A podcast about the people, experiences, and decisions that shape the surrogacy journey. Whether you're a surrogate, an intended parent, or just exploring the process, we’re here to share real conversations and insights.
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Surrogacy Process Podcasts
Building a family can be a complicated, messy, lonely, and sometimes heartbreaking process, but you don't have to navigate this challenging journey alone. Join the AllPaths Family Building community as we talk with people who are currently trying to grow their family, those whose family building journey has come to an end, and experts in the fertility and family building space. Together we'll: *Hear family stories, providing real-life perspectives that highlight the many different paths a fa ...
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"Sharing the Truth in Love" is a video and audio podcast hosted by Fr. John Girotti, a Green Bay Diocese priest, exploring Church teachings on contemporary issues to inspire listeners to foster faith-filled, meaningful conversations that draw all closer to Christ, enriching the lives of all in the process.
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Welcome to The Surrogacy Scoop: Your Guide to Surrogacy and Egg Donation, a podcast brought to you by Patriot Conceptions, a veteran-founded surrogacy agency committed to helping military families and intended parents have children through compassionate surrogacy support, where we demystify the world of surrogacy from the clinical, family and surrogate perspective.
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Families Through Surrogacy is a podcast created to support and guide parents through the incredible journey of surrogacy. Whether you’re just starting out or already in the process, we’re here to share real stories, helpful tips, and advice to make things a little easier. We’ll talk about everything - from picking the right country, clinic, surrogate, to the emotional ups and downs along the way. With insights from parents, professionals and advocates, this is a space where you’ll feel infor ...
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Rayden Solicitors are an award winning firm of family law solicitors with offices in St Albans, Berkhamsted and Beaconsfield. Our specialist team advise in relation to divorce, separation, children matters, anglo-french law, surrogacy and pre and post nuptial agreements. We also offer mediation, financial arbitration and resolution through the Collaborative Law process. Our podcasts reflect the law in England and Wales only and are correct at the time of recording but the law does change. Ou ...
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Preconceived: Five Stories of IVF and Surrogacy is a collection of conversations with women who had very different experiences going through in vitro fertilization for that one outcome: a baby. Laura went through an IVF journey because of her PCOS diagnosis and a series of miscarriages. Kate went through IVF for a reason not commonly talked about. You'll also hear three surrogacy stories: Heidi was a gestational carrier* twice, working through an agency. Her story demonstrates the unpredicta ...
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Maya & Jen’s Journeys: From ‘One More Shot’ to Empowering Others
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56:45In this episode of the AllPaths podcast, hosts Kate and Emily sit down with Maya and Jen, the founders of EM•POWER with Moxi, to explore their experiences with embryo donation. Maya, a psychotherapist and creator of the documentary One More Shot, shares her four-and-a-half-year struggle with infertility that, after multiple unsuccessful rounds of I…
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Karalyn’s Journey: YOU know when your family is complete.
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37:18This episode features Karalyn Connolly, a longtime New Englander, parent of three, and professional in the fertility space. Over the course of the conversation, Karalyn recounts the unexpected challenge of facing unexplained secondary infertility after her first pregnancy was achieved easily. She describes the process as scary and isolating, leadin…
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Dr. Crawford’s Journey: "I'm a Physician, But I'm a Person First"
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50:37In this episode, we welcome Dr. Natalie Crawford, a board-certified OB/GYN and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) specialist who practices in Austin, Texas, and who many will recognize as being one of the most well-known fertility doctors on social media. She has been active on social media for over a decade, hosting the As a Woman po…
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Why does the Catholic Church teach about sex? Dianne Vadney joins Fr. Girotti and Lucas to discuss the goodness of sex, what it reveals about God, and why marriage is the only fitting setting for sex. Resources: The Culture Project: https://thecultureproject.org/ The Mess of Dating (talk by Emily Wilson at SEEK): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD0…
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"Going Back, I Would Not Change Anything" [A Real Surrogacy Story]
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42:21In this episode of Let’s Talk Surrogacy, host Lindsay talks with Alison, a surrogate who knew she wanted to carry a child for someone else since she was 8 years old. From a challenging mock cycle and months of injections to a high-risk pregnancy and a postpartum emergency, Alison takes us through the beautiful, emotional, and sometimes scary realit…
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Carrie’s Journey: Polypectomy, Peer Support, and Paying for IVF
