Infertile AF: Infertility and Modern Family Building through ART
Episodes
Chloe Melas
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chloe Melas is an entertainment reporter for CNN, and today, she is getting realAF with Ali about her years-long infertility journey. They cover it al...
Wes
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wes, aka Detour to Dad, who's been very vocal about the difficult journey that he and his wife, Amanda have traveled to have a baby—including a ...
Jasmine
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali is talking to artist Jasmine Katatikarn, a fertility warrior who struggled to have a child for six years. After multiple IUIs and her 2nd ...
Mina Starsiak Hawk of HGTV
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali is talking to HGTV Good Bones star and all-around badass Mina Starsiak Hawk about her fertility struggles, including why she skipped IUI an...
Monique
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monique Farook is a an infertility survivor, a former NICU Mom, a wife, and host of the podcast, "Infertility and Me." She and her husband be...
Emily
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali is talking to Emily about the ups and downs of her years-long infertility journey, including 7 IUIs (all unsuccessful), "always ending ...
Ashley
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali is talking to Ashley, a single mom by choice, who wanted to share her story to inspire others and shatter any stigmas about choosing to hav...
Michelle Buteau
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Buteau is a brilliant and real AF comedian, actress and host best known for appearing on Netflix's "The Circle" and in the movies...
Flora
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Flora Sinha is a Board Certified Internist practicing in Southern California, and today she's talking to Ali about going through secondary inferti...
Emilia
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Emilia Bechrakis is a lawyer, a Manhattan mom and a television personality you probably recognize from the Bravo reality show, “ Million Dollar List...
Amy B.
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Beckley, who has a PhD in pharmacology and an expertise in hormone signaling, had trouble conceiving for more than three years before turning to I...
Andrea
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea Syrtash is a dating and relationship expert, a published author, a television host and an on-air personality. She's also the founder of Pre...
Mathilde
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mathilde Froustey is a principal dancer at the San Francisco Ballet and one of the best dancers in the world. Born in Bordeaux, France, Mathilde start...
Nichelle
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali talks to Nichelle Sublett, Mrs. North Carolina 2018, about the five painful years of infertility she endured—and why she chose to spread ...
Jay
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali talks to Jennifer "Jay" Palumbo, a stand-up comedian, OG infertility advocate and mom of two, about her long path to parenthood. I...
Josephine
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Josephine Atluri is a meditation teacher and a badass mom of FIVE kids. Today, she talks to Ali about how she always wanted a big family, and how she ...
Paula
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Paula Rallis is an amazing woman who flips houses, flies planes, interior decorates and runs a chic lifestyle blog (www.paularallis.com) and IG accoun...
Amy D.
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali is talking to Amy, who, after 18 months of trying and more than 540 ovulation tests (yes, she counted!), finally had her son. Amy explains ...
Amy
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You might know journalist Amy Klein from Fertility Diary, the column she wrote in the New York Times about her infertility journey. Today, Ali is talk...
Whitney Port
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A lot has happened to Whitney Port since you first met her on MTV's The Hills and The City. She married Timmy, the love of her life, became an ent...
Ali x Blair
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of National Infertility Awareness Week, Ali and her Fertility Rally co-founder, Blair Nelson of Fab Fertility, talk about how they met and bo...
Lia
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Lia tells Ali all about her long and difficult journey to motherhood, including a pregnancy that ended tragically after her uterus ruptured at...
Janna
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali talks to her friend Janna about going through infertility for six excruciating years. Her story includes full-blown IVF, mini IVF, IUI, lo...
Maddy
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maddy Gutierrez describes herself as a "body positive Manhattan mom, Fashion Lover and Beauty Junkie," and today, she talks to Ali about all ...
Liz
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali talks to Dr. Liz Kane, co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Natalist, where she develops pregnancy tests, ovulation kits and mo...
Nathalie
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali talks to Nathalie, an infertility warrior, mama of one and the founder of Fertilust, a fertility-inspired wellness and nutrition hub. Self...
Cynara
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali talks to Cynara, who she met when they were both in Albany lobbying to make gestational surrogacy legal in New York. Cynara used a surroga...
Samantha Busch
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali talks to Samantha Busch, wife of NASCAR champion Kyle Busch, star of Racing Wives, and Infertility Advocate. Samantha gets real about havin...
Elyse
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Elyse Ash is an infertility warrior and the founder of Fruitful, a fertility mentor service that pairs mentees who are going through infertility with...
Maggie
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie, aka @bean.and.biscuit, has two baby sons who were born one month apart. Today, she tells Ali the incredible story of how this happened, start...
Michael F.
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Michael Frank, a brilliant author whose novel, "What is Missing," takes on infertility as one of its central subjects. Th...
Nicole
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ali's guest today is Nicole Lawson, who went through years of infertility, including three devastating miscarriages, before choosing to go the su...
Katy
29 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Not all of these stories end with babies. Today, Ali talks to Katy, who went through four years of infertility, including a failed IVF cycle and depr...
Sarah
22 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali talks to Sarah Larson Levey, the founder and CEO of Y7 Studio. After talking about how Y7 yoga was a huge part of Ali's infertility st...
Kristyn
15 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kristyn is the founder of The Fertility Tribe, an incredible online community based on "redefining fertility together." Today, Kristyn tells ...
Keeley
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this Season Two kickoff, Ali talks to Keeley, a producer in London, about her unexplained infertility journey, resulting in eight rounds of IVF in ...
Karen
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Karen describes herself as part teacher, part mom, fully inappropriate and forever infertile. She is the creator of Hilariously Infertile, a brand th...
Jasmin
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jasmin is an entertainment editor and writer whose New York Times essay about egg freezing, "Great Eggspectations," caught Ali's attention...
