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AllPaths Family Building

Formerly Resolve New England. Providing support, education and advocacy for those struggling to build their families

We are a non-profit that provides free, virtual support and resources for anyone struggling with fertility and family building challenges.

06/19/2026

This one's for the man who's quietly dreading Father's Day.

If that's you, first: whatever you're feeling this weekend is valid, and you're not the only one feeling it, even if it seems that way.

We pulled together a roundup of men's stories from the AllPaths Podcast, men who faced male-factor infertility, pregnancy loss, surrogacy, adoption, and IVF, so you can hear it straight from guys who've been there.

Be gentle with yourself this weekend. You don't have to be the strong, silent type, and you don't have to do this alone.

Our men's support group is full of people who understand. https://allpathsfb.org/support/

Listen to these stories on the AllPaths Podcast, streaming wherever you get your podcasts.

And if you know a man who needs to see this, send it his way.🧡

06/18/2026

Alisa held tightly to the story of what she thought her family would look like.🧡

After two devastating losses and 18 months of infertility, she kept pushing forward, because how else do you fix that kind of grief except by trying again?

But somewhere along the way, while fostering a family member's child, she and her husband found space to ask a different question: what does parenting actually mean to us? And the answer changed everything.

As she puts it, "the end goal was we want to experience parenting together. And if that means we don't have biological children, maybe that's okay."

Now, 10 years and two adopted sons later, Alisa works as a therapist walking alongside others in this exact space.

She doesn't promise tidy endings. She offers something better: permission to feel two things at once.

If you've ever felt deep grief and deep gratitude in the same breath, if you're holding hope and disappointment at the same time and it's wearing you down, if you've ever wondered whether choosing a different path means giving up, this episode is for you.

"Quiet Acts of Hope" is live now on the AllPaths podcast. Have you listened yet? 🧡

Stream today on the AllPaths Podcast, wherever you listen to your podcasts. 🎧

06/17/2026

Just checking on you to make sure you know...

You're basically a flower who also deserves a vacation and an expensive DoorDash order!! 🍔🍔

Seriously, this journey is a lot. Whether you feel like you're killing it today or just barely getting by, give yourself some TLC and a pat on the back.

We see you and we are here for you.

Drop a 🧡 if you needed this or tag someone who deserves these reminders.

06/16/2026

She suffered a miscarriage on a Saturday, and by Monday morning she was back at work, like nothing had happened.

Years later, Alisa still asks herself why she did that to herself.

What followed was eighteen long months of infertility between her first and second pregnancies.

During that time, she and her husband opened their home to a two-and-a-half-year-old family member and became kinship foster parents.

Then came a second miscarriage at seven weeks, while that little girl was still in their care.

At some point, Alisa made the decision that she'd been through enough, and she and her husband began exploring a different path to parenthood.

It led them to private adoption and, eventually, to their two sons.

In this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we sit down with Alisa DeLage, LICSW, a clinical social worker who walks us through her journey: marrying her high school sweetheart, two miscarriages, kinship foster care, a heartbreaking disrupted adoption match, and finally completing her family with the two sons she's raising today.

Today Alisa specializes in reproductive mental health, sitting with people in the exact place she once was and offering them the words she wishes someone had offered her.

In this episode, you'll learn:
🧡 What "disenfranchised grief" is, the kind of grief society doesn't recognize, and why infertility and loss qualify
🧡 A concrete way to support someone struggling: offer specific options (bring dinner, sit in silence, leave them alone) instead of "let me know how I can help"
🧡 Why peer support and a mental health provider do different jobs, and why you may need both
🧡 What semi-open adoption and a disrupted adoption match actually look like in real life
🧡 Why deciding to stop treatment can be a sign of strength, not giving up

To hear more of Alisa's story, listen to the full episode "Quiet Acts of Hope" live now on the AllPaths podcast.

06/15/2026

The baby is here. So why don't the bad feelings just... go away?😣

Everyone tells you the hard part is over.

The little one that you waited so long for is finally here. The appointments stopped. The injections stopped. The waiting stopped.

So why do you still flinch at pregnancy announcements? Why does a part of you still brace for bad news?

Why do you feel guilty for not being happy every single second when this is the thing you fought so hard for?

The reason you're still struggling with feelings like sadness, anxiety, bitterness, or resentment is because having your baby doesn't erase what it took to get here.

Your body and your heart spent a long time feeling sadness, fear, stress, bracing for disappointment. They don't always get the memo that it's safe now.

But gratitude and joy can coexist alongside your anxiety and sadness. You can love your child more than anything and still be processing everything it took to hold them.

