Sickle Cell Awareness Spotlight: Teonna's Journey with Fertility and Advocacy

Guest: Teonna Woolford, CEO & Co-Founder, SC RED Host: Dan Bulger, Progyny  

Teonna had always known she wanted to have a lot of kids. At the age of nineteen, she discovered something that would change the trajectory of her life: she might be infertile due to sickle cell disease.

Despite years of managing sickle cell, in and out of hospitals, doctor's offices, and attending sickle cell conventions, no one had ever talked to her about the link between sickle cell and infertility. Unfortunately, fertility preservation was too financially out of reach. 

But Teonna's story didn't