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Episode 54 – Interview with Dr. Shari Brasner

aaron — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:19:46 +0000

Malky and I interview Dr. Shari Brasner who is an OB-GYN that is on the advisory board of Conceivex. We also have a winner in our latest contest, a new poll, some news and listener feedback galore!

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Episode 53 – Venting, and I’m not talking about the new Coor’s cans

aaron — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:47:05 +0000

In this episode Malky shares some of her frustrations about our current infertility situation plus we deliver some news and opinion.

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Links from the show:

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Episode 52 – Interview with My Fertility Plan LLC

aaron — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:44:50 +0000

In this episode, Malky and I interview the founders of My Fertiltiy Plan LLC, a new consulting firm for couples going through infertility. We also have a new poll and a new contest to announce.

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Links from the show:

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Episode 51 – All about about.com

aaron — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:11:04 +0000

Malky and Aaron interview About.com’s infertility guide Rachel Gurevich. We also share the poll results and discuss the news article:

Embryo implantation offers insight into infertility

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Episode 50 – Feedback, More Talk on Male Factor and Contest Winner

aaron — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:49:07 +0000

We hit the big 50 with lots of listener feedback, some news, some follow up and the winner of our contest! It’s an episode that you don’t want to miss.

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Links from the show:

Accupuncture helps women have babies
Steroid Therapy can help prevent miscarrige
Coffee, Beer and Nuts
Podfeed.net – Where you can find all our shows including the early ones.
Kelly D
Sara S-P

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Episode 49 – Varicocele Surgery at Cornell Hospital and Recovery

aaron — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:01:20 +0000

Malky and I talk about the surgery that I had earlier this week. Plus we talk about some news, the poll and our contest for episode 50!

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Links from the show:

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Episode 48 – Study, Study, Study

aaron — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:45:15 +0000

On this episode, Malky and I talk about three studies that have made the news recently. Update you on the current poll and on my upcoming surgery.

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Links we discussed:

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Episode 47 – Sinead Moriarty

aaron — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:36:16 +0000

This episode Malky and I interview author Sinead Moriarty. She is the author of a trilogy of fictional books about a woman’s infertility journey. As always we have the news, a new poll, and some surprises coming up at the end of the podcast.

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Links from the show:

Varicocele Surgery helping male factor infertility
Not so fast my friend
Time off for IVF
Stirrup Queen
The Baby Trail
The Right Fit
From Here to Maternity
Beginning and Ending Music from John Benedict
Hosting and bandwidth by Ataraxia Consulting

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Episode 46 – Talking about IPS

aaron — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:22:29 +0000

Tonight Malky and I discuss the topic of IPS. What is IPS you may ask? Well listen and find out all about it….

Malky and I also go over the poll and talk about some infertility news that has come up and offer our opinions.

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Links discussed:

Uterus Size May Predict Risk for Premature Twins After IVF
Overweight Men and sperm production
Going Abroad For Treatment
Music by John Benedict
Hosting and bandwidth by Ataraxia Consulting
About.com’s infertility site

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Episode 45 – News, News and more News

aaron — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:36:49 +0000

Malky and I are back to give you some more infertility news and opinion.

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News articles we discussed tonight:

Will being overweight interfere with sperm production? Yes and No
Male infertility inherited?
Men reluctant to seek help for infertility
Smokers refused access to free IVF

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Episode 44 – Triple Treasures

aaron — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:06:25 +0000

In this episode we give you our interview with Holly Kirbo the author of Triple Treasures, a book about Holly’s journey through infertility and the birth of her triplets.

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Check us out on The Twin Peas Podcast

malky — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:06:47 +0000

Aaron and I had the honor of being interviewed by Kelly Damron, the author of Tiny Toes and the Twin Peas Blog and Podcast. We talk in more detail about our fertility journey so far and the emotions that go with it. Also, how we try to support each other and cope with it all. Check it out here.

Episode 43 – Tiny Toes

aaron — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:17:57 +0000

Malky and Aaron interview Kelly Damron the author of the new book Tiny Toes. In addition to the book she is also a podcaster and blogger.

Plus the news, a poll update and other podcasting goodness.

Feel free to leave us a voicemail at 815-301-9004!

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Links from this episode:

Paint Solvents and infertility
Resolve
March of Dimes
Music (as always) by John Benedict
Bandwidth and hosting by Ataraxia Consulting

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Episode 42 – News, Notes and Nothing

aaron — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:19:50 +0000

This week Malky and Aaron give you an update on the poll, a new poll, listener feedback/updates plus the news.

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Sites we talked about:

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Episode 41 – Male Factor Infertilty Medication

aaron — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:35:54 +0000

Malky and I discuss some of the medications that can be taken for male factor infertility and what some of their drawbacks may be.

