AllPaths Podcast
Welcome to the AllPaths Podcast, where we support and celebrate all of the different ways there are to grow your family.
Each week we’ll talk with different members of the AllPaths Family Building community, sharing stories, hearing from experts in this space about fertility treatments and family building options, learning about current family building advocacy and how to get involved, and exploring incredible resources.
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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 losses. As...
Rachel’s Journey: Knitting Him Into Existence
This 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...
Kristin’s Journey: Becoming the IVF “Fairy God-Sister”
In 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...
Kerri’s Journey: The gap between what’s offered and what we need
This 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...
Elizabeth & Maria’s Journeys: The Art of Healing
In 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...
Becca’s Journey: “Leave all your assumptions at the door.”
In 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...
Courtney’s Journey: Liberating Yourself from Uterine Shame
On this episode, we welcome Courtney, a current PhD student at the Fletcher School of Tufts to talk about her ongoing reproductive health journey. Her long medical path, which began with life-threatening blood clots (DVT and pulmonary embolism) at age 17, leading to a...
Marea’s Journey: Redefining Family Through Relationships, Commitment, and Connection
Today’s episode features Marea Goodman, a licensed midwife, parent, co-author of the book Baby Making for Everybody (affiliate link), and founder of PregnantTogether, a virtual community supporting queer and solo parents from preconception through parenting. Marea’s...
Elizabeth’s Journey: From Number One to a Voice for Many
This 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...
Colleen’s Journey: “Where are the casseroles?”
This 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...