Monica Hafif on 11 Rounds of IVF, Two Amazing Kids and What She’d Tell Her Former Self About Navigating Infertility

Today on Infertile AF, Ali sits down with Monica, a fellow IVF mom and the owner of SOMA Sweets in South Orange, New Jersey, to talk about her path to having her two children. Monica opens up about IUIs, 11 rounds of IVF, and what it took to keep going through the uncertainty of infertility. She reflects on what she would say to her former self and shares advice for listeners who are still in the thick of trying to build their families.

Ali and Monica also talk about bringing their work together through the upcoming Work of ART Candy Lab at SOMA Sweets, celebrating community and the many different ways families are created.

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Join us at SOMA Sweets! November 14 at 4 p.m.

Decorate and fill your own candy petri dish, enjoy a reading of Petri Dish Princess, and take home a signed copy of one of Ali's Work of ART books. Tickets are $30 for one child and one parent; additional siblings are $25 each.

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