I Want to Put a Baby in You!

Melissa Dias went through an unbelievable journey to grow her family and never gave up on her dreams of having children. She now is an active advocate for ethical surrogacy in hopes of inspiring and assisting others who are going through the same or similar journeys. Listen as Melissa talks about: • Her struggle with PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) diagnosis in her early 20s which began her inf...

Carole LieberWilkins is a renowned Marriage and Family Therapist in the West Los Angeles area. She’s been working in family building, infertility, reproductive medicine, adoption, egg donation, sperm donation and surrogacy for the past 30 years. Listen as Carole talks about: • The devastating news she received about her own infertility at the agof 30. • The adoption experience with her first son (...

Geina Horton has been an acupuncturist in Denver for 20 years. She holds the honor of being the first licensed acupuncturist to become credentialed to perform acupuncture in the State of Colorado in the Operating Room at the University of Colorado Hospital. She specializes in infertility. Listen as Geina talks about: • What made her change her career from being a disc jockey to touring with rock s...

Dr. Said Daneshmand is an internationally recognized fertility specialist with extensive experience providing third-party reproductive services. Listen as Dr. Daneshmand talks about: • His experience with HIV and AIDS patients in his early medical years. • How he was inspired to go into fertility as his medical specialty. • His groundbreaking published work in fertility to improve IVF rates, incre...

Crystal is an adaptive sports therapist. Tyler is a US Army Veteran, medically retired at the age of 23. Together they are tremendous advocates for accessible fertility treatment, especially for those who have served our country. Hear Crystal and Tyler discuss: • How Tyler was paralyzed in Afghanistan in May of 2005 and his incredible story of survival against the odds. • How Tyler’s life-changing...

Mitchell and Stephen are fun to listen to -- and not just because they have adorable Australian accents. They are also a power couple fighting to improve the lives of individuals and families in Australia. Mitchell has been a social worker for 10 years, specializing in children, mental illness and domestic violence. Stephen is a renowned lawyer focusing on family law. He handled his first surrogac...

Andrea Syrtash is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of pregnantishTM, the first online lifestyle magazine dedicated to helping people navigate their fertility. She’s been on Oprah and The View. She’s also a renowned author and dating and relationship expert. Hear Andrea’s amazing story as she discusses: • Her 10 year fertility journey while juggling a very public career. • Her major surgery, miscarr...

Ida Parisi is a lawyer in Italy specializing in fertility law and family law. She assists couples and singles to build their families through assisted reproductive technology. She also acts as an independent consultant for fertility centers and sperm and egg banks. Hear as Ida discusses: • How she got interested in fertility law. • Her background studying comparative ART law and working for an ART...

Jessica is the Chair of the Walk of Hope in Colorado, a fundraiser for the national organization RESOLVE, which raises awareness and provides support for those experiencing infertility. Jessica has also walked that long road of infertility. Hear as Jessica discusses: • Her husband and their high school love story beginnings. They started off not liking each other! • Their infertility journey — sta...

Eric, a preeminent New York matrimonial and family law attorney, has been on the frontlines of the fight for legal recognition of non-traditional families. Hear Eric discuss: • The hoops he and his husband had to jump through to adopt their two children. • His most exciting case and how it has changed the way New York courts now recognize parents. • A messy (I mean, really messy!) case with a UK s...

Maya and Noah are the stars (or “subjects” as they like to say) of a documentary providing a very personal and in-depth look at infertility. One More Shot (check it out on Netflix!) gives you a front row seat into their four year journey to have a baby. We get the behind-the-scenes scoop. Hear from Maya and Noah as they share: • How they met and fell in love (despite their opposite personalities)....

Lanie Wolff is a clinical physicians liaison for Conceptions Reproductive Associations of Colorado. She has a wonderful personal story to share about how her sister Tessa helped her start her family. Hear from Lanie and Tessa as they share their story: • How they went from instant family (including an incident of classic sibling blackmail) to long-distance pen pals.. • Lanie and her husband confro...

Danielle Kitson is an attorney and partner at an international law firm. She is also a mother (proving that you can have it all!), but took a long and unique road to get there. Hear from Danielle Kitson as she shares her story: • Her plan in her twenties to throw an artificial insemination party if she didn’t find Mr. Right. • How her ex-husband helped her pick out her sperm donor?! • Failed IUIs,...

