Episode Summary
On this episode of Fertility Cafe, Eloise gets to talk to Lori Metz who is a licensed Clinical Social Work/Therapist and certified case manager. She works with individuals, couples, and families and specializes in relationships and fertility.
She is the creator of I Dreamed of You: The Story of an Egg Donor Baby a children's book about egg donation written for a young audience to introduce the essential conversation of honest and honored origins and has her own podcast, LOVE: , ℎ, , s. Lori is also the originator of the “Ask Initiative” a mission and petition which aims to improve health outcomes and normalize third-party reproduction by including such options on medical intake forms under family history.
This episode, Eloise and Lori talk about:
Resources
Learn more about our Guest: Lori Metz’s podcast: Life, Lori on Instagram
Please sign the Support Third-Party Family Building petition: change.org/thirdpartyreproduction
Learn more about our podcast: Fertility Cafe
Learn more about our surrogacy and egg donation agency: Family Inceptions
Learn more about independent surrogacy: Surrogacy Roadmap
On the blog: Us Surrogacy Map
On the blog: A Beginner’s Guide to Fertility Acronyms
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