About

Fertility guidance and navigation, built for the people paying out of pocket.

The Fertility Field Guide is a resource for anyone trying to understand fertility treatment without an employer benefit, care navigator, or insurance team to do the work for them. We turn scattered, confusing information into practical tools and guides so you can make informed decisions about your care and your money.

What we’re building

Practical guides and tools for every step of the fertility journey.

We’re starting with egg freezing, with tools for comparing clinics and navigating medication costs coming next. Our goal is to make the confusing parts of fertility easier to understand, so you can spend less time decoding the system and more time deciding what’s right for you.

This is independent guidance and decision support, not medical advice. We don’t accept payment to promote clinics or treatments. We’re here to help you make informed decisions, not to tell you what to do.

How we work

Principles that guide everything we publish.

Independent

Guidance should help you make a decision, not push you toward a treatment.

Transparent

Show sources, methodology, dates, assumptions, and limitations.

Plainspoken

Explain complicated fertility information in language normal people can understand.

About the founder

Hi, I’m Natalie. I built this because I needed it.

The Fertility Field Guide is the resource I wish I had when I started trying to understand fertility care. I’m a product person, not a doctor, but I’ve spent my career building tools that make complex things easier to navigate. And fertility, I’ve learned, is one of the most complex things of all.

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Natalie Salk, founder

Why this exists

I wanted to turn a desperately difficult experience into something useful for others.

Going through fertility treatment has been one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to navigate. The information is scattered. The pricing is opaque. The stakes feel enormous. And you’re often expected to become an expert overnight, while also managing your life, your body, your emotions, and your money.

I kept thinking: there has to be a better way. So I decided to build it.

The Fertility Field Guide is my attempt to bring together the collective knowledge people need to move through the choppy waters of fertility treatment, with clarity, confidence, and a little less exhaustion.

Where I come from

Women’s health has always been part of my family’s story.

I come from a long line of doctors, including OBGYNs who have dedicated their careers to women’s health. I’m not a doctor myself. I’m a product person, but that upbringing shaped how I see the world. I believe good information, presented well, can help people make better decisions about their bodies and their lives.

I also believe that the best products are built by people who actually understand the problem. I’m living this. And I want my life to create something of value for other people walking the same path.

Get in touch

I’d love to hear from you.

Have a question, a topic you want us to dig into, or feedback on something we’ve published? Send me a note.

hello@fertilityfieldguide.com

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Help us make this better.

We’re always looking for patient perspectives, cost data, and corrections. If you spot something off or want to share your experience, let us know.