Fertility Treatment
IVF Support 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, with registration opening approximately 1 week prior to the session.
Primary Support 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.
Schedule Change: The May 13th session will begin at 8p EST instead of 7:30p EST.
Trying for Another Support 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.
7 Ways to Manage Stress During Fertility Treatment
Guest post by Nellia Melnyk For those facing infertility, the psychological toll is often as significant as the physical challenges faced. In any stress-inducing situation, it’s valuable to recognize the unique factors each individual and couple may encounter. In this...
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 know this...
The NEW Massachusetts Fertility Preservation Law: What It Is and Why It Matters
Featured in the AllPaths Magazine, 2024 Volume 3 By Taryn Collins This summer, the Fertility Preservation bill became law in Massachusetts. While the Commonwealth has long been a pioneer of providing fertility benefits, this legislation expands access by requiring...
Reuniting a Military Family with their Embryos
Guest post from Cryoport Systems, originally published on their website. Infertility affects about 17.5% of adults worldwide, but for military families, the path to parenthood can be even more daunting. Studies show that 37% of active-duty female service members...
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 preconception...
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 leader in...
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 when...
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 complicated...
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 had a frozen...
“There is no shame in walking along this path.”
Guest Post by Dana Solomon, AllPaths Board Member In the summer of 2019, at age 30, I was shocked to sit in the office of a Reproductive Endocrinologist and be told I should pursue IVF to start our family. I couldn’t believe this was “happening to me.” I felt so...
After Alabama
Featured in the AllPaths Magazine, 2024 Volume 1 By Thea Burke In December of 2020, a patient at the Center for Reproductive Medicine in Alabama walked into the cryogenic freezer, opened a cryotank and dropped embryos on the floor after burning his hand on the...
All About the Eggs: Diminished Ovarian Reserve
Join Dr. Kimberly Keefe Smith, reproductive endocrinologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital, for an exploration of diminished ovarian reserve, including how it is determined and what treatment options are appropriate for those diagnosed with it.