Plus the infertility news, opinion that you’ve come to know and love.

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Links we discussed:

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Episode 40 – Moral Dilemmas

aaron — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:44:18 +0000

In our 40th episode, Malky and I buy a Porsche and try to act like we are on episode 20 again. But seriously folks, what we’ll talk about during this episode are some of the moral dilemmas that are cropping up since technology is advancing at a rapid rate.

News items we talked about:

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sorry there hasn’t been a new show in a while

malky — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:11:38 +0000

We’ve been trying to get a show out this week. Things have been a little hectic. First there was Purim, then I had the worst cold ever. We will hopefully get around to it very soon. Thanks for your patience guys.

Episode 39 – An Interview with Royality

aaron — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:26:10 +0000

In our latest episode (the one that you’re reading about), Malky and I interview Mel from the Stirrup Queen and Sperm Palace Jesters blog. We talk about how she came up with the blog, the name of the blog and the community that has developed around the blog. Oh yeah, we also talk about her upcoming book about infertility.

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Episode 38 – Minimal Stim IVF

aaron — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:49:51 +0000

Malky and I talk about natural and minimal stim IVF, plus infertility news and opinion.

Links we talked about during the podcast:

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Episode 37 – The Naked Episode

aaron — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:08:08 +0000

From the better late than never department comes episode 37. (this was recorded last Monday – sorry for the delay, it’s been a hectic week.) Listen and find out what Chef Gordon Ramsey, the winner of our contest and the news have in common (or not).

And congratulations to our contest winner Sara S-P!

Links discussed in the show:

Personal Information Missing
3 Party Babies
Sperm from Woman’s bone marrow
I can’t find the link to the Jamie Oliver product we discussed. If you can find a link for it, please let me know

International POF Association
Intro and ending music by John Benedict
Hosting and bandwith provided by Atraxa Consulting

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Episode 36 – Our Macworld Experience and Infertility News Updates

aaron — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:27:19 +0000

Malky and I return from Macworld and give you details of our trip and the latest infertility news and opinion.

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Episode 35 – Conceive Magazine

aaron — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:05:04 +0000

In this spine tingling episode of The Second Time Around, Malky and I interview Conceive Magazine Founder and CEO Kim Hahn about the magazine, it’s beginnings and what’s coming up for the publication.

Show Notes:

Conceive Magazine
INCIID
Fertility Journal: A Day-to-Day Guide to Getting Pregnant
Beginning and Ending music by John Benedict

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MacWorld

aaron — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:19:13 +0000

As Malky and I have been mentioning, I am going to be at MacWorld this week. Malky thought that it would be a good idea to let some of you know what booth that I’m going to be at in case you will be there as well and would like to say hi. The booth number is S-1843 and the company is Kerio. I’ll be there Wednesday and Thursday and Malky and I will be walking about the exhibit hall on Tuesday afternoon.

Episode 34 – Laparoscopy/CafeMom/Primary vs Secondary

aaron — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:55:59 +0000

Happy New Year to everyone! This episode has a heart to heart conversation with listener, Stephanie. Plus a special feature “how to write a review in the iTunes Store”

Links talked about in the podcast:

Cafemom
Beginning and ending music is “Old Fool” by John Benedict
Nipper News Podcast

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Deal or no deal

malky — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:10:32 +0000

Did anyone watch “Deal or No Deal” on NBC last night? The women with the sextuplets is none other than the Jenny Masche – one of the couples that were expecting sextuplets that we spoke about last year. The babies are now 6 months old and all in good health. It’s a small world after all!

Followup on our Femara discussion

malky — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:38:42 +0000

I just found this news article on an updated study comparing Clomid to Femara in regards to birth defects. The news looks good on Femara’s safety.

Episode 33 – The Femera Fenomenon

aaron — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:44:13 +0000

Malky and I bid everyone Holiday tidings. We also deliver some news, give opinion on said news items. We also talk in depth about Femera and what its pros and cons are.

If that’s not enough, we also officially announce our next contest. And this one is drop dead simple. All you have to do in write us a review in the iTunes Store and you are entered to win a copy of the book “I Am More Than My Infertility”

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Links from the podcast:

Laptops and male infertility
Cancer Drugs and Infertility
Opinion Article about the “fertility diet”
Marina’s blog
Intro and ending music is called “Old Fool” and performed by John Benedict

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Episode 32 – Being more than your infertility

aaron — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:00:18 +0000

In our latest episode, I sing. dance and tell a few jokes. More than that we have an interview with Marina Lombardo, the author of “I Am More Than My Infertility“. Plus we bring you some infertility news and opinion, listener feedback and a new poll. This is an episode that you don’t want to miss.

