Infertile AF: Recent Episodes
Alison Prato
In this unfiltered podcast about infertility, Brooklyn-based journalist and mom-of-two Ali Prato, who went through secondary infertility and IVF herself, talks to women—and some men—about the messy, frustrating, painful, heartbreaking, absurd and sometimes hilarious journey to have a baby. Or in some cases, to not have a baby. Each episode tells a different story about family building, getting real about miscarriages, egg freezing, sperm and egg donation, IUIs, endometriosis, male factor infertility, adoption, surrogacy, genetic testing, single parenting by choice, LGBTQ+ fertility, living childless not by choice, depression, relationship issues, money issues, jealousy, PTSD, and so much more. Ali covers all of the outcomes in this safe, non-judgement zone: the happy endings, the soul-crushingly sad ones, and the ones still in limbo.
On this week's episode, Ali sits down with an icon and pioneer in the infertility community: double-board certified REI and infertility warrior Dr. Natalie Crawford. Natalie opens up about her four pregnancy losses before having her two kiddos, being both sides of the stirrups as doctor and patient, and what it's really like to navigate infertility as someone who “knows too much.” She talks about bucking the system when it came to social media; co-founding her boutique clinic in Austin, TX, Fora Fertility (and why she decided to start her own thing); and her new book, The Fertility Formula. Natalie also talks about how to advocate for yourself in the exam room, how her patients inspired parts of the book; and what she wants every fertility patient to hear right now.
For more, and to preorder The Fertility Formula, go to www.nataliecrawfordmd.com
IG: @nataliecrawfordmd
EPISODE SPONSORS:
THE WORK OF ART BOOK SERIES
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “You Are a Work of ART," is for every kiddo born through ART -- and the people who love them.
Order "Work of ART," "Beautiful Bird" and "You Are a Work of ART," now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
PHERDAL
IG: pherdal_science
PherDal is the world’s first and only FDA-cleared, sterile, at-home insemination kit designed to help people build their families in the comfort of home. Created by parents who’ve been there, PherDal is safe, simple, and affordable—putting more options in your hands as you grow your family. Explore at PherDal.com.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
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In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Ali sits down with Connie, a proud Single Mom by Choice whose path to motherhood was anything but traditional—and exactly right for her. Growing up with a Black military dad and a Taiwanese “Tiger Mom,” Connie always felt the weight of expectations about what family should look like. But as she approached her late 30s, knowing she always wanted to have kids, she decided to freeze her eggs. Later, her best friend gave her the clarity she needed: “Connie, if you want your baby, go get your baby. You don’t need to do it the traditional way.” Connie opens up about what it was like navigating the SMBC journey as a woman of mixed race, including the emotional complexity of donor selection and the lack of Black sperm donors in U.S. banks. She shares how she found an amazing doctor and clinic, Dr. Joshua Klein of Extend Fertility -- aka Ali's doctor! Connie also talks about navigating IVF, getting pregnant (with twins!), giving birth during Covid and what life is like today, as a single mom of two five-year-olds.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
PHERDAL
IG: pherdal_science
PherDal is the world’s first and only FDA-cleared, sterile, at-home insemination kit designed to help people build their families in the comfort of home. Created by parents who’ve been there, PherDal is safe, simple, and affordable—putting more options in your hands as you grow your family. Explore at PherDal.com.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In this special episode, Ali is bringing you the unforgettable keynote from style expert, author, and powerhouse storyteller Lilliana Vasquez at Fertility Rally Live. Lilliana opens up about her deeply personal journey to motherhood, including the emotional twists, cultural layers, and unexpected turns her family-building path took. With her signature candor, humor, and heart, she shares what it was like to navigate infertility while living in the public eye—and how it ultimately reshaped her identity, her career, and her purpose. She talks about resilience, community, representation, and the importance of seeing yourself reflected in the stories around you. Lilliana also dives into the powerful role that vulnerability plays in healing, and offers encouragement for anyone who’s still in the messy middle of their journey.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
PHERDAL
IG: pherdal_science
PherDal is the world’s first and only FDA-cleared, sterile, at-home insemination kit designed to help people build their families in the comfort of home. Created by parents who’ve been there, PherDal is safe, simple, and affordable—putting more options in your hands as you grow your family. Explore at PherDal.com.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
This week, we are celebrating a major milestone: Fertility Rally Live #10. Ten Rallies. Ten waves of community, connection, truth-telling, sisterhood, messy feelings, breakthroughs, belly laughs, and being so deeply seen.
