Pregnantish

The tropes of the sperm donor and the families they help create are well worn, to be kind. The stupid college kid trying to make a couple quick bucks, the infertile couple making a last ditch effort, etc – some of these stories might be true, but they're just a fraction of what sperm donor stories really look like.In this episode, Andrea sits down with two people whose stories speak to the different lives sperm donation touches. First, we hear from Selena, a single mother by choice with a message for her donor. Next, we'll talk to someone we'll call Mike, a biological father to more than 30 offspring that he hopes to get to know.If you have a stranger than fiction family planning story that you'd like to tell, get in touch with us at https://pregnantish.com/contact-us/

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Egg freezing is a part of the path to parenthood for a growing number of people. In recent years, technological innovation in the way eggs are harvested and frozen and shifts in cultural norms have opened the procedure up to a wider group of people hoping to start families. However, there are still plenty of misconceptions surrounding it.In this episode, Andrea sits down with Sarah and Ko to talk about how egg freezing has changed for themselves and for society.

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Seth knew he wanted to be a father from a young age, but when he started taking testosterone and transitioned more than 15 years ago, he understood that building a family was going to get more difficult. The idea of gestating his fertilized eggs in his wife’s uterus was just the beginning of a path to parenthood full of hormone treatments, arguments with insurance companies and so much more.

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Andrea Syrtash is a modern family planning expert. Her journey to parenthood may have been long and winding, with cycle after cycle of fertility treatments and surrogate searches, but the steps she took to become a mother aren't as uncommon as you might think. On Pregnantish, Andrea will talk to people like her – whose lives didn't exactly follow the "first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage" plan – and gives them a chance to tell their all-too-often-untold stories.

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