MILES: Men, Infertility, and Life Experiences

In this week's episode, I talk with Dr. Ku from Dallas IVF about his experience with Infertility.  Yes, even fertility doctors can have infertility.  We talk about how Asian culture can create barriers and stigma for infertility patients, as well as what it was like to experience infertility while doing fertility treatments for his patients.   Lowell T. Ku, M.D. is an award-winning and leading pro...

In this week's episode, I greatly enjoyed speaking with Keegan Prue from Upstate New York.  He is the author of the book IVF Dad, about the male experience of infertility and things he wished he would have known before his journey with IVF.  We talk about stereotypes of infertility that impact men and share experiences where we tried to establish control over infertility that now we can...

In this week's episode, I talk with Brandon Johnson, LCSW.  He is the owner of Infertility Isn't Inferior in Richmond, Virginia, and started the Barren Battles Network.  Brandon shares his experience of navigating infertility as a Black man.  We discuss everything from adoption, access to treatment, and how culture impacts family-building decisions.  You might be wondering why...

This week's guest is Jon Waldman, the author of the book Swimming Aimlessly.  Jon is from Winnipeg, Canada, and has advocated for infertility since 2009.  He has also done a TED Talk, which I highly recommend.  His book is well worth reading, and I will provide links below.  In this episode, we talk about navigating IVF in Canada, feelings of being secondary on Father's Day, th...

Today's episode is the first part of Joey Guzman-Kuffel's journey to becoming a father through surrogacy.  Joey is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in San Diego, California, and part of the LGBT Community.  He and his husband built their family through surrogacy and using donor eggs.  During our conversation, we could only get one part of the story and plan on having h...

In this episode, I'm talking with Eli Weinstein, LCSW, a therapist located in Las Vegas, Nevada, who has experienced infertility.  Eli and I discuss how infertility has impacted his relationships with his wife and other people in his life and how infertility interacted with his Jewish faith.  He shares some advice on navigating the journey of infertility.  Eli is a Social Work thera...

Chase Pierce shares his experience with being diagnosed with Y Chromosome Infertility and the difficulties in processing this. We talk about ways that he has and still is coping with infertility and the thought processes that he has had. He had reached out to me via Facebook to be a guest, and you can be one too.  I have more information on Y Chromosome Infertility listed below and on my social me...

After hearing Friday morning that Roe v. Wade was overturned, I felt that I needed to have an episode on this topic.  It has possible implications for fertility treatments, such as IVF, and it affects many people with uteruses in our lives.  I talk with Dr. Anna Flores-Locke about the possible implications, as well as how men can support the people with uteruses in our lives. Dr. Anna Fl...

Father's Day can be just as tough for men, as Mother's Day is tough for women.  In this first episode, I share my experience with male infertility and navigating IVF.  I have referenced the Mental Health Professional Group through the American Society of Reproductive Medicine.  The link is listed below.  I encourage the men that have experiences with family building whether that be adoption, ART,...

Trailer for the MILES: Men, Infertility, and Life Experiences podcast.  1 in 8 couples in the United States are affected by infertility and 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage.  Men are often considered the silent partner when it comes to family building journeys despite 30-40% of cases being diagnosed with male factor infertility.  There is very little information out there on in...