Family Building Stories
Get real-life perspectives from our community, highlighting the many different paths a fertility and family building journey can take.
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....
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...
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...
Maggie’s Journey: Hope in French Fries and Leap Days
On 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...
Kristen’s Journey: “Out of the bedroom, out of my body, out of control”
In 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...
Mirna’s Journey: From Struggle to Inspiring Hope
In 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...
Olivia’s Journey: Finding Answers, Playing It Forward
This 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...
Trystan’s Journey: A trans uterus is NOT an uninhabitable environment
In 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...
Finding Answers, Playing It Forward
by Olivia King I’ve always known I wanted to be a mom and not being able to have kids was always my biggest fear. So when my husband and I got married, starting a family ASAP felt like the natural next step. We had already been together for nine years, and...
Heather’s Journey: “It’s not because you ate the cheese.”
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...
Valerie’s Journey: From Hospital Gowns to Powerful Art
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...
Amanda’s Journey: Did somebody give my uterus a one-star rating?
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...