Talking Away the Taboo with Dr. Aimee Baron

Talking Away the Taboo is the podcast for anyone in the Jewish community struggling to have a child and is seeking a place for emotional support and comfort. It is a show that will help you learn while validating your feelings and processing the hardship and to teach everyone else to be more sensitive.Each week, Dr. Aimee Baron and her guests will be talking away the taboo of infertility, pregnancy loss, infant loss, surrogacy, adoption and more. Your best friend just had a stillbirth and you don’t know what to say? This is the space for you. We laugh, we cry and we challenge the Jewish community to think differently about a topic that has for so long been shrouded in secrecy and shame. Join us on the wild, unpredictable, and gut-wrenching journey of creating a family. Follow I Was Supposed To Have A Baby on Instagram and TikTok at @iwassupposedtohaveababy. To find out more about I Was Supposed To Have A Baby, visit our website at iwassupposedtohaveababy.org

169. This Wasn’t the Plan: Choosing Motherhood on My Own with Jordana Brown
May 11, 2025 – 42:57
168. Second Chances, Sacred Choices: A Fertility Story of Love and Genetics with Sarah Ickovitz
May 9, 2025 – 50:29
167. “Normalize It” with Dr Jessica Zucker
May 7, 2025 – 26:52
166. Fragile X Syndrome: A Silent Factor in Infertility
May 6, 2025 – 51:07
165. Fill Your Cup with Shirel Korobkin
Apr 22, 2025 – 29:02
164. At The End Of My Rope: My Hysterectomy Story with Chaya Kasten
Apr 10, 2025 – 01:09:24
163. Turning Pain into Purpose with Chaya Hott
Apr 7, 2025 – 17:40
162. From Heartbreak to Hope: My Surrogacy Journey with Carly Joseph
Apr 3, 2025 – 46:28
161. Surrogacy Unfiltered: Everything You Wanted to Know (but were afraid to ask) with Aliza Abrams Konig
Mar 31, 2025 – 54:27
160. Finding Calm in the Chaos with Dr. Aliza Ancier
Mar 13, 2025 – 49:09
159. Speaking the Unspoken - A TFMR Story with Rachel Polans, MS, CGC
Feb 24, 2025 – 49:04
158. A Decision I Never Imagined: An Anonymous TFMR Story
Feb 21, 2025 – 36:30
157. Introduction to Genetics and Infertility
Feb 10, 2025 – 56:03
156. My “Miracle” Baby After 14 Years with Chani Melamed
Jan 20, 2025 – 59:07
155. From Ambivalence to Joy: Miscarriage and Pregnancy After Loss with Shira Collings
Jan 16, 2025 – 01:10:43
154. Becoming A Single Mother By Choice Part 2 with Michelle (Malka) Grunstein
Jan 15, 2025 – 59:00
153. Think Before You Speak: The Stigma of Having *Only* One Child with Sharon Cabelly
Jan 2, 2025 – 36:50
152. Navigating the Challenge of Secondary Infertility with Nechamie Stefansky
Dec 31, 2024 – 48:02
151. The “Value” Of A Fertility Journey: What The Torah Has To Say About Infertility and Pregnancy Loss with Hadassah Shemtov
Dec 29, 2024 – 35:13
150. Journeying to Becoming a Solo Mom By Choice with Michelle (Malka) Grunstein
Dec 2, 2024 – 01:14:25
149. Reimagining Parenthood with Rachel Shanken
Nov 25, 2024 – 01:00:53
148. From Choice to Calling: The Journey to Becoming a Single Mother By Choice with Ellie Levi
Nov 22, 2024 – 01:33:49
147. Navigating the pain and grief: A personal story of primary infertility and infant loss with Elissa Felder
Oct 29, 2024 – 55:51
146. Infertility, Miscarriage and Grief Against The Backdrop of October 7th with Shirel Korobkin and Shani Weinmann Kay
Oct 21, 2024 – 41:32
145. Exploring the Emotions of the Struggle to Have A Baby with Aliza Tropper, LMHC
Oct 8, 2024 – 42:57
144. My Infertility Story: Lessons from Chana and Penina with Tee Simpser
Oct 1, 2024 – 59:54