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Links from the show:

New Study about Male Infertility
To tell or not to tell?
Marina Lombardo
I am more.net
Linda Parker
Beginning and ending music by John Benedict

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Spotted in Manhattan

aaron — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:59:34 +0000

I had to be in Manhattan one day last week for a few meetings with partners of ours and I had some time in between meetings so I decided to take a little walk. While walking I noticed an interesting ad on the side of a phone booth (I was also amazed that they still have those things around. It’s quite quaint.). I looked down the ad and noticed that it was for about.com and who was it that was staring back at me in a small picture? None other that our listener (and interviewee) Robin Elise Weiss!

Robin, congrats on the new ads. Malky and I hope that it drives lots of traffic to your about.com site.

Episode 31 – National Infertility Awareness Week

aaron — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:43:16 +0000

Today (Sunday, November 4th) kicks off 18th National Infertility Awareness Week and we interview the Executive Director of Resolve, Barb Collura about the week long event.

That and infertility news, listener feedback a poll update and more! How can you not listen to such podcasting goodness?!

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Links from the show:

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About our interview with Marina Lombardo

aaron — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:03:26 +0000

I had a idea just now. Since we have a lot of time until our interview with Marina Lombardo, the author of “I Am More Than My Infertility: 7 Proven Tools for Turning a Life Crisis into a Personal Breakthrough”, what are some of the questions that you, our listeners and readers would like to ask her?

Feel free to leave a comment, send us an email or leave a voicemail at 718-395-3862. Questions will be asked anonymously unless otherwise requested.

And coming up in another upcoming episode…

aaron — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:46:03 +0000

We are going to interview Marina Lombardo the author of “I Am More Than My Infertility: 7 Proven Tools for Turning a Life Crisis into a Personal Breakthrough”. We’ll be getting the book and hopefully I’ll be able to convince Malky to write a review.

Coming up in episode 31…

aaron — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:36:10 +0000

We once again will welcome Barb Collura, the Executive Director of Resolve to the show in order to talk about the upcoming “National Infertility Awareness Week” and some of the things that Resolve is doing for the 18th(!) edition of NIAW. Skype gave us quite a difficult time during the interview so I really appreciate Barb sticking with me during the difficulties.

All of that, plus the infertility, poll, and frappr news plus listener feedback!

Episode 30 – Multiple Pregnancy loss

aaron — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:39:32 +0000

This episode, we break our format a little bit and give you an interview that we did with Robin Elise Weiss where we’ll talk about multiple pregnancy loss – how to cope with them and how to possibly prevent them.

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Sex every day is prescription for improving sperm quality

malky — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:06:06 +0000

Interesting article about the debate of what’s works best when trying to conceive. I myself have heard/read all different opinions on this matter anywhere from every day to once a week working best.

episode 30 in the works

malky — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:02:41 +0000

We had the privilege of interviewing Robin Elise Weiss renown author of child pregnancy and baby sex selection books. She was on our show last year talking about pregnancy sex selection. On this upcoming episode we talk about recurring pregnancy loss – the emotional side and when and if testing should be done to try to find the cause. Chuck full of valuable information so stay tuned…

The Leopard Sleeps Tonight

aaron — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:29:12 +0000

I know that malky and I have a few readers of the blog who are Mac users as well. To that end, I want to let you know that you can pre-order Leopard (Mac OS 10.5) from Amazon.com and save yourself $10 at the same time.

Not only that but if you buy Leopard from Amazon and through our site you’ll be helping to support the blog and the podcast. Here is a link for your purchasing pleasure:

Apple Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard

I have to admit that I am excited by some of the things that Leopard will have in it. Most notably, I’m psyched about Spaces virtual desktops. While not a new feature (other OS’s have had it for a while) I’m really looking forward to the twist that Apple will put into it.

a day to remember

malky — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:01:55 +0000

I found out that today, October 15 has been made as an offical day to remember all the babies lost to all of us. For us:

August 11, 1998 our stillborn baby girl

March, 2007 our 7 week miscarriage

The due date is actually coming up October 24. I’m feeling very sad about it.

Sharing the sadness of this day to all my infertility friends out there who have lost their loved ones and who are still waiting to become parents for the first time, second time or the 10th time.

Episode 29 – The “O” Show

aaron — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:49:46 +0000

In our latest episode Malky and I recap and critique the show on infertility that Oprah did earlier in the week. In addition you’ll get the latest news about infertility and our opinions.

Have a comment or thought about the show? Let us know! Send us an email, call us at (718) 395-3862 or leave a comment here on the blog.

