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.
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 and her...
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 we didn’t...
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 the joy of...
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 miscarriage in...
“Community is Everything”
Guest Post by Maggie S, Footsteps for Family Building Walk Ambassador We started off trying as most couples do. Nervous and excited. You are told your whole life to be careful to not get pregnant, so the assumption is that it will happen when you try. We had some...
Meg’s Journey: From the Pain of “Barren” to the Power of “the Barreness”
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 Instagram...
Jessica’s Journey: Chutes and Ladders
This episode features Jessica Katz, licensed clinical social worker and certified perinatal mental health therapist, and parent to an egg-donor conceived child. During our conversation, Jessica shares her deeply personal and often challenging journey to parenthood,...
Lisa’s Journey: A Safe Space to Say the Unsayable
In this episode we welcome Lisa Rosenthal, President of the AllPaths Family Building Board of Directors. Lisa shares her deeply personal and often challenging six-and-a-half year journey through infertility, which began when she was 26 and "very naive" about...
Annika’s Journey: “My wife knocked me up.”
In this episode, we welcome Annika, an attorney specializing in assisted reproductive technology (ART), who offers a unique perspective as both a professional in the field and someone who built her own family through reciprocal IVF. Annika shares her personal journey...
Will’s Journey: An IVF Insider’s Path to Parenthood
In this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we speak with Will Baird, a father of three who grew up with a unique perspective on family building. Will shares how his father, a PhD in animal sciences who began working in human IVF in the late 80s/early 90s, exposed him to...
Seeing a family like ours in a picture book
By Alison Buonome This post contains affiliate links. If you buy a copy of Party in a Petri Dish through the AllPaths Bookshop, a portion of your purchase supports our work at no extra cost to you. My son and I recently read the book Party in a Petri Dish by Michelle...