All Episodes

208. "OMG He Has Tay-Sachs?" Transforming Heartbreak into Genetic Advocacy with Shari Ungerleider

207. Rewriting Egg Freezing with Lauren Makler

206. A Father's Story Years Later with Rabbi Daniel Fellman

205. Intimacy, Halacha, and Privacy with Dr. Lauren Hofstatter, LMHC, PhD

204. Family Reimagined with with Rabbi Megan and Paige GoldMarche

203. How The Pain of Pregnancy Loss Helped Me Find My Purpose with Marla Rottenstreich

202. Reclaiming Joy: Building a Life That's Childless Not by Choice with Susan Kirshner-Sheldon

Aimee's Reflection on 200 Episodes, and Special Guest, Jonah Platt, on Circumstantial Infertility

From Loss to Advocacy: A TFMR Journey with Clare Molnar

Trusting Your Timeline: Claiming the Future on Your Own Terms with Emily Sklar

My Passover Miscarriage [Re-Release]

198. Balancing Roles and Expectations: A Father's Surrogacy Story with Samuel Konig and Aliza Abrams-Konig

197. Carrying for Family: A Cousin's Gift of Surrogacy with Andrea Syrtash, Elana Syrtash-Ochs, and Aliza Abrams Konig

196. Not the After, the During: Telling the Truth From Inside Pregnancy After Loss with Sarah Guigue

How To Survive Purim with Dr. Romy Schulman [Re-Release]

195. When the Plan Changes: From Fertility Treatments to Adoption

194. Balancing Loss and Life: Navigating Pregnancy, Healing, and Parenthood

193. Not Broken, Just Wired Differently: The Quiet Fertility Struggle No One Talks About

192. Adoption, Transparency, and Trust: Pamela Krooth's Story (Part Two)

191. Nothing About This Was Simple: Amanda Bryk on Miscarriage, Pregnancy After Loss Anxiety, and Finding Community

190. When the Waiting Becomes the Story

189. BRCA: Understanding Risk and Reclaiming Control (in partnership with JScreen)

188. The Many Ways to Become a Mother: Pamela's Story of Infertility, Postpartum Depression, and Adoption

187. Two Voices. Three Miscarriages. One Miraculous Ending

186. Grief Without a Funeral: Emergency Hysterectomy and Reproductive Trauma with Danielle Mizrahi

185. It's Not Just Her: Male Factor Fertility and Genetics Uncovered

184. Racing Time, Holding Hope: The Ups and Downs of a BRCA+ Fertility Journey

183. When the Rabbi Is Also the Mourner: A Conversation with Rabbi Elon Soniker About His Son, Uriel

182. Thirty Years Later: Grieving, Remembering, and Living After SIDS with Jami Nelson

181. When Hope Feels Hard with Rabbi Karen Perolman and Rabbi Danny Stein

7 Things You're Doing That Makes Your Guests Uncomfortable with Tzipora Grodko [Re-release]

180. Raw, Honest, and Still Struggling with Chavie Bruk

179. Seen and Remembered: Making Space for Everyone This High Holiday Season Rabbi Yisrael Motzen

178. Finding Strength in Unwritten Chapters with Rachel Honeyman, Tzipora Grodko and Peri Lyman

177. Navigating Pregnancy After Loss with Taliya Corbett

176. Modern Jewish Dating Meets Fertility with Aleeza Ben Shalom

175. "I Will Always Be Someone Who Lost Her Twins" an Anonymous TFMR story

174. This Wasn't How It Was Supposed to Go with Julia Makowsky

173. Stillbirth and Still Standing: Sarah Guigue's Story

172. Surrendering: Bianca Jade's Story of Fertility, Faith, and Finding Herself

171. The Silent Half: Why His Mental Health Matters with Michael Neuman, LCSW

170. Head First, Fearless: How a Single, Gay Jew Became a Dad with Chaz Naor

169. This Wasn't the Plan: Choosing Motherhood on My Own with Jordana Brown

168. Second Chances, Sacred Choices: A Fertility Story of Love and Genetics with Sarah Ickovitz

167. "Normalize It" with Dr Jessica Zucker

166. Fragile X Syndrome: A Silent Factor in Infertility

165. Fill Your Cup with Shirel Korobkin

164. At The End Of My Rope: My Hysterectomy Story with Chaya Kasten

163. Turning Pain into Purpose with Chaya Hott

162. From Heartbreak to Hope: My Surrogacy Journey with Carly Joseph

161. Surrogacy Unfiltered: Everything You Wanted to Know (but were afraid to ask) with Aliza Abrams Konig

160. Finding Calm in the Chaos with Dr. Aliza Ancier

159. Speaking the Unspoken - A TFMR Story with Rachel Polans, MS, CGC

158. A Decision I Never Imagined: An Anonymous TFMR Story

157. Introduction to Genetics and Infertility

156. My "Miracle" Baby After 14 Years with Chani Melamed

155. From Ambivalence to Joy: Miscarriage and Pregnancy After Loss with Shira Collings

154. Becoming A Single Mother By Choice Part 2 with Michelle (Malka) Grunstein

153. Think Before You Speak: The Stigma of Having *Only* One Child with Sharon Cabelly

152. Navigating the Challenge of Secondary Infertility with Nechamie Stefansky

151. The "Value" Of A Fertility Journey: What The Torah Has To Say About Infertility and Pregnancy Loss with Hadassah Shemtov

