On today's episode, NYC-based Lifestyle influencer Esther Santer and husband, Avi Rosenberg, share their male factor infertility story. Esther and Avi talk about how not having children is an anomaly in their Jewish community, which has a "big emphasis on family;" her needle phobia and how she never thought she would have to do IVF; how everyone assumed she was the problem; and how it felt for Avi to get his male factor diagnosis of low sperm count. They also talk about paying for treatments 100 percent out of pocket; why they want to destigmatize the topic of male factor infertility, and finally, having their son through IVF. 

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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

IUI; IVF; male factor infertility; IVF in the Jewish community; breaking the taboos of male factor infertility; needle phobia; low sperm count

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