Fertility/Infertility
Explore reproductive health topics, fertility/infertility options, supports and resources, and hear from families who have navigated fertility challenges.
Trying To Conceive Group
This group is for anyone not yet parenting who is struggling to conceive and not pursuing fertility treatment at this time.
This group typically meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:30p EST.
Primary Infertility Group
This group is focused on those navigating an infertility diagnosis and potential treatment options who are not yet parenting.
It meets on the 2nd Monday of each month at 7:30p EST and the 4th Thursday of the month at 7p EST.
IVF Group
This group is open to anyone who is doing IVF for any reason (infertility, genetic testing purposes, reciprocal IVF, fertility preservation, etc.) and is not yet parenting.
This group meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month at 7p EST.
Trying for Another Group
This peer group provides support to those facing the unique challenges and frustrations of struggling to add another child to their family, including those navigating a secondary infertility diagnosis.
This group typically meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month at 7p EST.
One and No Longer Trying for Another Group
This peer group provides support to those who are contemplating the decision, or have made the decision, to stop trying for a sibling and are finding peace with having one child.
This group meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:30p EST.
Cancer and Fertility Group
This group is open to anyone impacted by cancer and fertility, whether you are newly diagnosed with cancer, learning about your fertility preservation options (or lack thereof), or for those struggling with infertility after cancer.
This group meets every other month on the 4th Monday at 7:30p EST (2024: Feb/Apr/June/Aug/Oct/Dec).
Cloudy Correlation between Infertility and Cancer
Featured in the AllPaths Magazine, 2024 Volume 3 By Molly Donovan Those grappling with infertility know all too well that when it rains, it pours. As if completing your family wasn’t enough to worry about, infertility adds another layer of complexity to your...
Medical Need Deserving of Coverage
Featured in the AllPaths Magazine, 2024 Volume 3 By Maggie Husbands 89/70. I stare at this extremely low blood pressure, see my heart rate climb and feel clots the size of baseballs pour out of my body. As an ER nurse with over six years of experience, I...
Jen’s Journey: “Families are built on love.”
A born and raised New Yorker, social worker Jen Rachman shares her family’s story from an ovarian cancer diagnosis that sadly left her infertile in her 20s, to the decision that surrogacy was the best route for her and her husband to grow their family. With...
Liane’s Journey: “I think we’ve just been fired by our IVF doctor!”
Liane Moccia’s story encompasses an infertility diagnosis, becoming a parent via IVF, as well as how her personal journey sparked a passion for holistic fertility support and a new career. Now a Registered Clinical Herbalist specializing in fertility and...
Julie’s Journey: It began several states ago…
Founder of Building Military Families Network, Julie Eshelman shares about her ongoing family building journey, one that spans many years and states, highlighting the unique challenges that military families often face. We also hear about Julie’s rise as a...
Kelly’s Journey: Hurry up and wait
Kelly Soule shares about her ongoing journey and the difficulty of not knowing what’s next for her family. From processing IVF not working and a changing relationship with her own body, to attempting to adjust to having no sense of control and situations...
Andy’s Journey: Mourning the loss of what you thought your family was going to be.
Andy Lamb shares his story of male infertility, mental health struggles, and the reinvention of who he was and what really mattered in life and family on his journey to become a father. Now a parent to three girls adopted through foster care, Andy supports...
Reproductive Health Care Is on the Ballot
By Lisa Rosenthal, Board President, and Kate Weldon LeBlanc, Executive Director We are fast approaching an election where who we vote for can be an opportunity to examine who we are and what we value most. As a 501c3 non-profit organization, AllPaths Family...
Haya’s Journey: Unexplained Infertility – So Many Variables and Unknowns
A Boston-based healthcare product strategist with a passion for social impact and community building, Haya shares her story, from unexplained infertility and loss, to pursuing fertility treatment (IUI & IVF) as a path to parenthood, culminating in a...
Walking Paths We Hadn’t Imagined
Guest Post by Molly D, Footsteps for Family Building Committee Member Last year, on the day before my first Footsteps for Family Building Walk, I drove to Boston at 6:30 on a Saturday morning for a pregnancy test. It was my fifth such test in a week. I’d...
Don’t Forget to Look Up
Guest post by Danielle Day, originally published on her blog Warrior by Day Therapists need a therapist. Personal trainers need a personal trainer. Coaches need a coach. Teachers need a teacher. If you ever get to a point in your life or career where you...
From Patient to Patient Advocate
Featured in the AllPaths Magazine, 2024 Volume 2 By Lisa Rosenthal I feel distinctly honored and humbled at having been trusted with the serious effort of taking on the President of the Board of Directors for AllPaths Family Building. Working with Kate...