Best Fertility Podcasts: Our Top Picks for IVF, Donor Conception, and LGBTQ+ Shows (2025)

Navigating fertility treatment and family building can feel overwhelming, but you don't have to do it alone. We've curated the best fertility podcasts across different categories - from general IVF and trying to conceive, to third-party reproduction and LGBTQ+ family building. Whether you're looking for expert advice or emotional support, or just want to hear from others on similar journeys, there's a podcast for you.

In this guide, we'll share our top picks, what makes each show unique, and who it's best suited for. All shows are currently active as of 2025 and are free to listen to on major podcast platforms.

Best IVF Podcasts

Fertility Docs Uncensored

Hosted by: Dr. Carrie Bedient
About: We all know it’s wrong, but when you see one big fat negative after another, it’s tempting to turn to Dr. Google for answers. But don’t you hit that search button. You have another option: Fertility Docs Uncensored. The nation’s leading fertility doctors have joined forces to separate fertility fact from fiction. It’s the only place you can hear fertility docs from around the country diving into the nitty-gritty of infertility. From their personal experiences as infertility patients, to what you can really expect from IVF, these doctors are covering it all (and they aren’t holding back).

IVF This
Hosted by: Emily Ginn
About: The IVF This Podcast offers practical and empowering strategies for individuals on a journey of infertility and fertility treatments who believe in the possibility of loving life despite the journey they are on. If you want more than traditional therapy, support groups can offer, if you’re stuck in an emotional pattern and feel like you can’t get free, if you want help navigating the unique challenges of infertility and fertility treatments, with support that is uplifting and honest, this is the podcast for you.

Infertile AF
Hosted by: Alison Prato
About: In this unfiltered podcast about infertility, journalist and mom-of-two Ali Prato, who went through secondary infertility and IVF herself, talks to women—and some men—about the messy, frustrating, painful, heartbreaking, absurd and sometimes humorous journey to have a baby. Or in some cases, to not have a baby. Each episode tells a different story about family building, getting real about miscarriages, egg freezing, sperm and egg donation, IUIs, endometriosis, male factor infertility, adoption, surrogacy, genetic testing, single parenting by choice, LGBTQ+ fertility, living childless not by choice, depression, relationship issues, money issues, jealousy, PTSD, and so much more. Ali covers all of the outcomes in this safe, non-judgement zone: the happy endings, the soul-crushingly sad ones, and the ones still in limbo.

Unexpecting
Hosted by: Tara Lipinski
About: Unexpecting takes listeners through the Olympic figure skating champions’ tumultuous, on-going, five-year quest to become a mother. Her journey began in 2018, and since then, the normally open and public athlete-turned-broadcaster has kept this often-devastating roller-coaster ride a secret. Until now. Most people have heard of in vitro fertilization (IVF), but not the often-cruel existence it forces upon its patients when complications arise. Listeners will be shocked at the vulnerability and honesty of the conversations, and the hunt for some sort of acceptable reason for Tara’s excruciatingly painful struggle to build a family will continually drive the story forward. Unexpecting will tackle uncomfortable and taboo subjects and take on the complicated issues surrounding IVF and infertility with sincerity and humor. Tara certainly didn’t predict she would be thrust into this world. But as the cliché goes, expect the unexpected.

Best podcasts about third-party reproduction

Three Makes Baby
Hosted by: Jana Rupnow
About: Fertility psychotherapist, Jana Rupnow, interviews parents, donor conceived individuals and professionals about the challenges and dilemmas of assisted reproductive technology baby-making and the expect-able tensions between positive and negative feelings that come along the way when, instead of baby makes three; three makes baby.

Refamulating
Hosted by: Julia Winston
About: Refamulating is a podcast that celebrates different ways to make a family. A generation ago, most Americans were guided by the idea of the nuclear family: a mom, a dad, two kids, and a derpy dog. Many still have a family like this, and that’s great! But the numbers show it doesn't represent the majority of American households. In fact, there is no one-size-fits-all for what a family should look like. We’re collectively reformulating our understanding of what makes a family in today’s world. We call this refamulating, and this show invites us to understand it one story at a time. 

Donor Egg Support Conversations
Hosted by: Adele O’Connor
About: Are you considering donor egg IVF and feeling overwhelmed? For soul led women on a donor egg pathway to parenthood. Honest and heartfelt conversations, diving into all of the topics around donor egg IVF and what it means to parent a donor egg conceived child. When women seeking to create family after years of heartbreak, grief and disappointment find themselves facing the loss of their own eggs and genetics and new challenges navigating the donor egg pathway she helps to fast track their knowledge with mind body connection strategies and a healing pathway. Her clients refer to her as a torchbearer for women on a donor egg pathway.

Surrogacy Made Simple
Hosted by: Dr Alyssa Small Layne
About: Surrogacy doesn't have to be overwhelming. On Surrogacy Made Simple, we walk you through this life-changing journey without the complexity and confusion, so you can focus on what's most important - welcoming your new baby! We chat about surrogacy agencies, independent surrogacy, donor eggs, IVF, inducing lactation and all the things important to you. You'll love real stories from intended parents, surrogates and advice from experts in the field. 

Best podcasts on LGBTQ+ family building

Daddyhood

Hosted by: Jim Colton

About: We’re having a baby!! Join Colton as he explores his journey from fertility to watching his baby take their first steps. During this next year, Colton’s life is going to change forever and he is going to take you along for the ride. Colton will walk us through his unique journey of fertility which comes with decisions about surrogates, egg donors, adoption processes, and much more. He will meet with professionals, friends, and expecting parents to discuss their experiences becoming a parent as well as share his own stories.

IVF Daddies
Hosted by: Julia Gaggia and Richard Westoby
Description: Sometimes it takes a village to make a daddy. IVF Daddies started with one man's pursuit of fatherhood through IVF, egg donation, and surrogacy. Richard Westoby's journey brought him into an incredible community of fertility experts, aspiring parents, and beautifully unique families. A decade after the birth of his children, Richard introduced his partner Julio Gaggia to the wonderful world of family-building—and he has a lot of questions.

Surrogacy: A Family Frontier
Hosted by: Dustin Lance Black (from the BBC)
About: Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning screenwriter and activist, explores attitudes towards surrogacy. He shares his own journey to have a child. This podcast is no longer being published, but we think it’s worth listening to past episodes!

The Queer Family Podcast
Hosted by: Jaime Kelton
About: The show all about family; but with gay! Queer mom, Jaimie Kelton, humorously goes in-depth with weekly LGBTQIA+ guests about their families; how they made them, and how they show up in a world that wasn't necessarily designed for them. The mission is to normalize, elevate and celebrate, while confirming that we're just like other parents, trying not to yell at our kids when they still haven't put their shoes on and we're 25 minutes late for school. The end result is a compelling podcast that amusingly explores the age-old question: what's it like to live as an LGBTQ family in a world built for the straights?