Dorette
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali talks to Dr. Dorette Noorhasan, the Medical Director and Co-Founder of CCRM Dallas-Fort Worth, about being an infertility specialist while...
Michelle
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, Ali talks to her childhood best friend, Michelle, about her years-long quest to have a baby. Included: Why she hates IUIs, ge...
Angela
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali talks to L.A.-based former nanny Angela, whose infertility journey started at 39 and includes two "missed" miscarriages, a stimula...
Ali x Joshua
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joshua U. Klein is the Chief Clinical Officer at Extend Fertility, and he’s also Ali’s doctor, who worked with Ali and Vince on their one and only...
Debbie
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, Ali talks to Debbie about her unexpected pregnancy at the age of 36, how she dealt with the heartbreak of losing that baby in ...
Sam
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ali goes deep with her friend Sam, who was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure three years ago, at age 25. Faced with the fact that if she wants ...
America
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
America is an actress, singer and mama who has gone through hell—and back again—to finally have her beautiful baby daughter. Today, she talks to A...
Holly
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali talks to Holly about her unexplained infertility, including IUIs that didn't work, IVFs that didn't take, and an adoption that ult...
Meg
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meg is the author of, “The Waiting Line: What to Do (and Not Do) When Someone You Love Is Struggling with Infertility.” Today, she talks to Ali a...
Rebekah
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rebekah is a fellow NYC mama and infertility warrior who struggled to get pregnant in her mid-30s before going through "mini IVF." Today, the...
Stacy, Parts 4 and 5
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you've been following the secondary infertility story of our beloved recurring guest, Stacy, you know that she’s gone through so much: multip...
Bridget
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You might know Bridget Marquardt from the reality series "The Girls Next Door," which depicted her life as one of Playboy publisher Hugh Hefne...
Vanessa
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of Vanessa, a.k.a. "Mama," and Jory, a.k.a. "Mommy," who live in California and have two adorable toddlers, Axel an...
Agnes
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 2017, Agnes Fischer wrote a book, "Eggs Unscrambled," the girlfriend's guide to everything you need to know about your reproductive org...
Dara
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali talks to Dara, a registered dietitian at the fertility clinic Reproductive Medicine Associates (RMA) of New York, about her own infertility...
Naomi
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Naomi, a 24-year-old living in England, talks to Ali about being faced with the most difficult decision of her life: Having to decide what to d...
Anna Victoria
22 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali talks to Anna Victoria—the fitness entrepreneur and influencer behind the hugely popular Fit Body App—about the painful infertility roa...
Stacy, Part 3
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali welcomes back her #ttcsister and recurring guest Stacy, who is taking us along as she straps into her secondary infertility roller coaster...
Nichelle
08 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali talks to Nichelle Sublett, Mrs. North Carolina 2018, about the five painful years of infertility she endured—and why she chose to spread ...
Amanda
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Rice is a self-proclaimed "cancer overachiever" who was diagnosed with—and beat—cancer three times before turning 40. She’s also ...
Shira
26 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we meet Shira, a brilliant lawyer, amazing mom, and Ali's friend from SoulCycle, who opens up about her intense, emotional struggle with in...
Mark
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ali’s guest today is Dr. Mark Trolice, an OB/GYN and reproductive endocrinologist who runs Fertility CARE in Winter Park, Florida. Marks gets real ...
Elli
13 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, Ali talks to Elli, an American living in Paris, about how different infertility is in France versus the U.S. Case in point: Th...
Stacy, Part 2
10 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali checks in with Stacy, her first recurring guest, as she goes through her secondary infertility journey. When we left off, Stacy had suffer...
Melissa
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, Ali talks to Melissa, a friend from high school who reached out in the hopes that her complicated infertility story would help o...
Kristi
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing our celebration of Pride Month, this week's guest is Kristi, who had two children of her own before becoming a surrogate for a same-sex...
Elshane
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ali's guest today is Elshane, a fashion stylist by day, blogger by night and mama 24/7. Self-described as "If Carrie Bradshaw were a mom,"...
Michael
12 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Pride Month! Ali's guest today is Michael, one of the dads behind Two Dads U.K., whose mission is to raise awareness of same-sex parenting ...
Stacy
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali talks to Stacy, who's in the midst of her infertility story—and who's agreed to be Ali’s first recurring guest, so that everyon...
Danny
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Ali's first guy on the pod: Today, she talks to Danny, a friend from high school, about the heartbreak he and his wife, Stacy, endured whil...
Halina
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali talks to Halina about her long journey to become a mom—including how some major life events shaped her world views. Halina opens up about...
Blair
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Ali talks to Blair, the founder of Fab Fertility, a blog and Instagram account (@fabfertility) that provides resources and aims to empower wome...
Leah
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ali's guest this week is Leah, an incredible woman whose story has so many twists and turns that it seems like a movie. But it's not. It's...
Donna
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Ali talks to her friend, Donna, about her years-long quest to become a mother, including doing countless rounds of IVF (she literally lost...
Gail
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Ali talks to Gail, one of her besties, about the years of infertility hell she went through before ultimately adopting her now-five-year-o...
Alison
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ali talks to Alison, an absolutely magnetic NYC-based doula, who went though years of infertility before making a career out of helpi...
Kimberly
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ali talks to Kimberly, a single-mother-by-choice who, in her late 30s, wanted to have babies but hadn't found the right partner. ...
Actress and AP Bio star Jean Villepique
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ali talks to Jean, a talented actress and comedian (A.P. Bio, Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre) living in Los Angeles, about the year...
Infertile AF Host Ali Prato Shares her Secondary Fertility Story
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this debut episode, InfertileAF host Ali Prato - a Brooklyn-based journalist and mom-of-two - talks about the four years of infertility hell she we...