by AllPaths Family Building | Sep 8, 2019 | Family Building Story, Loss
By Nicole “You are here”. My yoga instructor spoke these three simple words in my first class back after my third (out of four) miscarriage. As we worked to quiet our minds and control our breath, she continued to repeat these words. “You are here”. I didn’t think...
by AllPaths Family Building | Apr 14, 2019 | Family Building Story, Fertility Treatment, IVF
By Natascia Armitage Here in Boston, Marathon Monday is one of the most exciting days of the year. The energy that can be felt all day long is electrifying. This Monday, 2 years after a successful frozen embryo transfer (FET), which resulted in my 18-month-old son...
by AllPaths Family Building | Nov 12, 2018 | Advocacy, Family Building Story, Surrogacy
By Kate Weldon LeBlanc Soon after Lori Berube and Ryan Gagne got engaged, they started planning to build their family. “We knew we wanted to be parents,” Lori explains. “And we didn’t want to wait.” So Lori went for a check-up with an obstetrician, rather than her...
by AllPaths Family Building | Mar 28, 2018 | Family Building Story, Fertility Treatment, Holidays
By Lori Shandle-Fox To me, everything we need to know about getting pregnant can be summed up during this particular holiday season. Getting pregnant without assisted reproductive technology is like the Easter egg hunts I remember as a child: Sperm are like the unruly...
by AllPaths Family Building | Sep 28, 2017 | Adoption, Family Building Story, Fertility Treatment
By Heidi Gordon Four years ago, my journey to parenthood was at a crossroads. I had married at 36 and began trying to conceive straight away. After 6 months and no success, it was off to our first Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE) and the start of many treatments. Two...
by AllPaths Family Building | May 31, 2017 | Family Building Story, Support
By Amanda Grazioli “Mommy, mommy! Wait for me.” A tiny little girl, all pigtails and dimples, blows by me and breaks me from my concentration. She runs up to her mom and grabs her hand. I’m sitting at a tiny garden table at a botanic garden, typing at my laptop. Her...
