Ep. 44 | Mental Health & Family Building with Lori Metz, LCSW

Episode 44 October 08, 2021 00:39:55
Ep. 44 | Mental Health & Family Building with Lori Metz, LCSW
Fertility Cafe
Ep. 44 | Mental Health & Family Building with Lori Metz, LCSW

Oct 08 2021 | 00:39:55

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Hosted By

Eloise Drane

Show Notes

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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