But regardless, the question crosses a personal line and upholds a damaging societal norm.

She is the owner of the Fertility Psychology Center of Altanta.

In all those cases, the person may wish to avoid the topic entirely.

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Lauren Magalnick Berman (she/her), PhD, has been a practicing clinical psychologist in the Atlanta, Georgia area since 1989. She has served as Clinical Faculty at Georgia State University Counseling Center, Administrative Director and Clinical Supervisor of Metropolitan Counseling Services and Adjunct Faculty at Argosy University. She services on the Executive Committee of the Mental Health Professional Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and she is on the Board of the Jewish Fertility Foundation. She is the owner of the Fertility Psychology Center of Altanta.

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Lauren Magalnick Berman (she/her), PhD, has been a practicing clinical psychologist in the Atlanta, Georgia area since 1989. She has served as Clinical Faculty at Georgia State University Counseling Center, Administrative Director and Clinical Supervisor of Metropolitan Counseling Services and Adjunct Faculty at Argosy University. She services on the Executive Committee of the Mental Health Professional Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and she is on the Board of the Jewish Fertility Foundation. She is the owner of the Fertility Psychology Center of Altanta.

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