Filling in the Fertility Gaps (with Marly Steinman M.F.T.)
The World's First Podcast with Erin & Sara Foster
Dear Media | Wishbone Production
4.5 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2023
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
This week, Erin sits down with Marly Steinman, a therapist and surrogacy consultant. They discuss the surrogacy and donor processes, how to best support someone during their fertility journey, and the best ways to advocate for yourself.
Executive Producers: Erin Foster, Sara Foster, and Allison Bresnick
Associate Producer: Montana McBirney
Audio Engineer: Josh Windisch
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Otto. Welcome to Ellen Sarah's podcast. |
| 0:10.6 | Today we do not have Sarah, which is just such a relief. It is just me, your favorite foster, |
| 0:16.2 | Erin, and we have Marley Steinman's very interesting episode. It's about fertility journeys. |
| 0:22.1 | Marley is, she has a very unique job. She's a surrogacy consultant, and so I don't think that there's |
| 0:27.1 | many of them out there. She wants to just basically help parenthood possible for everybody and help |
| 0:32.5 | you navigate it. And so she works with people who are going through IVF and need guidance, |
| 0:38.8 | people who are looking for potential surrogate or egg donor or sperm donor, and she just kind of |
| 0:44.3 | helps you navigate everything. She sort of, she'll help you build a team around you, |
| 0:48.8 | and guide you every step of the way. And it makes it less stressful and help you just focus on |
| 0:54.9 | what's important instead of all the stress around it. So she's doing God's work, people. |
| 0:58.8 | And even if you're not somebody who's going through fertility issues, we talk a lot about how |
| 1:02.1 | to support someone who is. So if you have someone in your life who's going through this, |
| 1:05.4 | kind of the right things to say, the things that we beg you to please not say to that person. |
| 1:10.4 | And Marley has been through it herself. She went through fertility journey, and she also is a |
| 1:16.1 | licensed psychologist, marriage, and family therapist. So she knows what she's talking about, |
| 1:23.2 | and even if you aren't having fertility issues, good for you, but you should listen to this anyway, |
| 1:28.7 | because there's information for everyone. This is the episode. |
| 1:36.7 | Hi. Hi, Marley. It's early. It's 830 in the morning. |
| 1:40.8 | Yes, it sure is. I'm sorry about that. I apologize. I've had to do a funny schedule lately. |
| 1:46.5 | No worries. Up and five with the kids. So you're up at 5 a.m. Yes. |
| 1:51.8 | Sarah and I are very triggered by women who are able to get up at 5 a.m. |
| 1:55.9 | I'm not able. There's no option. Before kids, it was like 9 a.m. |
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