The Fertility Consultants

09/16/2025

By whatever name you call, "Planned Surrogacy", "Social Surrogacy", "Designer Surrogacy" or even "LifeStyle Surrogacy", everyone can agree its a controversial subject with both the morality and the ethics of the practice called into question. Today we discuss with two experts the choices people make...

09/11/2025

In 2023 alone, over 95,000 babies in the U.S. were born through IVF — and globally, that number now exceeds 13 million since the technology’s inception.

But behind those numbers are untold stories — of families going into debt, navigating unclear ethical boundaries, and struggling to access care that should be a human right, not a luxury.

I had the chance to unpack all of this and more on the latest episode of with Armstrong. We went beyond the brochure — into the moral gray zones, the tech-human tension, and the fight for more equitable fertility care.

Grateful for platforms like this one that are willing to ask the hard questions.

Brenda sits down with Mary Fusillo, fertility industry pioneer and founder of Family Solutions International, to explore the intersection of ethics, empathy, and innovation in family-building.From her early days as a fertility clinic executive to launching one of the first nurse-led consulting firms...

09/04/2025

Was thrilled to be a guest on "Medicine, Motherhood, Missions" with Johanna Moses this week. Great discussion on the Bioethical Issues in Reproduction and Fertility. Take a listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5yy7PXOM50KDahAkmCtsXW?si=XmQdonkkTY6tRTNpaK6xqA

08/25/2025

Following up on our theme from the last episode, GENES and GENETIC screening and the BIOETHICS involved, this episode will by an in-depth look at Genetic Counseling and the good, the bad and the ugly of GENES. Our guest from GENE-SCREEN, Emily Daugherty, will help us understand what genetic counseli...

08/23/2025

Get READY! After a quick summer hiatus, we are BACK with our next podcast, EPISODE #6, "All About the BEST genes"! With our special guest, Emily Daugherty of GENE-SCREEN. Find us MONDAY, August 25th wherever you get your podcasts!

08/01/2025

The newest episode is HERE! A fascinating look at what does PGT actually do! How they do it and most of all what the heck does it actually DO? You can find "The Eggsplantion" where ever you get your podcasts!

08/01/2025

So what's all the hype about PGT? Can it tell which is the best embryo? Will it pick out the smartest and tallest embryo? Is it overused and just an add-on in IVF? Join us as we explore the world of PGT with Dr. Gary Harton, Chief Scientific Officer of NoVA Genomics and Founder and Principal of GROW...

06/30/2025

We are thrilled for all our Intended Parents and their amazing surrogates who expanded their families in JUNE! What a fabulous month!

06/26/2025

The next episode of the podcast, "the Eggsplanation" is up and ready for you to take a listen with my fascination guest, Lisa Campo-Englestein, PhD who will discuss "The Bioethics of Posthumous Reproduction". Dr. Lisa was my first advisor when I started my graduate degree in Bioethics in 2019! Take a listen.

06/25/2025

Join our host, Mary Fusillo, for a fascinating look at the ethics and issues behind posthumous reproduction. With the very sad case of a brain-dead woman being forcibly kept alive via mechanical means for over 15 weeks due to abortion laws in her home state prominent in the news to the use of s***m....

06/13/2025

The next episode of "the EGGSPLANATION" just dropped, "Egg Donors Experiences with Disclosure and Genetic Connections". You can find it here:

On this episode of "The Eggsplanation" I welcome two veteran egg donors who will help me dig down into what disclosure in gamete donation means to them and what their thoughts are on the genetic connections they have to the children created with their help.

06/13/2025

On this episode of "The Eggsplanation" I welcome two veteran egg donors who will help me dig down into what disclosure in gamete donation means to them and what their thoughts are on the genetic connections they have to the children created with their help.