AllPaths Podcast

Jennifer Redmond shares her story of infertility, loss, and embracing life as a family of two, how her own fertility journey has influenced her personal and professional life, and reflects on the evolution she’s seen in the fertility and family building space over her career.

Jennifer empowers women to take a 360-degree view of their wellness and helps them implement customized dietary and lifestyle changes to boost fertility and feel deeply supported in the process. A fertility and hormonal health expert, Jennifer is a Certified Integrative Nutrition Coach, graduate of the Women’s Functional and Integrative Medicine Professional Training Program, and Certified Hormone Health Educator. Formerly the co-founder and editor-in-chief of FertilityAuthority (now Progyny), and Director of Communications for RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, she has literally written and edited thousands of articles on fertility and infertility. Jennifer is the Immediate Past President of AllPaths Family Building, where she also helps lead the Childless After Fertility and Family Building Challenges Group.

Learn more about holistic fertility support: jennredmond.com

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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

Infertility; pregnancy loss; fertility treatment; IVF; living childfree; childless after infertility; peer support; building community; functional nutrition; hormonal health; fertility support;

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Director of Family Advocacy at GLAD and recipient of the 2024 AllPaths Advocacy Award, Polly Crozier shares her own challenging family building story, as well as her advocacy for parentage equality inclusive fertility insurance bills throughout New England. A tireless, knowledgeable and effective advocate, Polly’s work focuses on youth and family issues, including parentage protections, adoption, access to fertility healthcare, transgender family law, juvenile justice, and child welfare, and work at the intersection of LGBTQ justice and reproductive justice, striving to ensure that all families will be protected regardless of how they were formed.

Learn more about GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD): www.glad.org

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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

fertility health care; LGBTQ+; LGBTQ+ fertility; LGBTQ+ family building; same-sex family; fertility treatment; donor sperm; miscarriage; pregnancy loss; infant loss; co-parent adoption; advocacy; parentage; parentage equality

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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 twin pregnancy and postpartum experience. Over the course of the conversation we chat about navigating relationships and boundaries while family building, the importance of building community, mental health support, best practices on how to support a family member or friend who is struggling to grow their family, Haya’s role as an AllPaths volunteer support group leader, and Our Gathering Place, her new business aimed at supporting parents during the first early years.

Learn more about Our Gathering Place: https://ourgathering.place

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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

Unexplained infertility; miscarriage; pregnancy loss; IUI; IVF; twin pregnancy; multiples; parenting; navigating boundaries; relationships; therapy; postpartum depression; peer support; building community; parenting support; advice for family and friends

CONNECT WITH ALLPATHS FAMILY BUILDING: https://allpathsfb.org

Follow us on social media @allpathsfb

Want to share your story or ask a question? Get in touch at [email protected]!

Welcome to the AllPaths Podcast, where we support and celebrate all of the different ways there are to grow your family.

Each week we'll talk with different members of the AllPaths Family Building community, sharing stories, hearing from experts in this space about fertility treatments and family building options, learning about current family building advocacy and how to get involved, and exploring incredible resources.

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