Rethinking how we approach fertility with Afton Vechery of Modern Fertility

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

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🗓️ 5 June 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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On this week’s Girlboss Radio, we hear from Afton Vechery, co-founder and CEO of Modern Fertility. It’s a company that’s taken the standard blood tests you would normally get at a fertility clinic and made them available at-home. The goal, she says, is to empower women to have more information about their fertility, so we can all make informed decisions in regard to our own family-planning goals. Listen to hear what science can and can’t tell us about our fertility. Plus, Vechery talks business, sharing her advice on selecting the right co-founder, leveling up on time management, and why having a clear mission will get you through tough times. To learn more about Modern Fertility, visit https://modernfertility.com/To keep up with Afton, follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaffttoonn If you have any feedback on the show, email us at: [email protected]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Naha Gandhi, CEO of Girl Boss, and your host for this week's episode of Girl Boss Radio.
0:06.0	On today's show, we're going to talk about something that's highly personal and so important, and that's family planning.
0:13.0	Today, U.S. women are delaying having children until later in life.
0:18.0	Women's reproductive health is a flashpoint in the news and in conversations between friends and family.
0:24.1	We talk to each other about egg freezing, about IVF, and yet most of our insurance doesn't
0:29.0	cover either of these things.
0:31.4	And we're still knee-deep in a fight for better family leave policies.
0:35.1	There is a lot to talk about.
0:36.8	But so much of that conversation is reactive.
0:40.6	Meaning, we focus on what we're doing now if we're trying to get pregnant if
0:45.8	we're struggling to get pregnant or if we are pregnant but what about those of
0:50.8	us who see a family in our futures and not in our present?
0:54.6	How soon should we be thinking about our own fertility, even if we're not planning on having
0:58.9	children right now?
1:01.0	Should we be worried?
1:02.4	Optimistic?
1:04.0	What information do we need to get smarter about our own health?
1:07.0	We're going to hear from Afton Vessary,
1:10.0	co-founder and CEO of Modern Fertility.
1:12.0	It's a company that's taken the standard blood test. co-founder and CEO of Modern Fertility.
1:12.7	It's a company that's taken the standard blood tests
1:15.4	that you would normally get at a fertility clinic
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