Fresh off a screen free weekend, Dr. Naomi shares her review of what it's like to turn off your phone and be in the moment after she and her therapy group decided to take on the challenge. It's only fitting then that the first email this week is a Craft My Text from a Betch whose sudden break up has left her seeking closure, but there is also an update from her original email request that gives the hosts much to discuss. A listener is unsure of how to share her pending good news about an engagement with a friend who is struggling to get her long term relationship to the next level. The Betchicist of the week asks the question “can my husband request I don't discuss him in therapy” and Jordana and Dr. Naomi navigate how it may (and may not) be possible. On the theme of therapy, a listener recounts an uncomfortable first meeting with a therapist that left her triggered and spiraling for hours after the session. And finally one woman shares that her future sister in law provided her with a survey requiring her to rank her desire to be a bridesmaid and the questions on it are kinda wild.

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In this heartfelt conversation, Sarrah Strimel Bentley joins Jordana and Dr. Naomi in studio to share her incredible journey from being a Broadway performer to navigating the challenges of motherhood, breast cancer, and surrogacy. She discusses her diagnosis, the importance of self-advocacy, and the emotional rollercoaster of fertility treatments. Sarrah shares how her resilience and hope, and the power of community support helped her navigate this time of uncertainty until she ultimately welcomed her son into the world. As an advocate for others experiencing these challenges she created 'A Chance For Life', an organization and resource that allows her to do so.https://achanceforlife.org/

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Jordana’s blowout gets her and Dr. Naomi chatting about spending money on things that bring you joy or that you just dont en-joy doing. The Overshare comes from someone who feels she is always taking the lead with her friends and family’s planning and is left wondering why she is always the one running point. A listener is fuming after a pilates class where another attendee was free-styling her own routine, and she needs a Betchecist on how to handle it. The Intention for this week comes from a woman who is contemplating becoming a stay at home mom, but is feeling weird about what others will think. And a Betch is triggered by her brother in law and wonders if he is personally attacking her big day while another listener is left feeling icky after she is called out in a social situation by someone she doesn’t even know.

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On this episode of Baby Steps, hosts Jordana Abraham and Dr. Naomi Bernstein sit down with Love Is Blind participant, Lauren Speed-Hamilton to share the raw, unfiltered truth about her multi-year fertility journey. Lauren opens up about trying to conceive, facing unexplained infertility, going through multiple failed IUIs and IVF transfers, enduring a heartbreaking miscarriage, and discovering fibroids that required major surgery. She reveals how grief over the sudden loss of her father intertwined with the hope of creating new life, therapy, faith, and support from her husband and Love is Blind co-star Cameron Hamilton helped her keep going. Lauren also discusses the mental toll of IVF, the pressure of being in the public eye while struggling with infertility, and the importance of finding the right doctor and advocating for your own care. Now six months pregnant, she reflects on resilience, hope, and what she wants others facing fertility challenges to know: you are not alone.

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Jordana recently celebrated her birthday while Dr. Naomi was off visiting a long distance friend and the two share about their very different experiences. The hosts also side-bar about the recently viral Netflix Documentary Unknown Number and if you haven’t seen it yet go watch it first because they spill all the secrets. A new mother and caring friend writes in asking if it's okay to not be there for someone when you yourself are holding on by a thread. Dr. Naomi gets real about a concerned wife and daughter who thinks her husband's mismanaging a vacation with her father and is looking for a Betchecist on the situation. After giving birth, one listener is at odds with her new body shape and seeks an intention for how to embrace this era of her life. A Betch is left speechless and a bit triggered after her friend ghosted her for months and blew off a trip, only to emerge from the woodwork with a new group of friends. Another listener is sour that her partner wasn’t applauding her recent weight loss only to discover he “hadn’t even noticed” and she is not sure how to feel about it.

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After two episodes full of information on infertility, Dr. Naomi and Jordana are together in studio to get personal with virtual guest, host of the podcast Ladygang, and actress/singer/dancer: Becca Tobin. Becca has been very public with her infertility journey, but today she goes deep about how this experience helped fortify her relationship with her partner and prepare them both for the challenges of parenthood. She also talks more about her use of a surrogate, and how that decision challenged her emotionally and physically. With wit and humility Becca opens up and shares how her path to motherhood was a challenge worth taking.

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Dr Naomi shares a recent moment with her son where the “Birds & the Bees” are discussed and she and Jordana reminisce on their own childhood conversations around the subject. The Overshare comes from a Betch in a secret age-gap relationship that is rapidly moving towards engagement and she is unsure of how to reveal it all to her family. A listener seeks help around tipping, especially when it comes to discounted services and the hosts give a Betchicist with their own takes on the matter. Dr Naomi provides an important intention for a listener that could help us all a bit with FOMO and not fitting in. A triggered scenario where a boyfriend goes silent for all 5 days of a bachelor trip has one listener spiraling and another has an employee defending her new hometown after her boss trash talks it to her face, and both scenarios are honestly wild.

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Marea Goodman, Licensed Midwife, co-author of the book ‘Baby Making for Everybody,’ and founder of Pregnant Together; joins Jordana for a conversation about the LGBT & Solo Parent pregnancy experience. From at-home insemination and breast feeding when both parents can lactate, to understanding the grief that comes with the “non-traditional” conception process, Marea touches on the many ways she provides support and resources to these communities. While access to technology has made pregnancy possible for so many people, Marea discusses the mental and emotional struggles that are unique to these experiences and shares her many resources for navigating the process. 

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Fresh off a vacation with friends, Jordana shares the best ways to manage group outings and Dr. Naomi celebrates her ability to maintain such important friendships into adulthood. A listener admits that she has been using ChatGPT as therapy and Dr. Naomi advises how this could be more harmful than helpful. A Betch seeks help with her feelings after she learns her father betrayed her Mother her entire life, all while still being a good dad to her. Dr. Naomi pens an intention for a listener who recently took a new job at a reduced salary, only to discover her negotiation skills weren't as strong as her new colleagues’. Triggered by her boyfriend's lack of help around the house, Betch wonders if she's over reacting or right to be annoyed . Finally, a woman is left enraged after she shares some dining info with fellow travelers on a vacation, only to find them sitting at her intended table and suddenly unable to remember their recent encounter.

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Jordana welcomes back her own reproductive endocrinologist and author of The Lucky Egg, Dr. Lucky Sekhon. In this episode, Dr. Sekhon reveals the #1 comment-section myth she hates seeing, debunks misconceptions about fertility as a meritocracy, and explains why placenta health isn’t just the woman’s responsibility. From fertility basics to important facts about ovulation and how age factors into it all, Dr. Sekhon shares insight into the often mystified process of pregnancy.

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