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44:18In this episode we welcome Carrie Van Steen, a parent through IVF and professional in the fertility field. Carrie details her personal family building journey, which began more than two decades ago and was not the straightforward path she had always envisioned. After initial testing failed to find issues, Carrie’s gut instinct prompted her to push …
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Dr. Durant’s Journey: "I became my own case study"
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51:45In this episode, we speak with Dr. Fallon Durant, a Laboratory Supervisor in the embryology lab at Boston IVF. Dr. Durant shares the seven-year journey that she and her husband endured while trying to grow their family, a path marked by recurrent pregnancy losses. As a scientist with a PhD and a subspecialty in Molecular Cell Biology and Developmen…
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Rachel’s Journey: Knitting Him Into Existence
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43:21This episode features a conversation with Rachel Wilson, a therapist, yoga and meditation instructor, coach, and most recently, a postpartum doula and intended parent support coach. Rachel shares the difficult journey she and her husband undertook to welcome their son, Remiel, the "archangel of hope." After struggling with disappointment for a year…
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What is the Catholic Church’s teaching on the death penalty? What does the “development of doctrine” really mean? This and more on the latest episode of Sharing the Truth in Love. Resource: The Death Penalty and the Church's Position | CAPP-USA All Sharing the Truth in Love audio podcasts are also available on YouTube in a video format at dioc.io/t…
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Kristin’s Journey: Becoming the IVF “Fairy God-Sister”
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51:03In this episode we welcome Kristin Dillensnyder to discuss her family building journey and her subsequent work in the fertility space. Kristin, a former military spouse now living in South Carolina, navigated the complicated, messy, and lonely process of IVF and infertility while living in a new city (Montgomery, Alabama) where social supports were…
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How a Surrogacy Agency Redefined Family-Building
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1:00:03Wade Morris, Director of Community Resources at American Surrogacy, reveals how to choose the right surrogacy agency, avoid scams and save time in this must-hear deep dive episode of "Let's Talk Surrogacy". Are you considering surrogacy and don’t know where to start? In this episode of "Let’s Talk Surrogacy", host Lindsay sits down with Wade to bre…
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Kerri’s Journey: The gap between what's offered and what we need
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40:24This episode features Kerri Bicskei, an active duty military spouse, psychotherapist, and founder of the nonprofit organization Mindful Warrior Alliance. Kerri shares her ongoing family building journey, taking both holistic and Western medical approaches before being diagnosed with unexplained infertility, later complicated by endometriosis. Kerri…
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Elizabeth & Maria’s Journeys: The Art of Healing
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56:29In our latest episode, we welcome Maria and Elizabeth, the co-founders and co-directors of The ART of Infertility, to share their personal experiences with infertility and their collaborative advocacy work. Though their individual family building journeys took different paths, both Elizabeth and Maria emphasize the importance of the supportive comm…
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Becca's Journey: "Leave all your assumptions at the door."
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47:26In this episode, we speak with Becca Levin Nayak, an attorney specializing in adoption and assisted reproduction in Pennsylvania. Becca shares her own family building journey, begun with her ex-wife, where the couple navigated donor conception. The process of choosing a sperm donor was overwhelming, which Becca likened to selecting a partner on a d…
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Courtney’s Journey: Liberating Yourself from Uterine Shame
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44:01On this episode, we welcome Courtney, a current PhD student at the Fletcher School of Tufts whose research focuses on the intersections of conflict, reproductive health, and humanitarian programming, to talk about her ongoing reproductive health journey. Her long medical path, which began with life-threatening blood clots (DVT and pulmonary embolis…
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Surrogacy Across Oceans: The Story That Defied Borders & Doubts
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Marea's Journey: Redefining Family Through Relationships, Commitment, and Connection
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40:10Today’s episode features Marea Goodman, a licensed midwife, parent, co-author of the book Baby Making for Everybody, and founder of PregnantTogether, a virtual community supporting queer and solo parents from preconception through parenting. Marea’s family grew through a non-traditional and "growthful" journey that involved co-parenting, a romantic…
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Elizabeth’s Journey: From Number One to a Voice for Many
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59:56This week we’re celebrating the 50th episode of the AllPaths Podcast. For this milestone, we welcome special guest, friend, colleague, and AllPaths board member, Elizabeth Carr. Known worldwide as the first IVF baby born in the United States, Elizabeth shares the incredibly pioneering journey of her parents, Judy and Roger. Massachusetts residents …
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Colleen’s Journey: “Where are the casseroles?”
