Another Month, Another Heartbreak
Another month, another heartbreak. Sharing these words for everyone quietly carrying this weight.
If you’re in this fight too, you’re not alone. Holding space for all the shattered hopes, endless prayers, and unwavering strength.
Grief and the Unknown
Waiting.
Waiting.
More waiting.
For what feels like forever.
Men are Half the Equation
Men are half the equation when it comes to making a baby…and they carry half the heartbreak too. Just because they don’t talk about it as much, doesn’t mean that they’re not aching.
Big Feelings
You’re allowed to have big feelings, even if you don’t get an award for them.
Parshas Vayakhel
Infertility is hard. Pregnancy loss is hard. The journey to build a family is hard. Make sure to take breaks. You deserve them.
Pregnancy After Infertility
Pregnancy after infertility is holding onto so many emotions
Infertility Books
Here are some of the infertility books that we have listed there — all from authors that we’ve personally interviewed.
Thoughts & Feelings
The mush of feelings is exhausting 💔
From A Man’s Perspective
The Silence of Infertility- From A Man’s Perspective
Things That Are Irrational About Infertility
he most irrational, frustrating, devastating thing 😤💔
Thoughts from the IWSTHAB Community
Some thoughts from the IWSTHAB community. Thank you to these followers for being SO. REAL. 🫂🫂🫂
The Grief of Infertility
The Grief of Infertility
Dr. Aimee Baron on Meaningful People Podcast
Dr. Aimee Baron supports those who are struggling with fertility - and answers some of the most import questions on this episode of Meaningful People Podcast.
144. My Infertility Story: Lessons from Chana and Penina with Tee Simpser
Tee Simpser joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her 6 years of primary infertility, heartbreaking disappointments, life-threatening complications and all kinds of insensitive comments and how she saw herself in the Chana/Penina story from the Book of Shmuel (book of Samuel), as she longed to be a mother, while watching everyone else around her get pregnant.
145. Exploring the Emotions of the Struggle to Have A Baby with Aliza Tropper, LMHC
Aliza Tropper, LMHC, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the emotions that come up during the quest to build a family, the guilt, shame, sadness, anxiety, inadequacy, etc., and how they manifest, and suggestions on how to make these deep feelings more manageable, like self-soothing, mini-breaks, reaching out for support and even medication if things become too overwhelming.
137. Why Infertility Is So Isolating with Rabbi Elchanan Poupko
Rabbi Elchanan Poupko joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about his recent piece about the insensitivity in the orthodox community to people who are struggling to have a child, his personal story of infertility and the pain he and his wife carried for all those years, and how their infertility challenges made him a passionate voice for those who are still in the trenches.
141. Pain Doesn’t End…or Does it? with Chavie Bruk
Chavie Bruk joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about pain and the way it changes over time, her and her husband's permanent infertility, adopting 5 children at different ages and her grieving the loss of a biological child.
Mental Health While Trying to Conceive
Did you know that people suffering from infertility are dealing with depression, anxiety, and divorce much higher than the nation averages?
Pregnancy After IF/Losses
Thank you to this voice from the community for perfectly describing this 😭😭😭
Our Primary Infertility Story
“We started our fertility journey dreaming and wondering what it would be like to have a family, to have little ones bouncing around, so we started to make that dream happen.”