Why do our family-building stories matter, even before we know how they’ll end?

In this episode of Create A Happy Family, Whitney sits down with award-winning journalist, author, and host of the Infertile AF podcast Alison Prato to talk about the stories we tell about infertility, IVF, loss, and the many different ways families are built.

Ali shares how her own experience with secondary infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss led her to start sharing her story, and why, nearly 400 episodes of Infertile AF later, she continues making space for others to share theirs.

That belief in the importance of seeing our experiences represented extends to the stories we tell children, too. Whitney and Ali talk about her Work of ART book series and Petri Dish Princess, Ali’s new book with Elizabeth Carr, the first person born through IVF in the United States, and what it means to bring a piece of IVF history to a new generation.

In this episode, we discuss:

Ali’s experience with secondary infertility, pregnancy loss, and IVF

The story behind Infertile AF

Why family-building stories don’t all need the same ending

Representation in family-building stories

Petri Dish Princess and Elizabeth Carr’s IVF story

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