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Vermont Edition

Infertility: How Vermonters navigate an often exhausting and expensive process

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

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鈥檒l 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:

For support and more information:

Our guests are:

  • Dr. Jennifer Brown, medical doctor,
  • Kate Weldon Leblanc, executive director,
  • Jen Ingram, a patient from Newport

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

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Mikaela Lefrak
Mikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
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Andrea Laurion
Andrea Laurion joined 开云体育 as a news producer for Vermont Edition in December 2022. She is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. Before getting into audio, Andrea worked as an obituary writer, a lunch lady, a wedding photographer assistant, a children鈥檚 birthday party hostess, a haunted house actor, and an admin assistant many times over.
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