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Links from the show:

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Podcasting Tonight – Oprah Show on infertility

aaron — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:45:11 +0000

We’re going to be recording our podcast tonight and one of the topics will the our thoughts (more Malky’s then mine to tell the truth) about the Oprah show on infertility which was broadcast yesterday here in New York. If you have seen in already and would like to let us know your thoughts, send us an email or leave a comment here.

Episode 28 – Just The News

aaron — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:24:41 +0000

In our latest, always entertaining episode, Malky and I go through some listener feedback, some of the news give some shout outs to some listeners and talk a bit about Malky’s doctor.

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Links from the show:
IVF Study in the Mid East
The full study
2nd Hand Smoke Article
IVF Couples, Keep Havng Sex!
High Blood Pressure and Infertility
My Perky Ovaries
SaraS-P
Opening and closing music performed by John Benedict

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The Missing Episodes

aaron — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:53:13 +0000

A new listener to the podcast pointed out that there is a problem listening to the first three episodes of the show. While I generally think that this is a good thing given the poor production quality, I do understand that people would like to listen to them. They are available on the website and I thought it would be a good idea to provide links to them so you wouldn’t have to go hunt for them.

I’ll also try to post the links on the side bar as well.

Episode 27 – What a tangled web

aaron — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:25:14 +0000

In this action packed episode, Malky and I announce the winner of the our “Show us the Love” contest. In addition to that, we go through some listener feedback, give you some infertility news (and opinion), and talk about support groups and infertility forums on the internet.

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Links to stuff we talked about:

Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit http://www.gotomeeting.com/podcast
Resolve
The AFA
Inequality in treatment
Refusal to perform IVF
Fertility Forums
INCIID
IVF-Infertility.com
Fertile Thoughts
Irish Infertility Support Forums
Shared Journey
UK Fertility & Parenting Forum
eHealth Forums
About.com
Motheringdotcommune
IVF.ca Forums
Opening and closing music by John Benedict

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Episode 26 – “Infertility Support Groups” discussion

aaron — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:58:54 +0000

In this award nominated episode, Malky and I talk about her trip to a infertility support group answer a listener’s question and give you some infertility news.

Have a comment or a question? We’d love to hear from you! Email us podcast@benedictfamily.org or call us at (718) 395-3862

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Sites and news that we discussed in this show

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Thanks to everyone

aaron — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:15:42 +0000

Well, the voting is done with over at the people’s choice podcast awards. Malky and I want to thank all of you who took the time out to vote Much love to you all.

Episode 25 – A Peek into IVF Treatment at Cornell University Hospital

aaron — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:58:53 +0000

Welcome to the 25th Episode of the podcast award nominated Second Time Around podcast! In this episode we give you some infertility news and opinion, a contest update for our contest and have an interview with one of our listeners on her experiences at Cornell’s IVF Center. It’s a must listen if I do say so myself.

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Links of note:

podcast awards – vote for us!
Casey’s blog
Tomatoes – now good for sperm too

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The polls are open!

malky — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:01:09 +0000

Please go over to Podcastawards and vote for us in the health/fitness category. You can vote once every 24 hours. It’s very simple: just click on the circle near our show name “The Second Time Around”, fill in your name and e-mail address, choose if your a listener,podcaster or both and then hit the submit button! We appreciate your support.

It’s an honor just to be nominated

aaron — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:01:26 +0000

I don’t usually blog during work hours, but this little bit of news is too good to pass up posting about right now. This morning I was looking at the stats for our site site and as usual seeing how people coming to our site and I noticed someone came from podcastwards.com and I wondered why someone was coming from that site and I decided to investigate

It turns out that Malky and I were nominated for the best Heath / Fitness podcast. This came as quite a surprise and I’m very happy about this. Whoever was kind enough to nominate us for this award, Malky and I thank you very much.

I have to admit that this news came at the right time for me since for the past few days I had been down in the dumps about the podcast’s popularity via iTunes and wondering what we can do to boost the popularity. So this news really gave me a much needed boost. Once again Malky and I thank the person (or persons) who nominated us for the award.

UPDATE: I forgot to mention that the voting will begin on July 28th and will last through August 11th. Once voting starts, I’ll remind everyone to vote.

Episode 24 – Fertility Treatment 101

aaron — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:33:54 +0000

Malky and I go into the basics of fertility treatments, give you some infertility news and opinion, a new web poll, and a contest update.

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News items discussed in the show:

Don’t forget, if you have a show or a poll idea you can email us or call us at (718) 395-3862

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Contest Update

aaron — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:33:05 +0000

Hey there folks. I just wanted to update you with the phone number that you can call and leave us your poll questions or topic idea. The number is (718) 395-3862 or if you are on Skype, you can leave me a voice mail to the user name aaronmb. I’ll try to put this into the podcast feed later tonight.