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1:01:23This episode features longtime member of the AllPaths community Colleen, who shares her journey through the emotional devastation of recurrent pregnancy loss and IVF. After five losses and two unsuccessful IVF cycles, Colleen and her husband decided to take a much-needed break, but in a shocking turn of events, discovered she was pregnant the day a…
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Maggie’s Journey: Hope in French Fries and Leap Days
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40:06On this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we welcome Maggie Stryker, a former AllPaths group attendee and current volunteer to share her journey. Maggie and her partner began trying for a family in 2022, navigating a history of endometriosis while simultaneously undergoing multiple foot surgeries and recoveries. After eight or nine months of unsucce…
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Kristen’s Journey: “Out of the bedroom, out of my body, out of control”
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39:22In this episode, we are joined by Kristen Darcy, a long-time professional in the fertility industry, shares her personal family-building journey, which she describes as "months tricked into years" before she transitioned "out of the bedroom into...surgery and procedures." She recounts questionable diagnoses and fertility treatment, experiencing an …
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Two Surrogacy Journeys, One Surrogate's Unstoppable Heart
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55:31What happens when a surrogate faces failed pregnancy after failed pregnancy, and still chooses hope? In this raw and inspiring episode of "Let’s Talk Surrogacy", Madie, a two-time surrogate opens up about her decade-long journey of resilience and the powerful bond between surrogates and intended parents. Madie walks us through her three journeys, t…
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Mirna’s Journey: From Struggle to Inspiring Hope
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42:49In this episode, we talk with Mirna Nova, founder of Fertility Inspired, about her 12-year-long journey to parenthood. Mirna opens up about her early diagnosis of PCOS, which she knew would make conceiving challenging, the physical toll of undergoing various treatments including Clomid, IUI, and multiple rounds of IVF, and the profound emotional im…
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Olivia’s Journey: Finding Answers, Playing It Forward
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58:27This episode of the AllPaths podcast features Olivia King, a Rhode Island-based singer-songwriter who, through sharing her fertility struggles on social media, has found purpose in helping others feel less alone as they navigate their own journeys. Olivia and her husband married with the immediate intention of starting a family. However, after tryi…
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Trystan’s Journey: A trans uterus is NOT an uninhabitable environment
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51:52In this episode of the AllPaths Podcast, we speak with Trystan Reese, a father of three, advocate, educator, and an "all-around nerd" when it comes to transgender fertility and family building. Trystan shares his personal and professional journey, starting with his experience growing up in a conservative town as a transgender man without the langua…
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Alexis’ Journey: Reframing the Concept of Family
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45:54This episode of the AllPaths podcast features a conversation with Alexis Eyler, the Executive Director of On Your Feet Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting birth parents post-placement. On Your Feet Foundation, founded in 2001, addresses the historical lack of post-placement services for birth parents, recognizing that open …
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Surrogacy to Sisterhood: An Act of Love, Three Babies, and An Unbreakable Bond.
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40:22A surrogate, a twin birth and a surprise pregnancy?? See how this American Surrogacy journey is truly one for the books. What happens when a surrogate and intended parent form a bond so deep, it turns into family? In this heartfelt episode of "Let’s Talk Surrogacy", host Lindsay sits down with Lindsey and Megan to share their incredible journey: ho…
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Heather's Journey: "It's not because you ate the cheese."
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42:12This episode of the podcast features Heather Smidt, owner of Wander Well Acupuncture in Lexington, MA and longtime AllPaths community member. Heather shares her family building journey, which included a late diagnosis of endometriosis, multiple losses, and the joy of her "rainbow baby" son, conceived during acupuncture school. She candidly shares t…
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Valerie’s Journey: From Hospital Gowns to Powerful Art
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46:01In this episode, we chat with Valerie Imparato, a lawyer and artist originally from Haiti, currently living in Somerville, Massachusetts. Valerie shares her often complicated journey to parenthood. She recounts her initial easy conception followed by a miscarriage in Italy during Covid, and the subsequent "excruciating" nine months of trying before…
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Embryo Q&A: Genetic Testing? State Laws? Egg Donors? Surrogacy Expert Answers It All!
