The Real Price of Fertility Treatment: Financial Planning with Angela Rastegar From Sunfish
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The cost of fertility treatments can be a huge stress on anyone navigating assisted reproduction. Unfortunately, those who are already dealing with the physical and emotional challenges of infertility may also be burdened with the financial challenge of fertility treatments. And it’s important that those facing IVF, IUI, egg retrieval, surrogacy or any of the many, often costly procedures have the resources they need.  Fortunately, there is help: Angela Rastegar is the cofounder and CEO of Sunfish, a financial solutions company for family building of all kinds. and she has helped individuals and couples plan for the cost of fertility, make it affordable and accessible.   In this episode, Dr. Lora Shahine and Angela share their own experiences and highlight the need for affordable solutions so those exploring fertility options can build the families they dream of.   In this episode you’ll hear: [:59] Meet Angela Rastegar - founder and CEO of Sunfish [3:48] Infertility is a disease; why is there such a gap between access and need? [6:09] How much does IVF, donor egg, surrogacy, adoption really cost? [10:34] What does Sunfish do? [18:08] The IVF Success Program (Money Back) offered by Sunfish [22:30] Financial Planning for building your family [31:18] Closing  Resources mentioned:  www.joinsunfish.com Follow Sunfish on IG @joinsunfish Sunfish on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/joinsunfish Sunfish on Twitter twitter.com/joinsunfish  Stay Up to Date in Fertility News and Events:  Weekly Newsletter Follow @drlorashahine Instagram | YouTube | Tiktok | Her Books
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