Women's Healthcast: Paths to Parenthood, featuring Laura Cooney, MD

There can be many paths to becoming a parent. Third-party reproduction – or using donor eggs, donor sperm, donor embryos, or gestational carriers as part of a person or family’s fertility care journey – is incredibly common.  

Laura Cooney, MD, associate professor in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, joined this episode of the Women’s Healthcast to talk about the whole range of third-party reproduction options. She talked about common types of third-party reproduction, why people and families might choose these services, the important role of mental health support during the fertility process, and some of the legal and financial considerations of third-party fertility care. 

Listen to Paths to Parenthood: Third-Party Reproduction now.

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