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Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
A quick add on to the first episode released. Simone talks about hypothyroidism, early release of superannuation, seeing a psychologist, egg quality supplements, wives tales and support during the IVF journey. Enjoy!
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Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
In this first episode of season 2, Simone tells her own tale of infertility with the help of her husband Stuart. The journey began after 12 months of trying to conceive naturally and Stuart deciding to get his sperm tested. They found out Stuart has low sperm count and for them to conceive naturally would have a 1 in a million chance and the best option was IVF with ICSI. After 1 stimulated cycle and 3 failed transfers, Simone had a Laparoscopy. The surgery found mild endometriosis, adhesions and high natural killer cells. They did another stimulated cycle and a had a few more failed transfers (on an immune protocol) before discovering the DQ alpha gene partial match. They completed LMIT in Melbourne and went through another stimulated cycle (doing PGS this time) and a few more transfers. Using their first PGS embryo and on a tailored immune protocol, Simone fell pregnant. A year after their daughter was born they decided it was time to extend their family. The same treatment plan was used to conceive their son (who is now 5 months old).
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Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Todays episode is an amazing one to listen to. Alesha chats to us about her IVF journey, ectopic pregnancy, OHSS and how they moved from fertility treatment to inter country adoption, then onto local adoption. Alesha and her husband adopted two siblings within 12 months and she walks us through the technical and emotional aspects of the adoption process. The main message today from Alesha and her husband is that IVF isn’t everything, and not necessarily the end of the road.
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Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Jossie shares their experience with fertility treatment as a Queer couple using known and unknown donors, IVF and IUIs. We also explore the impact of treatment on mental health and becoming consumed by treatment. Jossie shares her experience of being an open book and how that affected her relationships with friends and family and the impact it had on herself.
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Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Suzanne shares her experience undergoing IVF in America resulting in the conception of her eldest son and then moving to Australia and undertaking an international adoption to welcome another son into their family.
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Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Tayla and Chris join us to talk about their fertility treatment. They started their experience when Tayla was only 20 and underwent multiple rounds. In the testing they underwent they found out that Chris carried a Cystic Fibrosis gene that had effectively acted as a ‘natural vasectomy’ meaning that he would need to under go surgical sperm retrieval.
In this episode we also discus Tayla experiencing OHSS, their multiple cycles, miscarriage, visiting a naturopath and a psychic. The impact of treatment on intimacy and friendships. Chris also tells us how he felt during this and how he supported Tayla during treatments and their emotions when they did fall pregnant.
They also talk to us about the birth of their son postpartum and parenting after fertility treatment.
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Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
We speak with Lisa about her fertility treatment and how she had always thought she may need some assistance with getting pregnant.
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
This weeks episode brings you Kellies story on IVF, international surrogacy and egg donation. Kellie is a mother of twins, an author, speaker and infertility advocate. She takes us through her journey of ovulation induction, 6 full swim cycles and moving onto egg donation and international surrogacy. We discuss how she felt navigating the decision to not be the genetic parent to her children and how she processed that decision.
Kellie has written two amazing books called Long-Awaited child, and Achieving Parenthood, The Struggles are Real, The Hope is Eternal. You can find more info on her website https://kellieharriden.com/
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Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Kirsty walks us through her fertility journey being diagnosed with PCOS and diabetes, being put on metformin and beginning IVF. She initially went to a bulk billing IVF clinic, however, they told her she needed to lose weight in order to begin treatment. Kirsty talks to us about her treatment, and how she has navigated personal relationships and the things that have come up for her during her treatment.
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Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Today Naomi talks to us about how she tried for a baby for 5 years. She has other symptomatologies such as a frozen pelvis and mixed connective tissue disease, which is similar to lupus. Naomi takes us through her diagnose of stage 4 endo, 3 surgeries within six months and about what it is like to face the prospect of not having a child from IVF. We are so grateful for Naomi being so open about her journey as this is a side of fertility treatment that isn’t openly discussed.
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