pregnancy To Someone Going Through Infertility or Loss
We've complied a carousel of suggestions on how and when you should tell your person that you are pregnant.
144. My Infertility Story: Lessons from Chana and Penina with Tee Simpser
Tee Simpser joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her 6 years of primary infertility, heartbreaking disappointments, life-threatening complications and all kinds of insensitive comments and how she saw herself in the Chana/Penina story from the Book of Shmuel (book of Samuel), as she longed to be a mother, while watching everyone else around her get pregnant.
143. Busting Myths Around Treatment Options Before, During and After Pregnancy with Esther Rollhaus, MD
Esther Rollhaus, MD, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about all aspects of reproductive psychiatry, the reasons why someone would reach out, how meds are used as an adjunct to therapy, and myths about medication.
142. Infertility, Trauma, Grief, Addiction, and Endometriosis with Rachel Daar Cohen
Rachel Daar Cohen joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about a powerful, raw, and deeply emotional story of resilience after a tremendous amount of struggle, her struggle with infertility, trauma, grief, addiction, and endometriosis and how kindness is so important as we never know what people are really going through.
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.