Don’t automatically assume that adoption is only for those who “fail” treatments. It’s for anyone who wants to give a child a (Jewish) home. It’s the very essence of Tikkun Olam (tikkun olam is the idea that Jews bear responsibility not only for their own moral, spiritual, and material welfare, but also for the welfare of society at large).❤️

Chavie Bruk, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about dealing with unmet expectations and how to have a mindset shift, leaning in and feeling the pain and the good and hard things about being an adoptive parent.

Cynthia Darrison, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the hurdles to adopt a baby girl from China, how her community accepted her daughter, Rachel, and what advice she gives to would-be singles and couples wanting to adopt.

Dana Sicherman, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her journey with PCOS, how she "took back" her life and her outlook about her diagnosis.

Rachel Tuchman, LMHC, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about body compassion, acceptance, and ow to advocate to your healthcare providers.

“I went to the ER with my husband early one morning, waiting till my 5-year-old son had gone off to kindergarten. I assumed that the blinding pain that ran from my lower left quadrant down my leg toward my knee was a repeat of the intestinal infection I’d had a few years earlier…”

Pregnancy loss is a loss regardless of the nature. Comments like "you must be thankful to be alive" or "at least you know you can get pregnant" are extremely painful and can undermine the true pain of the loss.

We know losing a pregnancy for any reason is horrible, painful, and emotional. We would love to hear from those of you who experienced any of these three types of pregnancy loss.

Rachel Tuchman, LMHC joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the most common emotions that people experience while on a fertility journey, when you should seek support and whether medication is safe for fertility treatments and/or pregnancy.

This time of year can feel like a transition into darkness. But the sun always rises. Look for the light ❤️ You got this. And we are here for you.

You Don’t See The Whole Story… Just a reminder that you never truly know what someone is dealing with.

Rochel Lazar joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her personal fertility journey, and how shidduchim (matchmaking) in the Jewish community played a role in the secrecy.

Estie Rose MS, CGC, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about genetic testing, carrier testing and cancer screening as it relates to fertility and why genetic testing is important and why she recommends doing it before getting married/thinking about getting pregnant.

Shaindy Siegel joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her oldest child that was born with a rare genetic disorder for which both she and her husband are carriers, raising awareness for genetic testing and the shame that still exists in pockets of the Jewish community.

It’s important to acknowledge that the holidays can be a very challenging time. Here are some quick healthy coping mechanisms to help you get through it, put together by our wonderful support group leader Rina Hennes Sabes.

Shira Collings MS, NCC, LPC joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about eating disorders, body image, and fertility journeys, and giving yourself grace to engage with the eating restrictions as little or as much as you want.

Gail Miller, MD joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her journey in to becoming a life coach, how she handled working with babies and children and what situations were triggering for her, and the experience of grief.

Liz Glazer joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the moment when everything changed, when her daughter, Leo Pearl, was stillborn and the aftermath, and growing up not knowing if she was ever going to be able to have a family.

Judith joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about losing her son, Aiden, to SIDS, what that day was like for her and how she grieved in the following weeks and navigating the grief, pain, comments, and all of the horribleness.

Chumi Friedman joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about different aspects of stillbirth support, in relation to Jewish law, decisions and choices that a couple grapples with from the moment they receive the bad news and more.

Here are 8 ways you can remember your baby. These are rituals that people in the IWSTHAB and loss communities do to help them memorialize and honor their babies. How do you remember your baby?

Beth Moskovic joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her experience as a relationship coach and kallah teacher, how to make your relationship better, even during times when you are a niddah and creating points of connection during the day.

Shevi Samet, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about niddah in regard to infertility and loss and the feelings that arise surrounding Niddah.

Dr. Naomi Marmon Grumet, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about practical tools and suggestions to use when dealing with fertility challenges, thinking about each dip with a different focus (past, present, future) and bringing a comforting friend with you.

Shaina Glick joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her two children and the very different fertility journey that she had to take to have each of them, the first one that was “relatively” easy, and the other, which was much more difficult, and the years of treatments she went through and a miscarriage.

Chaya Hott joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about strategies on how she got through the crippling anxiety of that pregnancy, how rainbow babies don’t “fix” grief and how to hold joy and grief at the same time (especially in light of the war in Israel).

Shevi Samet joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about how to navigate the emotions of pregnancy after loss and the risk/benefit analysis of whether to try again.

Michael Bleicher joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about relationship challenges that can come up when a couple is dealing with any kind of fertility challenge, how you can support each other through it, and practical examples on how to gently get someone talking when they are shut down.

Kat Vellos, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about tips and suggestions as to how to make and keep meaningful friendships in our lives, her book “We Should Get Together” and how to maintain your friendships with those who knew you “before”.

Dr. Shy Krug, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about how to communicate more effectively with your partner/spouse during the fertility years, what to do when you disagree with your partner and how struggles lead to issues with intimacy.

Chaya Halon-Weinberg, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her experience with secondary infertility, how she dealt with her pain while surrounded by others in her family/community who were popping out babies and the nicest thing that someone did for her during her journey.

Keshet Starr joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her diagnosis of PCOS in her late teens, how and when she told her future husband about her diagnosis and the real and raw pain of secondary infertility.

The main thing that I wanted to convey is that vaginismus isn't a simple treatment and voila you're cured. There's different options women can pursue (sex therapy, pelvic floor therapy, etc) and I wanted to show that it can be trial and error. I think I was so set that, 'This is what I chose to do, there's no going back,' that it took me a long time to realize that I can change course and switch therapists, go to PT, etc.

Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus, LSCW, MPH, PHD joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about intimacy challenges that can arise as couples struggle with their fertility.

Carrie Bornstein joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her experiences as a surrogate , the thoughts and feelings that led to her decision to become a surrogate, the agency she worked with, the legal process, and the matching that takes place.

Aliza Konig, Reena Bloom and Chana Shaffer join Aimee Baron, MD to talk about what brought them to surrogacy, how they navigated that journey, how they managed their family and friends during the process and how Reena and Chana had previous pregnancies, and surrogacy was chosen as a miraculous way they could grow their families.

Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her surrogacy story filled with laughs, pain, and everything in between and the guilt that came along with not being able to carry her own child.

Rabbi Segelman from PUAH, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the history behind the laws regarding infertility, the general basics of egg donation, sperm donation, and surrogacy, and questions from viewers.

Melissa Lindsey joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the donor conceived community, the supports they offer for children who are donor conceived and the programs they run for the parents of donor conceived people and the DCPs themselves.

Lori Metz, LSCW joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about third party reproduction, how to come to terms with this possibility and what kinds of emotions one goes through when faced with this option.