You're not doing it wrong and you're not ungrateful.

You're a parent who went through something real, and it's okay that you're still feeling it.

Share this or tag a friend in the comments who needs to hear this today. 🫂🧡

06/12/2026

Pride isn't all rainbows. It's real people with real challenges who deserve real support.🧡

It's the kid practicing the words in the bathroom mirror, hoping the people who raised them will still want them after.

It's the mom who loves her child with everything she has, and still has to sign adoption papers to prove she's allowed to be their parent.

It's two people who've been together for years, dropping each other's hand on the sidewalk because someone looked too long.

This isn't about a parade. It's about safety, legal security, healthcare, and the right to be yourself out loud.

Research consistently shows that just one accepting adult dramatically lowers a q***r kid's risk of su***de. One person who says "I've got you" can be the thing that keeps someone here. That's how much this matters.

That's why we celebrate. 🌈 Not because the fight is over, but because LGBTQ+ people and their families deserve to be celebrated, today and every day!

Thank you to organizations like Mombian for showing up for LGBTQ+ families day after day and making sure they know how much they matter!

If you agree that pride matters, share this post to help more people understand why. 🧡

***rfamilies

06/11/2026

We were all in tears throughout Katie's episode, and so in awe of how bravely she shares her story.🧡

When Katie and her husband learned their daughter Ellie had holoprosencephaly, the doctors told them she would live only a short time, and that she would spend her brief life in constant pain.

So Katie made her first choice as a mother. As she puts it, "I had this beautiful opportunity to ensure that my child never felt pain."

Motherhood looks different for everyone. Sometimes it means having the courage to put your child's needs above your own and say goodbye.

If you've ever had to make an impossible choice out of love for a child you were aching to meet, if you've grieved a baby before you ever got to hold them, if you've had to make a hard decision that no one prepared you for, this episode is for you.

"Her First Decision as a Mother" is live now on the AllPaths podcast. Have you listened yet? 🧡

Stream today on the AllPaths Podcast, wherever you listen to your podcasts. 🎧

06/10/2026

There's something so special about finding the ones who get you and love you no matter what.🫶

The ones who don't try to fix it, who let you say the ugly things without fear.

Because building a family doesn't always go the way you pictured. And when it doesn't, the people around you often don't know what to say.

They go quiet, or they tell you it'll all work out with a nice little pat on the head.

Sometimes you even end up having to comfort them.

So you start holding it in. You translate, you soften, you perform okay, because it feels easier than explaining one more time.

But you shouldn't have to carry it that way.

There's a whole community of people who already get it, who've sat exactly where you're sitting, and who won't flinch when you tell the truth.

That's what our support groups are for. They're free, virtual, and open to you, no matter which path you're on.

Come find your people. Click the link to learn more and register. 🧡 https://f.mtr.cool/emsyzfwypl

06/09/2026

At her 19-week scan, the room went quiet as the ultrasound tech left the room to get the doctor.

Katie went in expecting more pictures of her baby girl. She left having to ask her doctor a question no parent should ever have to ask: do I need to consider ending this pregnancy?

She and her husband named their daughter Elvira Claire. Ellie. And then they made a choice rooted entirely in love, to spare her from a life of pain she could not have escaped. Katie calls it the first decision she ever made as a mother.

In this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we sit down with Katie Gilliam, who walks us through her journey: a blunt PCOS diagnosis at 29, a surprise first IUI that worked, and a 19-week scan that diagnosed her first baby girl with holoprosencephaly, a condition where the brain doesn't fully develop.

After losing Ellie, Katie didn't want to grieve alone, so she told the people close to her that she wanted to connect with anyone who understood. A friend of a friend pointed her to a virtual peer support group, and that group was one of ours.

It became the first place she said her story out loud and heard others tell theirs.

That experience shaped what came next: today Katie is the Community Engagement Coordinator for The Lemon Grove, LLC: Doula Agency & Perinatal Wellness, where she does story shares and helps others feel less alone in their own journeys.

In this episode, Katie shares:
🧡 How heartbreaking it was for the decision to end her pregnancy to have to be her first decision as a mother
🧡 What it was like to have an abortion as someone from a conservative Catholic family
🧡 The strain a loss puts on you as a couple
🧡 The unfairness of treating IVF and reproductive care as optional
🧡 Why therapy is essential
🧡 Why naming her daughter mattered
🧡 The new parenting philosophy she uses to manage her wild toddler

To hear more of Katie's story, listen to the full episode "Her First Decision as a Mother" live now on the AllPaths podcast. 🧡

06/08/2026

Is there anything worse? 🫥

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Concord, MA
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