143. Busting Myths Around Treatment Options Before, During and After Pregnancy with Esther Rollhaus, MD
Sep 18, 2024 – 40:51
142. Infertility, Trauma, Grief, Addiction, and Endometriosis with Rachel Daar Cohen
Sep 17, 2024 – 56:02
141. Pain Doesn’t End…or Does it? with Chavie Bruk
Sep 10, 2024 – 01:09:28
140. I'm Not a Grandmother and I'm Perfectly Fine with Peri Lyman
Sep 3, 2024 – 01:00:23
139. Open, Honest, Struggling with Ricki Steiner
Aug 30, 2024 – 01:10:13
138. How to Speak to Children About Grief with Talia Mizrahi
Aug 11, 2024 – 47:25
137. Why Infertility Is So Isolating with Rabbi Elchanan Poupko
Aug 9, 2024 – 48:46
136. The Impact of Eating Disorders on Reproductive Health with Rachel Goldberg LMFT, PMH
Jul 26, 2024 – 51:11
135. Disordered Eating, Body Image and Fertility with Reva Schlanger Peyser MS, RD, CDN
Jul 24, 2024 – 42:56
134. My Journey As A Jew By Choice and an Adoptive Gay Dad with Curt Sechrist
Jul 16, 2024 – 56:52
133. Pride, Faith and Stillbirth with Rabbi Karen Glazer Perolman
Jul 11, 2024 – 01:09:05
132. Perinatal Grief in the LGBTQ+ Community with Shira Collings
Jul 9, 2024 – 51:05
131. Sad Dads Club: Grieving Together After Loss with Rob Reider
Jul 1, 2024 – 53:22
130. The Male Perspective on Infertility with David Melamed
Jun 27, 2024 – 01:00:30
129. My Three Girls: How Donor Eggs Helped me Build My Family with Jen Blumenfeld
Jun 24, 2024 – 55:58
128. My Embryo Donation Story with Elana Frank
Jun 21, 2024 – 52:07
127. How My Egg Donor Journey Connected Me To My Heritage with Emily Getz
Jun 11, 2024 – 44:34
126. Four Children By Choice: A Single Mom's Story with Michelle Weissman, MD
May 24, 2024 – 42:04
125. Unlocking The Maze: Talking Through the Complexities of Donor Conception
May 23, 2024 – 01:02:37
124. Mothering (All Of) My Children After A Stillbirth with Taliya Corbett
May 22, 2024 – 01:08:37
123. “Miscarried: An ‘Unspoken’ Cartoonmentary” with Chari Pere
May 20, 2024 – 40:15
122. “I Still Hope To Be A Mother” with Chani Melamed
May 15, 2024 – 55:42
121. How to Make Passover A Little Easier with Shira Collings MS, NCC, LPC
Apr 19, 2024 – 29:33
120. 7 Things You're Doing That Makes Your Guests Uncomfortable with Tzipora Grodko
Apr 12, 2024 – 55:40

Recent Reviews

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Bringing light to dark corners

So important to share these stories, these journeys, these resources. The experience of infertility is painful enough — going through it in isolation just makes it worse. Thanks for building community around this common experience and for sensitizing all of us to what the journey is like.
green yid

Like a hug from a true friend

This whole series is incredibly genuine, heartfelt, informative, and supportive. the speakers bring a wide range of experience and knowledge making for a rich listen. Aimee (the host) does a fantastic job of bringing it all home and making everyone feel supported.
shaplev

A gift to all of us, no matter what our struggle

Dr. Friedman Baron’s gift is her ability to hold and create space, with her words and her presence. These podcasts are the kind of opportunity to open up a place in our hearts and minds for a new kind of listening and hearing, and I can only hope that those who listen are changed by them and share them as widely as possible. I am one of those who is changed.
WolverineRedSox

Invaluable and Incredibly Meaningful Podcasts

I am extraordinarily grateful to Dr. Aimee Baron for these remarkably helpful and significant podcasts. Everyone should listen to them!