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18:28The Director of Community Resources at American Surrogacy, Wade Morris breaks down embryo creation, donation costs & more in this expert, rapid-fire Q&A about embryos for "Let's Talk Surrogacy". Curious about how embryos factor into the surrogacy process? This Q&A provides clarity to some of the most common (and complex!) questions about embryos, I…
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Amanda’s Journey: Did somebody give my uterus a one-star rating?
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43:47This episode of the AllPaths podcast features Amanda Nordberg, a volunteer for the Footsteps for Family Building Walk, who shares her struggle with recurrent pregnancy loss and the emotional experience of pregnancy after loss. Amanda and her husband Andy began trying to conceive in 2020 and while they discovered that her body was "great at getting …
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Meg's Journey: From the Pain of "Barren" to the Power of “the Barreness”
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49:11On this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we invite Meg to share her continuing journey through recurrent miscarriages, unsuccessful fertility treatments, and an unflagging quest for answers. Meg, who runs "For the Barreness”, a infertility-focused blog and Instagram account, delves into her experience with seven miscarriages and eight rounds of IVF…
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S1 E7 | Contraception with Special Guest Dianne Vadney
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This episode features Jessica Katz, licensed clinical social worker and certified perinatal mental health therapist, and parent to an egg-donor conceived child. During our conversation, Jessica shares her deeply personal and often challenging journey to parenthood, from her early struggles with irregular periods and feeling shame around her body an…
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S1 E6 | Protecting the Environment with Special Guest Joe Meyer
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S1 E2 | Abortion & the Dignity of Human Life
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S1 E4 | Racism with Special Guest Fr. Alvan Amadi
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Lisa’s Journey: A Safe Space to Say the Unsayable
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50:22In this episode we welcome Lisa Rosenthal, President of the AllPaths Family Building Board of Directors. Lisa shares her deeply personal and often challenging six-and-a-half year journey through infertility, which began when she was 26 and "very naive" about conception. She recounts undergoing extensive fertility treatments, including being one of …
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Why I Became a Surrogate: The Real, Raw & Beautiful Journey
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37:55In this powerful first episode of the "Let's Talk Surrogacy" podcast, Meg, an experienced surrogate, opens up about her surrogacy journey, giving birth for two other families. Meg is a mom of four and two-time surrogate. She shares her incredible journey into surrogacy from what sparked her interest, to navigating IVF, dealing with miscarriage, set…
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Bruce’s Journey: "Whose Tummy Did I Come Out Of?"
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40:46This episode of the AllPaths podcast features Bruce, an attorney in the Boston area. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Bruce and his husband built their family through surrogacy with gamete donation, going through the process twice with different surrogates in different states. After leaving his previous career to become a stay-at-home parent, his own fa…
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Annika’s Journey: “My wife knocked me up.”
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45:23In this episode, we welcome Annika, an attorney specializing in assisted reproductive technology (ART), who offers a unique perspective as both a professional in the field and someone who built her own family through reciprocal IVF. Annika shares her personal journey with her wife, including the decision to use reciprocal IVF (her wife's egg, Annik…
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Will’s Journey: An IVF Insider’s Path to Parenthood
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30:01In this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we speak with Will Baird, a father of three who grew up with a unique perspective on family building. Will shares how his father, a PhD in animal sciences who began working in human IVF in the late 80s/early 90s, exposed him to the lab environment from a young age. He and his twin sister, conceived through I…
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This episode features speaker and author Jodi Mitchel Tolman, who shares how she and her husband navigated multiple paths over six years to build their family after facing challenges with fertility. Their family ultimately consisted of three children: one genetic child from a previous marriage, one adopted daughter, and one son born via donor egg. …
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Surrogacy in America | Families Through Surrogacy
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4:49This podcast from "Families Through Surrogacy" offers a guide for intended parents considering surrogacy in the United States, highlighting the advantages of the U.S. such as strong legal frameworks and high medical standards. Key information includes the principle of birthright citizenship, detailed cost estimates for the process and surrogate com…
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