SAVVY Main Line, The Podcast: WHOA Baby! Egg Freezing, IVF & America’s first “test tube baby”

Listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

In this first episode, Caroline gets super personal with three guests:

*Her daughter, Kara O’Halloran, who shares her decision to freeze her eggs at age 32. Why did she do it and what was it like?

*Local mom Sarah Shafer who spent seven years and millions of dollars to have her two daughters through IVF in her later 30s and early 40s. Her journey inspired her to form a nonprofit that helps couples pay for IVF and create a lux skincare line based on breast milk.

*America’s first “test tube” baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, explains her life under the microscope of public opinion and her efforts to keep IVF legal. She also tells us about how to support her IVF advocacy work.

Mentioned in this podcast:

Reproductive Medical Associates (RMA), full-service fertility clinic with local offices in Wayne, Center City and Abington.

Fertility Dreams Foundation, Sarah Shafer’s nonprofit that issues grants to couples who need help paying for IVF. Follow @fertilitydreamsfoundation on Instagram.

Milk Made Skin, a unique skincare line founded by our guest, Sarah Shafer, that uses breast milk’s properties to smooth and nourish skin, @milkmadeskin on Instagram.  Sold at Main Line Fashionista boutique in Paoli and online. 

Resolve.org, aka the National Infertility Association, empowers individuals with fertility challenges and advocates to make IVF technology legal and affordable.

Under the Microscope: The U.S.A.’s first IVF baby by Elizabeth J. Carr.

How to contact our guests:

• Email your egg-freezing questions to Kara O’Halloran at [email protected].
• To reach Sarah Shafer, founder of Fertility Dreams Foundation and Milk Made Skin, email [email protected].
• To contact IVF advocate Elizabeth Jordan Carr (she answers messages personally), visit her website or DM her on Instagram @ejordan12. Her book, Under the Microscope: The U.S.A’s first IVF baby by Elizabeth Carr, can be ordered here.

THIS EPISODE WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY REPRODUCTIVE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES (RMA):