Dr. Althea O’Shaughnessy is a Reproductive Endocrinologist at Concep-tions Reproductive Associates of Colorado, one of the top clinics in Colo-rado. Dr. O’Shaughnessy won the Castle Connolly Top Doctor Award for 7 of the last 8 years. She’s originally from New York City and has recently moved to Colorado. While she had dreams of being a professional tap dancer, she put those dreams on hold to purs...

Betsy Cairo has her PhD in Human Reproduction and is the Founder and Director of CryoGam Colorado, Colorado’s only commercial sperm bank. She’s a college professor, Executive Director of a non-profit helping vulnerable communities, and a featured TED talk presenter. Girl has done it all. Hear from Betsy as she discusses: • How long sperm can be stored and still be viable – including the incredible...

Sharon LaMothe is the Owner of LaMothe Surrogacy Consulting and LaMothe Services, LLC. She’s also been a gestational surrogate two times, both times with twins! She has a wealth of knowledge in the assisted reproductive technology field.
 Listen to this podcast and find out about:   • How it all began - her own infertility issues and her tales of clomid turning her into the wicked witch of the wes...

Sarah Paige has been working with ART Risk Financial Insurance Solutions for 7 years. They specialize in insurance for the assisted reproductive technology field to help minimize the risk for Intended Parents, Surrogates, Donors and others throughout their journeys. 
 Tune in to find out: • How many states offer infertility insurance coverage • How often the gestational carrier’s insurance covers...

Jennifer Barfield is a Professor from Colorado State University in the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. She specializes in reproductive physiology and assisted reproductive technologies in a variety of species. Tune in to find out: • Unique aspects of reproductive in different non-human species - naked mole rats, anyone? • Which species are born with their eyes open and their...

Marc Gilland is a passport and visa expert with Passport Visa Advisors and responsible for helping countless families make it home. Think Homeland. But with more babies.

 Tune in as Marc tells us:  • His amazing stories of international drama with parents trying to get their US-born surrogate babies home. • Complications when one parent dies before conception or mom dies months before the birth (...

David Lat, Founder and Editor of Above The Law, has gone to Harvard and Yale, is the author of the novel, Supreme Ambitions, and is most importantly, a new father. Listen to David talk about he and his husband Zach’s beautiful gestational surrogacy journey: • How he and his husband Zach met and how they arrived at the decision of gestational surrogacy. • How they decided on their surrogacy agency,...

Patience Bleskan is a Developmental Psychologist who is the Founder of the Family Room. She’s also the mother of four kids. Her personal experience as a gestational carrier went very differently than she anticipated. Tune into listen to Patience talk about: • Her long road to being a gestational carrier and if she’d do it again. • How she picked her intended parents and why the first preliminary m...

Gail Sexton-Anderson is the Founder and CEO of Donor Concierge, a service that finds egg donors and surrogate mothers, helping intended parents have the baby they always wanted. She also has her Masters in Counseling from Harvard University and is a board member of SEEDS (Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy). Tune in to listen to Gail talk about: • How Donor Concierge works and how sh...

Suzie White is a 3-time surrogate and previous egg donor and is currently the Marketing Outreach Coordinator with Colorado Surrogacy. Suzie discusses her amazing surrogacy experience: • What inspired her to be a surrogate for the very first time back in the 90s (it involves Oprah, of course) • Her different experiences between traditional surrogacy the first 2 times (singletons both times) versus...

Jennifer Nelson is the Founder and Program Director of An Angel’s Gift, a full service egg donation and embryo donation agency. She is a 7-time egg donor herself and has also been a gestational surrogate. Hear Jennifer discuss all the aspects of the egg donation process: • How she found out about the possibility of egg donation and why she decided to do it. • The process of egg donation from the L...

Amira Hasenbush is an attorney and expert in LGBT law and policy, family formation law, surrogacy, sperm and egg donor agreements, adoptions, and name and gender changes in sunny Los Angeles, California. Hear 3 stories from Amira as they relate to the Assisted Reproductive Technology field: • Hiring two surrogates simultaneously? Getting a contract shoved in your face while you’re in labor? A gest...