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Angela Rastegar discusses the financial aspects of fertility care and the importance of planning for IVF costs.

What if the hardest part of your fertility journey isn't the medicine, it's affording the best treatment? How do you plan for IVF costs when coverage is unclear or incomplete? And is there a smarter, more supported way to navigate the financial stress of building a family? In this episode of Brave & Curious, Angela Rastegar, CEO and founder of Sunfish, joins Dr. Lora Shahine. They are honoring National Fertility Week through their conversation that explores the real cost of fertility care and why financial planning is just as critical as medical care. Angela shares her deeply personal fertility journey, including multiple rounds of egg freezing without financial support, and how that experience led her to build a platform designed to support patients through every step of their family-building journey, from egg freezing and IVF to surrogacy. Dr. Shahine and Angela talk about the hidden gaps in insurance coverage, the rising reality of fertility-related debt, and how Sunfish's data-driven, AI-powered programs aim to reduce uncertainty with personalized care plans, cost transparency, and even financial protections for IVF and egg freezing outcomes. In this episode you'll hear…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Lora Shahine

Guest: Angela Rastegar

Topics covered

• fertility care
• IVF costs
• financial planning
• insurance coverage
• family building
• personal journey

Keywords

• fertility
• IVF
• financial support
• insurance
• egg freezing
• surrogacy
• cost transparency

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Organizations: Sunfish

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