By Steven Miller
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This week I had the privilege of interviewing Brian Decker from the Seattle, Washington area. Brian was the first to sign up as a volunteer for our Peer Support program. Brian and his wife have gone through IUI, IVF, and a miscarriage, and was successful with IVF, with the birth of his son. We discuss his experience with the fertility journey and the support he received.
Participant Form for Peer Support Program
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Volunteer Form:
https://forms.gle/eSQJ46mRjTK57fVT8
www.menshelpline.org
This week's episode, I interviewed Karyn Rosenberg, quite a while ago, but as we were getting Men's Helpline up and running, my attention had been distracted. Karyn and I discuss that often when we think about infertility, we don't always think it is grief that we are going through. We also talk about disenfranchised grief, as it relates to Mother's Day and Father's Day.
Karyn Rosenberg, LCSW, PMH-C has a private psychotherapy practice in Florida and North Carolina. She is a trauma trained clinician in EMDR. (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). She specializes in grief, loss, trauma, and reproductive mental health. She holds a certification in perinatal mental health assisting clients with postpartum depression and anxiety. She works in the field of third-party reproduction, offering consultation, mental health screenings and evaluations, and counseling with egg/sperm/embryo donors, gestational carriers, and Intended Parents.
Karyn has been an invited speaker at professional conferences and serves as a lecturer and trainer for the community. She is invited to work with schools and workplaces offering crisis counseling and providing critical incident stress debriefing. Karyn is a published contributing author in The ABA Guide to Assisted Reproduction: Techniques, Legal Issues and Pathways to Success (ABA Consumer Guide) (2016) and Understanding the Journey: A Lifespan Approach to Working with Grieving People (2019). Karyn is happily married to her husband and has two beautiful and smart daughters. When she isn’t seeing clients, you will find her on her Peloton, reading a great book, or jamming out to live music.
Instagram: @karynlcsw
Participant Form for Peer Support Program
https://forms.gle/NseN5TW7JcdBWwCs8
Volunteer Form:
https://forms.gle/eSQJ46mRjTK57fVT8
www.menshelpline.org
Welcome to the 3rd season of The MILES Podcast. This special episode commemorates International Bereaved Father's Day, first held in Australia in 2010. This day recognizes parents who have lost children through miscarriage or stillbirth, as well as young and adult children. I would include failed embryo transfers, too.
Jonathon Cheslock is this episode's guest. Jonathon shares his experiences with multiple miscarriages. Recently experienced his wife having a twin pregnancy, resulting in one twin, boy, passing away at 31 weeks, while delivering a baby girl at 34 weeks.
How to Acknowledge International Bereaved Father’s Day? | Cake Blog | Cake: Create a Free End of Life Plan (joincake.com)
This episode, I had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Clayton Brigance, who recently got his PhD in Counseling from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. We talk about his own experience through infertility, as well as the research he has been doing regarding trauma and infertility. A recent study of his showed that 43% (primarily women) had symptoms of PTSD due to reproductive trauma.
Dr. Clayton Brigance, PhD, LPC, is the founder and
Clay is on the Healthcare Task Force for the Institute
Clayton Brigance, PhD, LPC | LinkedIn
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Happy National Infertility Awareness Week! To kick off the week, I decided to release a couple of episodes, and this is the first one.
At some point in our fertility journey, we have all been told to relax and that stress is the cause of our infertility struggles. I have heard several people talk about this through my connections and on the internet. In this episode, I speak with Dr. Angela Lawson, a licensed psychologist at Northwestern Fertility and Reproductive Medicine in Chicago. We discuss if this anecdote is either fact or fiction and what is behind the idea of stress causing infertility. This episode is for all the people that have been told to relax.
Angela K. Lawson, PhD | Northwestern Medicine
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In this week's episode, I talked with Dr. Kristin Brogaard, the Chief Scientific Officer at Inherent Biosciences. We discuss the lack of research on male infertility and what Dr. Brogaard is doing about this issue.
Kristin Brogaard received her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Northwestern University
Kristin co-founded
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This week's episode I was able to sit down and talk with Ryan Ferrante, who is a Reproductive Attorney in Chicago. Not only is he an attorney, but he is also on the volunteer committee and has an active part in the planning of Federal Advocacy for Resolve. Federal Advocacy Day is where people like you and me can get involved in speaking with our legislators to pass pro-family building legislation at the federal level. Ryan and I talk about our experiences with this day, as last year was my first year sharing my infertility journey with legislators from Wisconsin. Also, we talk about the importance of advocating for legislation in our state government to increase access to fertility treatments. Building Families Alliance in Wisconsin are hoping to do just that, so the 172,000 people in Wisconsin can have better access to treatment. Only 19 states have mandated insurance coverage for fertility treatments and Wisconsin is not one of them, meaning that citizens in those states will be out of pocket for treatments such as IVF, which can cost around $45,000. Below are ways that you can get involved in Federal Advocacy Day on 4/25 and Building Families Alliance if you are in Wisconsin. The best part? You can do it from the comfort of your residence because it's virtual. It's not too late to sign up. Your story is powerful, and you never know who needs to hear it.
Register at:
RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association
Building Families Alliance: SurveyLegend Survey
Ryan's Social Media
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A fertility pharmacist by day and a film director by night, Tarun Verma, during the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, had decided that he was going to make a film about infertility and the experience both men and women go through. His film, Conception, has been shown at film festivals and is currently on Prime Video. Tarun and I discuss his experience filming the movie and infertility.
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On this week's episode, I have Dr. Bill Petok, who has provided mental health support to couples and men with infertility since 1985. We discuss how he got involved in Reproductive Mental Health, trends he has seen with men responding to infertility, and SART. SART is the Society of Assisted Reproductive Technology. Bill Petok earned his doctorate from the University of Maryland in 1978. His practice specializes in the problems of individuals and couples struggling with infertility for whom building the family they desire is challenging.
Bill Petok > Home (drpetok.com)
SART: Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology
References
Angela Lawson (@aklawsonphd) • Instagram photos and videos
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Steven Miller, MS (@sjmiller2024) • Instagram photos and videos
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The MILES Podcast (@miles_podcast) / Twitter
(2) The MILES Podcast | Fort Atkinson WI | Facebook
Email: [email protected]
In this week's episode, I speak with Dustin Gruss, who, instead of pursuing IVF or other fertility treatments, he and his wife chose to do foster care. Now foster care doesn't automatically mean that you're going to adopt, but in this case, that is what happened. Dustin is the host of the podcast Family By Heart. Dustin has worked for over 20 years in the customer service industry, striving to meet and exceed the expectations of customers and clients alike. Over the last 8 years as a Certified Professional Coach, Personal Trainer, and Motivational/Public Speaker, or "Greatness Facilitator" as he prefers to call it, are the years that have been the most meaningful. Giving clients the tools, encouragement, and motivation to meet their goals and see them transform and impact their world- is the fulfillment and gratification his soul has been looking for.
Dustin's Social Media:
ABOUT | Step Up To Greatness
Dustin Gruss (@familybyheartpod) • Instagram photos and videos
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References:
Transformations by Cleveland Angels - Home (cleangels.org)
NATIONAL ANGELS - Home | National Angels
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Steven Miller, MS (@sjmiller2024) • Instagram photos and videos
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The MILES Podcast (@miles_podcast) / Twitter
(2) The MILES Podcast | Fort Atkinson WI | Facebook
Email: [email protected]
The podcast currently has 26 episodes available.