The Family Circle
The journey to parenthood is different for everyone. This podcast shares the stories of all those involved in modern day family building. Together, we make parenthood possible at Circle Surrogacy. A surrogacy podcast for everyone!
Episodes
21 episodes
Episode 20: All Things Being a Surrogate with Kelsey
Kelsey, a dedicated lactation consultant from Cincinnati, Ohio, joins Kristin to share her remarkable journey as a gestational surrogate Through candid and emotional storytelling, Kelsey brings to life the profound impact surrogacy has had on h...
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Episode 20
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40:30
Episode 19: Surrogacy Makes Grandparenthood Possible, Too!
In this latest episode, listeners are invited to join in a remarkable journey—the awe-inspiring tale of Stephen and JR, two loving souls who embarked upon the path of surrogacy and egg donation to fulfill their dreams of parenthood. Their story...
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Episode 19
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52:35
Episode 18: Tara's Story of Secondary Infertility, Loss and Coming to the U.S. for Surrogacy
This episode contains sensitive content about pregnancy loss.In this episode of The Family Circle podcast, Tara shares her journey to motherhood, which involved IVF, secondary infertility, surrogacy, and multiple misca...
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Episode 18
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35:33
Episode 17: Family Building and Advocacy: Securing Rights for All Families
Welcome to a very special episode of The Family Circle featuring guest host Dean Hutchison, Circle's Vice President of Legal, and his two exceptional guests: Kate LeBlanc, Executive Director of Resolve New England, and Polly Crozier, D...
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Episode 17
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27:59
Episode 16: Meghan's Story: Surrogacy & The Ultimate Surprise
This episode contains sensitive content about IUI, IVF and infertility.In today's episode of The Family Circle podcast, our very special guest, Meghan, shares her inspirational story of becoming a parent through surroga...
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Episode 16
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56:40
Episode 15: Kristyn Hodgdon, IVF Warrior and Co-Creator of Rescripted
Today's episode contains sensitive content about pregnancy loss.Kristin (your host) speaks with Kristyn Hodgdon, who shares her experience with IVF, becoming a mother to twins, secondary infertility, and how she took her person...
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Episode 15
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34:54
Episode 14: Infertility: A Conversation with Dr. Meyer from Illume Fertility
Dr. Laura Meyer, a Reproductive Endocrinologist at Illume Fertility, is the featured guest on the podcast today. She begins by sharing her personal journey and passion for reproductive endocrinology and infertility, and proceeds to provide an o...
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Episode 14
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36:14
Episode 13: What a Lawyer Does In a Surrogacy Journey
Today’s special guest on The Family Circle podcast is Dean Hutchison, Vice President of Legal Services at Circle Surrogacy and the Immediate Past Chairman of the American Bar Association's Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology ...
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Episode 13
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39:50
Episode 12: Surrogacy Support For Parents and Surrogates
Today’s episode of The Family Circle is a special one, with guest host Jen Rachman, who’s a Parent Outreach Associate at Circle, a social worker, and a parent through surrogacy. She’s here to host a discussion of the types of support t...
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Episode 12
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35:19
Episode 11: Kate - Mother Through Egg Donation
This month’s episode of The Family Circle is hosted by Circle Surrogacy & Egg Donation Marketing Director, Kristin Marsoli! Kristin hosts Kate, a mother through egg donation, and they discuss everything from IVF, deciding to use an egg dono...
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Episode 11
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47:15
Episode 10: Ali Prato x InfertileAF
This month Kristin hosts Ali Prato! Ali is a journalist and mom of two, living in North Jersey. She's an infertility warrior and advocate, the founder and host of the Infertile AF podcast, and the co-founder of Fertility Rally, a community that...
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Episode 11
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37:57
Episode 9: Surrogacy 101
This month Kristin and Lauren go back to the basics and hosted a Surrogacy 101 episode. This episode outlines the basics of surrogacy that you've always wanted to know.They discuss third party reproduction acronyms, why women pursue sur...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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28:45
Episode 8: Experienced Egg Donor Panel
This month's episode of The Family Circle is a special panel episode featuring three experienced egg donors through Circle Egg Donation. Marketing Director, Kristin Marsoli, hosts Jordan, Tia, and Liv as they discuss why they becam...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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38:41
Episode 7: Progyny Fertility Benefits
In our seventh episode, Circle Surrogacy & Egg Donation Director of Marketing, Kristin Marsoli, sits down with Lissa Kline, SVP, Provider and Member Services at Progyny! They discuss the services that Progyny provides, the impo...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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28:26
Episode 6: Nicola & Mandi
Content Warning: This episode features a conversation about a miscarriage and how to share the news of pregnancy loss with intended parents. This may be triggering for some listeners, so if this is something you'd like to avoid hearing about, p...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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59:50
Episode 5: Roe v Wade Panel
In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs Wade on June 24th, Circle Surrogacy & Egg Donation saw the importance in providing information on how this decision will impact surrogacy at Circle Surrogacy and the industry.&n...
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Episode 5
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29:15
Episode 4: Surrogacy Q&A
This month's episode is the first of it's kind for The Family Circle as we do not have a guest! Our fourth episode features the Marketing team Dynamic Duo - Kristin and Lauren. Kristin is the Director of Marketing here at Circle Surrogacy &...
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Episode 4
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57:21
Episode 3: Brian Rosenberg
In our third episode, Circle Surrogacy & Egg Donation President, Sam Hyde, hosts our amazing guest, Brian Rosenberg! Brian is the founder of Gays With Kids which is a continuously growing community of dads, families and industry experts. Th...
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Episode 3
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32:27
Episode 2: Circle Surrogate Panel
Content Warning: This episode mentions a failed embryo transfer. If that is going to be upsetting or triggering, we recommending skipping over the question about what can go wrong during a surrogacy journey. There is also an explanation of infe...
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Episode 2
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58:22