by AllPaths Family Building | Aug 5, 2025 | Family Building Story, IVF, Loss, Mind-Body Wellness, Podcast
This 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...
by AllPaths Family Building | Jul 29, 2025 | Family Building Story, IVF, Loss, Podcast
In 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...
by AllPaths Family Building | Jul 22, 2025 | Expecting After, Family Building Story, Loss, Podcast
This 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...
by AllPaths Family Building | Jul 15, 2025 | Family Building Story, Fertility Treatment, Loss, Podcast
On 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...
by AllPaths Family Building | May 27, 2025 | Family Building Story, Loss, Mental Health, Parenting After, Podcast
In this episode of the AllPaths Podcast, Matt Smith, founder of Wandering Soul Beer Company, shares his personal experience with stillbirth and how this profound loss directly inspired the creation of his brewery and its flagship beer, Melody Maker. Matt and his wife...
by AllPaths Family Building | May 20, 2025 | Advocacy, Expecting After, Family Building Story, IVF, Loss, Mind-Body Wellness, Podcast
In this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we welcome guest Shannon Cook to share her journey. Shannon recounts her experience navigating fertility struggles, including early attempts at conception, misdiagnoses like hydrosalpinx and stage three endometriosis, and...
