There’s no one route to getting a family. The path to conceiving can look very different for many women.

Today we had Megan Bendinelli on for part two of our series on infertility. Megan is the CEO of Fertility Framework and a board-certified family nurse practitioner specializing in the area of fertility and assists many men and women with the miracle of starting their family.

In part two of this interview, Megan discusses different fertility treatment options such as IUI and IVF. We talk about how a diagnosis can help you get closer to the path of success (and ultimately starting your family).

She also dives into the topics of third party reproduction and what that can look like for couples when deciding to use an egg donor or surrogate. She shares her candid advice on how to support a friend navigating through infertility and her favorite part about her career. 

• How a diagnosis can help you distinguish the paths to success
• Reframing how you look at the infertility journey and focusing in on the missing pieces of the puzzle
• What IVF is and how it differs from an IUI
• What third party reproduction is and going through the process of using an egg donor or surrogate 
•  Tips on supporting a friend who’s dealing with infertility and what you should or shouldn’t say to someone going through infertility
• Getting to that end-stage of acceptance and peace, with or without conceiving