Fruitful & Multiplying

Why Chloe Harrouche Found Getting Pregnant Harder than Breast Cancer-and What She Did About It!

In this special episode, Chloe Harrouche shares her inspiring journey from facing a shocking breast cancer diagnosis at just 23 years old to founding The Lanby, a groundbreaking reimagining of primary care. Chloe opens up about her passion for medicine, her experiences as a patient navigating the healthcare system, and the gaps she discovered in preventive and integrative care. From advocating for herself to tackling infertility challenges, Chloe’s story is one of resilience and a drive to create meaningful change. Listen to hear why she thinks getting pregnant was harder than cancer, and howThe Lanby is transforming the future of primary care.

Leah McKendrick from Scrambled: A Hilarious Film about an Egg Freezing Journey

In this raw, funny, and affirming episode, Elana talks with Leah McKendrick, writer, director, and star of Scrambled, a new movie about one woman's experience freezing her eggs as a single woman in her thirties. You don't want to miss hearing all about the way some women in Hollywood discover this as an option, Leah's take on her own experience with the egg freezing process, and much more.

Empowering An Alternate Path to Parenthood: with Jen, Gina, and Maya, Founders of Empower with Moxi, a Donor Embryo Matching, Education, and Support Platform

In this episode that is both touching and laugh out loud funny, host Elana Frank chats with Jen, Maya, and Gina, who each have an embryo donation story (either as donors or recipients) and have created a platform to help simplify and streamline the often confusing and complex family building option that many still don't even know about! Empower does education, emotional support, and matching for people looking to donate their embryos or those looking to receive donor embryos. Takeaways * Embryo donation organizations provide emotional and mental health support to both donors and recipients. * Children born through embryo donation may have relationships with their genetic siblings, and the language used to describe these relationships can vary. * Normalizing embryo donation as a family building option is crucial to reducing stigma and increasing awareness. * Educating the world about unique family building options, including embryo donation, is necessary to support children and families.

Fertility Fuel: Feeding (and shortening) your Journey To Parenthood with Judy Simon, author of "Getting to Baby"

Join us for a captivating episode as Judy Simon, a devoted dietitian specializing in fertility nutrition, shares her inspiring journey and unravels the crucial link between food and fertility. Delve into the depths of nutrition's role in optimizing fertility, as Judy discusses the impact of inflammation, personalized nutrition plans, the myths around weight and IVF success, and the importance of community support. Discover the transformative power of Judy's book, 'Getting to Baby: A Food-First Fertility Plan to Improve Your Odds and Shorten Your Time To Pregnancy' . Don't miss this enriching conversation filled with practical insights, empowering advice, and the key ingredients to fueling your path to parenthood.

Financing your Future Family: Sunfish's Approach to Navigating Parenthood & Finances with Sunfish CEO & Founder Angela Rastegar

Fertility treatment is not cheap. On average, a round of IVF costs between $15,000-$30,000. We know the inaccessibility of ART well here at JFF: after all, we give Jewish Fertility Foundation grants to make fertility treatment more affordable. Angela Rastegar shares a similar mission. She is democratizing fertility treatment through finance. After working as a Director of Circle Surrogacy and the leadership team of Northstar Fertility, Angela founded Sunfish, a company that connects intended parents to grants and loans for ART. Listen as Angela shares about why she founded Sunfish, her endometritis diagnosis and the stress and anxiety she feels about her own future family building, her take on the future of fertility, and the innovative approach Sunfish takes to helping people fund their fertility journeys.