Talking Away the Taboo with Dr. Aimee Baron

128. My Embryo Donation Story with Elana Frank


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On this episode of Talking Away The Taboo, Elana Frank, CEO of Jewish Fertility Foundation, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about...

-her own fertility journey - the tale of a woman who will go to any length to build her family

-doing IUIs in a doctor's home in Israel to turning to IVF back in the States and then choosing a donor embryo for her last child

-her experience with secondary infertility - the yearning for another child while feeling guilty for not being happy with the two children she already had

-how she started and grew her organization, Jewish Fertility Foundation, in the midst of her journey

 

More about Elana:

Elana Frank has 20+ years of experience working with nonprofits (Jewish Community Relations Council of NY, Kfar Hassidim Youth Village in Israel, Jewish Fertility Foundation) through fundraising, marketing, community outreach, volunteer recruitment, board development, and program development. After personally experiencing the pain and loneliness of infertility, yet noticing how lucky she was to have had her journey begin in Israel, where it's free, Elana was inspired to help others. Cost, education, and access were tremendous obstacles for this “unspoken” issue in the Jewish community, so she rallied countless like-minded people and created the Jewish Fertility Foundation. She has since received national attention through awards and public speaking engagements for the work that the Jewish Fertility Foundation has accomplished. Elana lives in Atlanta, GA, with her husband, three boys, and their fish “Devil.”

Connect with Elana: 

-Visit JFF's Website

-Check out JFF's Instagram

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