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Cynthia has her Master's in Social Work and her MBA. She is an independent health and wellness coach, corporate presenter, and trainer. Her corporate presentations cover a variety of wellness topics including sleep strategies, the impact of alcohol on the body, menopause, meditation, stress management, healthy eating, resilience, and more. She also is certified in Infinite Possibilities and is a presenter and a coach. For the past four years she has worked at Organizational Wellness & Learning Systems delivering trainings on stress management, resilience, burn out, and other mental health topics faced by employees. Cynthia is an IVF Support Group Peer Leader. She has been a volunteer for the Worksite Wellness Council of Massachusetts for the past four years helping to set up presentation on employee wellness. Cynthia has two children born through infertility and her second child was brought into the world with the help of a Gestational Surrogate.

Listen as Cynthia discusses with Ellen and Jenn:

• After her first pregnancy through IVF, becoming pregnant naturally, but experiencing an emergency hysterectomy.
• While still in the hospital, her husband suggesting surrogacy. Not quite being ready for that conversation.
• Just shy of a year from the surgery, being ready and starting the search.
• Finding the perfect match!
• How her son feels about being carried by a surrogate
• Become active as an advocate for others suffering from infertility.
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Learn more about Health Coaching: www.cynthiahealthcoach.com
Learn more about our podcast: https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/
Learn more about our surrogacy agencies: https://www.brightfuturesfamilies.com/
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Justine Witzke is the founder and CEO of Aligneage Fertility. Justine is an experienced strategist and operator having served in a variety of roles, including as head of clinical operations, at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Center for Reproductive Medicine. She is particularly proud of her work developing their fertility preservation program, expanding services to LGBTQ communities, and managing the department’s COVID-19 response, all of which required creative pragmatism. An expert generalist, Justine is passionate about sharing knowledge and information; she cares deeply about educating patients, colleagues, and the public. With interests in medical ethics, patient satisfaction, program development, and risk management, Justine is well-equipped to contribute as an advocate and thought leader in fertility. Additionally, she is a co-founder and the President of CP Extension, a non-profit organization aimed at supporting families of individuals with cerebral palsy.

A graduate of the University of Florida, Justine received a Master’s in Public Health from Hunter College with a focus on Community Health Education and a PhD in Clinical and Translational Research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Her dissertation was titled “Impact of Commercial Donor Sperm Preparation on Intrauterine Insemination Outcome.”

Listen as Justine discusses with Ellen and Jenn:

• How Justine found herself in the world of sperm and family building.
• The interesting answer to the question, “When does washing sperm make sense?”
• Is “facilitated known donation” the future of sperm donation?
• Can previously ineligible potential donors (such as someone who lived in England for more than three months) become eligible?
• What are donors paid?
Want to share your story or ask a question? Call and leave us a message on our hotline: 303-997-1903.

Learn more about Aligneage Fertility: https://www.aligneagefertility.com/
Learn more about our podcast: https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/
Learn more about our surrogacy agencies: https://www.brightfuturesfamilies.com/
Get your IWTPABIY merch here! https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/merch
Learn more about Ellen’s law firm: http://trachmanlawcenter.com/

Episode 182: Men’s Helpline – Daniel Landau and Steven Miller, MS by I Want to Put a Baby in You!

Elizabeth Horn is a health care communicator and the cofounder and codirector of The ART of Infertility, for which she has curated more than thirty exhibits since its inception in 2014. The ART of Infertility was the 2018 recipient of the Hope Award for Innovation given by RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association for its work communicating patient experiences through arts programming. Horn lives with her family in Ann Arbor, MI.

Maria Novotny is an Assistant Professor of English at UW-Milwaukee. Her research considers how reproductive health patients advocate for care. Invested in community issues related to infertility, she co-edited the anthology Infertilities, A Curation (published by WSUP) which puts into practice “story as theory” by featuring visual and written narratives from over 60 contributors – each of whom self-identify as infertile. Other scholarship related to her community-engaged research and teaching has been published in the Community Literacy Journal, Reflections, Rhetoric Review, Rhetoric of Health and Medicine, TCQ and more. For the last 10 years, she has co-directed The ART of Infertility.

Robin Silbergleid is the author of several books that address becoming a single parent through assisted reproductive technology, including "The Baby Book: Poems" and the memoir "Texas Girl." Since 2014, she has collaborated with The ART of Infertility on writing workshops focused on reproductive loss and health. With Maria Novotny and Elizabeth Horn, she is co-editor of "Infertilities, A Curation." She is professor of English at MIchigan State University.

Listen as Elizabeth, Maria, and Robin discuss with Ellen and Jenn:

• Each of our guests experiencing different forms of infertility.
• The work of the ART of Infertility as a national arts organization based in Michigan and Wisconsin.
• Founded in 2014, Elizabeth, Maria, and Robin curate innovative and emotionally provoking art exhibits to portray the realities, pains, and joys of living with Infertility.
• Forming a connection and creating a manuscript to be published.
• Embodying their mission of breaking the silence around the experiences of infertility.
• Offering art and storytelling as a therapeutic way to connect with others.

Want to share your story or ask a question? Call and leave us a message on our hotline: 303-997-1903.

Learn more about Art of Infertility: www.artofinfertility.org
Order your copy here: https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/infertilities-curation
Learn more about our podcast: https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/
Learn more about our surrogacy agencies: https://www.brightfuturesfamilies.com/
Get your IWTPABIY merch here! https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/merch
Learn more about Ellen’s law firm: http://trachmanlawcenter.com/

Episode 180: Carrying Dreams – Emily Westerfield by I Want to Put a Baby in You!

Episode 179: Surrogacy in Uganda – Lisa Stark Hughes by I Want to Put a Baby in You!