This is Infertility is a bi-weekly podcast where we fuse narrative storytelling with experience and science to give you a new perspective on what it’s really like to go through a family building journey. Each episode dives into the emotional, physical, and financial burdens carried by those who experience infertility on their path to parenthood. Be it IVF, IUI, egg freezing, surrogacy, adoption, etc., the path is never the same and it can be long, painful, and lonely. It’s our mission to give those struggling a platform to be heard, a community connection, and an opportunity to raise awareness of the 1 in 6 who, for many reasons, struggle with infertility.

Episode 47: Brewing for a Fertility Benefit

Fertility treatments are expensive, and they’re usually not covered by insurance. So, what do you do when you need IVF, but you can’t afford the associated bills?

Over the course of her 10-year fertility journey, Brandi Kline found herself asking that question time and again. She had a good fulltime job, but no coverage for fertility treatments. Where did she turn when she was running out of hope? Starbucks.

Brandi shares with us her story of resilience and resourcefulness, how she got her fertility treatments covered by working part-time at Starbucks, and how after a complicated and draining experience, she is now a mother to a beautiful baby.

Guest: Brandi Kline

Host: Julie Stadlbauer, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Progyny

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About the Speakers

Host: Julie Stadlbauer

Senior Vice President of Business Development at Progyny

Guest: Brandi Kline

Director of Customer Success at Pathfinder Health Innovations

Host: Julie Stadlbauer

Senior Vice President of Business Development at Progyny

Julie is a national sales executive with more than two decades of experience in the east and west coasts helping large, national customers achieve their health and productivity goals. Julie is particularly passionate about Progyny’s mission – to ensure that anyone can have a child when they want. Prior to Progyny, Julie has held various national sales and leadership roles with Cigna, Health Net, Bloom Health and ConsumerMedical.

Guest: Brandi Kline

Director of Customer Success at Pathfinder Health Innovations

Brandi is an Iowa native and graduated from Iowa State Alumni with a degree in early childhood special education. She currently resides in Kansas City where she works for a wonderful company that provides software solutions for teachers and therapists that work with individuals with Autism.

She’s a huge animal lover with two dogs, a Papillon and a German Shepherd, and provides foster care for local animal rescues. Brandi spends any spare time she can get with her loving husband, Dusty, and the beautiful new baby girl, Charlotte (Charli).

Music From This Episode

Artist: Andy G. Cohen

Track: Land Legs

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Andy_G_Cohen/MUL__DIV_1198/Andy_G_Cohen_-_MULDIV_-_02_-_Land_Legs

Track: Space (Full)

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Andy_G_Cohen/MUL__DIV_1198/Andy_G_Cohen_-_MULDIV_-_06_-_Space_Full

Artist: Mystery Mammal

Track: Greenhorn

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Mystery_Mammal/Risk_Society/Greenhorn

Artist: Kai Engel

Track: Seeker

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/The_Run/Kai_Engel_-_The_Run_-_01_Seeker

Track: Harbor

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/The_Run/Kai_Engel_-_The_Run_-_03_Harbor

Track: Scenery

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/The_Run/Kai_Engel_-_The_Run_-_06_Scenery

Track: Salue

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Brume/Kai_Engel_-_Brume_-_04_Salue

Artist: Sergey Cheremisinov

Track: When You Leave

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/Charms/Sergey_Cheremisinov_-_Charms_-_04_When_You_Leave

Artist: Jahzzar

Track: Joke

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/4_naked_songs_4_autumn_rainy_days/03_-_Joke

Artist: Spectacular

Track: What Was That Spectacular Sound Production?

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Spectacular_Sound_Productions/

Artist: Rest You Sleeping Giant

Track: End of Winter

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rest_You_Sleeping_Giant/Songs_for_a_Sad_Guitar/Rest_You_Sleeping_Giant_-_Songs_for_a_Sad_Guitar_-_07_End_of_Winter

Artist: Chris Zabriskie

Track: Your Mother’s Daughter

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/Music_from_Neptune_Flux/ChrisZabriskie-MusicfromNeptuneFlux-03

Artist: Marco Trovatello

Track: Southfolk 1st Division

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Marco_Trovatello/Not_At_All/01_-_Southfolk