150. Journeying to Becoming a Solo Mom By Choice with Michelle (Malka) Grunstein

149. Reimagining Parenthood with Rachel Shanken

148. From Choice to Calling: The Journey to Becoming a Single Mother By Choice with Ellie Levi

147. Navigating the pain and grief: A personal story of primary infertility and infant loss with Elissa Felder

146. Infertility, Miscarriage and Grief Against The Backdrop of October 7th with Shirel Korobkin and Shani Weinmann Kay

145. Exploring the Emotions of the Struggle to Have A Baby with Aliza Tropper, LMHC

144. My Infertility Story: Lessons from Anonymous and Penina with Tee Simpser

143. Busting Myths Around Treatment Options Before, During and After Pregnancy with Esther Rollhaus, MD

142. Infertility, Trauma, Grief, Addiction, and Endometriosis with Rachel Daar Cohen

141. Pain Doesn't End…or Does it? with Chavie Bruk

140. I'm Not a Grandmother and I'm Perfectly Fine with Peri Lyman

139. Open, Honest, Struggling with Ricki Steiner

138. How to Speak to Children About Grief with Talia Mizrahi

137. Why Infertility Is So Isolating with Rabbi Elchanan Poupko

136. The Impact of Eating Disorders on Reproductive Health with Rachel Goldberg LMFT, PMH

135. Disordered Eating, Body Image and Fertility with Reva Schlanger Peyser MS, RD, CDN

134. My Journey As A Jew By Choice and an Adoptive Gay Dad with Curt Sechrist

133. Pride, Faith and Stillbirth with Rabbi Karen Glazer Perolman

132. Perinatal Grief in the LGBTQ+ Community with Shira Collings

131. Sad Dads Club: Grieving Together After Loss with Rob Reider

130. The Male Perspective on Infertility with David Melamed

129. My Three Girls: How Donor Eggs Helped me Build My Family with Jen Blumenfeld

128. My Embryo Donation Story with Elana Frank

127. How My Egg Donor Journey Connected Me To My Heritage with Emily Getz

126. Four Children By Choice: A Single Mom's Story with Michelle Weissman, MD

125. Unlocking The Maze: Talking Through the Complexities of Donor Conception

124. Mothering (All Of) My Children After A Stillbirth with Taliya Corbett

123. "Miscarried: An 'Unspoken' Cartoonmentary" with Chari Pere

122. "I Still Hope To Be A Mother" with Chani Melamed

121. How to Make Passover A Little Easier with Shira Collings MS, NCC, LPC

120. 7 Things You're Doing That Makes Your Guests Uncomfortable with Tzipora Grodko

119. My Surrogacy Story with Elisheva Levitt

118. Surrogacy Panel with Aliza Konig, Reena Bloom and Anonymous

117. A Roundtable on Breast/Ovarian Cancer and Fertility

116. Breast Cancer and Infertility with Abby Brody

115. My Journey as a Surrogate with Carrie Bornstein

114. Trusting your Inner Guidance with Ariella Azaraf, LCSW

113. Healing Together with Eli Weinstein, LCSW

112. Niddah, Mikvah and Fertility Challenges with Beth Moskovic

111. Navigating Fertility and Mental Well-Being with Rachel Tuchman, LMHC

110. Creating a Haven with Keren Ohr

109. A Man's Perspective on Infertility and Loss with Daniel Landau

108. Stillbirth as a Comedy? with Liz Glazer

107. Secondary Infertility In The Public Eye with Cantor Lucy Fishbein

106. Resilience and Pregnancy After Loss with Chaya Hott

105. Surrogacy: From Empty Womb to Full Heart with Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler

104. Compatible with Life with Dr. Devorah Schendler

103. Am I Allowed to Be Angry At G-d? with Rachel Tuchman, LMHC

102. The Emotions of Secondary Infertility with Shoshana Greenwald

101. My PCOS Story with Shaina Glick

100th Episode with Aliza Abrams Konig, Esty Perman, Chavie Bruk, Lizzy Savetsky, Adelle Bryski, Amy Seroussi & Malki Rodal

99. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus with Dr. Bill Petok

98. The Emotions of Egg Freezing with Nasya Miller

97. I Can Buy Myself Flowers - Mother's Day with Gail Miller, MD

96. My Passover Miscarriage

95. Pesach and Infertility Aimee Baron and Bonei Olam Florida

94. Talking Genetic Testing with Shaindy Siegel

93. All About Genetic Testing with Estie Rose

92. I Was Supposed To Be A Grandmother with Peri Lyman

91. Perinatal Loss Summit Program 3

90. Perinatal Loss Summit Program 2

89. Perinatal Loss Summit Program 1

88. How To Talk So Your Partner Will Listen with Michael Bleicher, LCSW

87. Wrestling with G-d, Religion and Spirituality Part 3

86. Wrestling with G-d, Religion and Spirituality Part 2

85. Wrestling with G-d, Religion and Spirituality Part 1

84. Singledom and Circumstantial Infertility with Chanie Wassner

83. Halachic Infertility with Jenna Bishop Sharp

82. My Donor Egg Story with Meira Albert, MSW

81. Finding Light and Meaning in an 11-Year Fertility Journey with Amy Seroussi

80. My Story and Why I Started I Was Supposed To Have A Baby

79. All Things Grief with Sarah Rivkah Kohn

78. A Personal Story of SIDS with Judith

77. Pamper Packages with Alex Noble from Lizush

76. Donor Conception with Melissa Lindsey

75. The Emotions of Donor Conception with Lori Metz, LCSW

74. Our Fertility Story with Rachel Honeyman and Tzvi Doron

73. The Angst of Secondary Infertility with Keshet Starr

72. My Fertility Story with Abbie Sophia

71. Coping during Pesach with Abbe Feder

70. Pre-Passover Chizuk with Chani Melamed

69. Managing Passover during Infertility with Breindy and Tamar

68. Infertility and Fierce Advocacy with Risa Levine

67. Getting To Know Our Team with Lielle Sugar

66. Ask Me Anything Solo Episode Aimee Baron, MD

65. How To Survive Purim with Dr. Romy Shulman

64. Handling Insensitive Questions with Chani Ziggy-Hasis

63. My Story of Loss with Rabbi Idit Solomon

62. In It Together with Rabbi Yosef Shapiro

61. My Stillbirth Story with Chaya Hott

60. The Creation of GoStork with Eran Amir

59. A Story of Infertility and Loss with Monica Bivas

58. How to Buy a Baby with Wendy Litner

57. International Adoption with Cynthia Darrison

56. Adoption with Michele Katz

55. Impacting the Fertility World with Zoe Clark-Coates

54. Your Most Asked Questions with Dr. Dan Nayot

53. Adoption Awareness with Yettie Katz

52. High Holiday Thoughts with Breindy and Tamar

51. Options for Male Infertility with Michael Werner, MD

50. My Secondary Infertility with Chaya Halon-Weinberg

49. Setting Boundaries with Betty Gulko

48. Friendships in the Fertility Years with Kat Vellos

47. Expectations, Pain, and Adoption with Chavie Bruk

46. Maternal Fetal Medicine with Chavi Karkowsky, MD

45. Expecting Jewish with Marion Haberman

44. Gay Jewish Moms with Sydney and Brit Sharon

43. The Front Line of Obstetrics with Elissa Hellman, MD

42. The Trying Game with Amy Klein

41. Relationship Challenges with Dr. Shy Krug

40. World Down Syndrome Day with Daniela Weiss-Bronstein and Chari Pere

39. Infertility and Niddah Laws with Shevi Samet

38. Anxiety of Uncertain Times with Chiemi Rajamahendran

37. My Infertility Journey with Tamar Ben Tzvi

36. Catalogue Baby with Myriam Steinberg

35. Tokophobia with Yehudit Kosowsky

34. My Triplet Pregnancy with Malki Rodal

33. Gratitude Toward Your Body with Dana Sicherman

32. That Good Grief with Rachel Reichblum

31. Making Mikvah Meaningful with Dr. Naomi Marmon Grumet

30. I Had a Miscarriage with Dr. Jessica Zucker

Bonus Episode: Third Party Halachos with Rabbi Segelman

29. Living with Endometriosis with Leah and Michaela

28. Mayyim Hayyim with Carrie Bornstein

27. Single Mother By Choice with Sara Blum

26. I'm an Adoption Mama of Two with Yettie Katz

25. Priya with Caryn Peiser

24. Recurrent Pregnancy Loss with Linny Stone

23. My Primary Infertility Struggle with Adelle Bryski

22. Stillbirth Support with Chumi Friedman

21. Egg Freezing with Dr. Bat-Sheva Lerner Maslow

20. IVF For Genetic Reasons with Rochel Lazar

19. NechamaComfort with Reva Judas

18. Infertility Isolation with Dvora Entin, LCSW, PMH-C

17. Perspective Taking with Aliza Abrams Konig

16. Jewish Fertility Foundation with Elana Frank

15. Body Image and Fertility with Rachel Tuchman, LMHC

14. My Infertility Journey with Sora Ruchel

13. Svivah with Ariele Mortkowitz

12. My Struggle to Have a Family with Erin Bulcao

11. Making Mikvah Easier with Atara Eis

10. A Time with Chumi Friedman

9. Men Coping With Infertility with Eli Weinstein, LMSW

8. My Adoption Stories with Chavie Bruk

7. Yesh Tikva with Gila Block and Elie Salomon

6. Your Pain is Real with Elizabeth Savetsky

5. Grief with Yonina Kaufman, LCSW, MSED

4. Pregnancy After Loss with Shevi Samet

3. Intimacy Challenges in Loss with Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus

2. My Fertility Story with Esty Perman

1. Laughing Through Infertility with Karen Jeffries

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