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Thank you for 11 amazing years!
Working for this organization for the past 11 years has been the most profound professional experience of my life, and I am very grateful, so this news is not easy to share. I have resigned as the Executive Director of AllPaths Family Building, and my last...
Karalyn’s Journey: YOU know when your family is complete.
This 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...
How to know if a gynecologic surgeon is a “real deal” endometriosis excision surgeon
By Dr. Kip Mackenzie Here are my suggestions to help patients identify whether a gynecologic surgeon indeed performs radical widefield excision of endometriosis: a standard for true excision surgeons. Here is my description of a "real deal excision...
Dr. Crawford’s Journey: “I’m a Physician, But I’m a Person First”
In 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...
Carrie’s Journey: Polypectomy, Peer Support, and Paying for IVF
In 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...
Dr. Durant’s Journey: “I became my own case study”
In 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...