Infertility: How Vermonters navigate an often exhausting and expensive process

By Mikaela Lefrak,

Published April 25, 2023 at 4:39 PM EDT

This hour, we'll hear how infertility affects family building across Vermont. National Infertility Awareness Week is April 23 to 29. — National Infertility Awareness Week is April 23 to 29. This hour, we'll hear how infertility affects family building across Vermont.

One in five women in the United States who have never given birth are unable to get pregnant after a year of trying. The journey to create a family while managing infertility can often be exhausting and expensive. This hour, we’ll speak with a fertility clinic doctor and the head of a New England family building advocacy organization. We'll also hear personal stories of Vermonters' fertility journeys.

For those looking for more information on advocacy:
Vermont Fertility Advocacy
For support and more information:
Resolve New England

Our guests are:

Dr. Jennifer Brown, medical doctor, Northeastern Reproductive Medicine
Kate Weldon Leblanc, executive director, Resolve New England
Jen Ingram, a patient from Newport

Broadcast live on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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