To honor this moment, we’re revisiting one of the most unforgettable keynotes in Rally Live history: singer Christina Perri’s beautifully raw, breathtaking, and generous conversation about love, loss, grief, family building, and hope.
Whether you were there live or are hearing this for the first time, we hope this conversation finds you gently, wherever you are on your path. We are so grateful to Christina for sharing her beautiful truth, and for every single one of you who has shown up for yourself and each other over these ten Rallies.
Mark your calendars: Fertility Rally Live #10 is happening November 14. Even if you can't come live, snag your ticket because you have 30 days to watch all of the talks! Plus you get our Virtual Swag Bag!
🎟 Get your ticket (and watch on replay if you can’t come live) here: https://www.accelevents.com/e/fertility-rally-live-fall-2025
Follow us on IG:
@infertileafstories
@fertilityrally
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Today, Ali talks to Ashtin, who opens up about her long road through infertility, including doing IVF treatment in both Greece and Australia. Ashtin talks about trying to get pregnant for two years, navigating four failed cycles, and then, how she ultimately conceived using the PherDal at-home insemination kit — a non-invasive, science-backed option that helped her finally become pregnant with a healthy baby. Ashtin opens up about all of it, from the countless injections to the travel to being both emotionally and financially drained. She also shares how, after listening to the Infertile AF podcast and hearing an ad for PherDal (and hearing founder Jenn on another episode), she decided to try it -- and crazily enough, it worked!
For more on PherDal, go to pherdal.com
IG: @pherdal_science
EPISODE SPONSORS:
THERALOGIX
IG: @theralogix
Theralogix offers evidence-based, physician-founded supplements designed to support reproductive health, from egg and sperm quality to prenatal wellness and beyond. Trusted by fertility specialists and patients alike, Theralogix products are independently tested for purity and potency—so you know you’re getting only the best. Learn more at theralogix.com
Save 15% right now at Theralogix.com with code INFERTILEAF.
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
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On today's episode, Ali is talking to Kyla Burke—who you might know from her huge following on social media as a fitness expert and creator of the Coached by Kyla app. At just 34 years old, Kyla was told, “You don’t have any eggs. I can barely see your ovaries—there’s nothing. You have no function.” Her AMH was less than 0.01, and her estrogen, LH, and every other hormone were in the post-menopausal range. Her period had disappeared at 33, and she was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure—complete with all the symptoms: hot flashes, muscle aches, insomnia, and heartbreak. But Kyla didn’t stop there. She worked with a reproductive therapist, dove into IVF, and eventually pivoted to donor eggs from a dear from of hers—becoming a proud donor egg mama of two beautiful babies. Oh—and wait until you hear how she met her husband. It might just be the best meet-cute ever shared on the pod.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
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It's the 350th episode — and we couldn’t think of a more powerful, honest, and inspiring guest to help us celebrate this milestone. Today, Ali is talking with actress, writer, and fierce infertility advocate Camille Guaty, who you may know from Prison Break, The Vampire Diaries, Duster, and so many other shows and movies (Fertility Rally members especially love her in the Disney move, Gotta Kick it Up). But beyond her Hollywood career, Camille opens up about the deeply personal journey that led to her son — a journey that included years of IVF, heartbreak, hope, and ultimately, using donor eggs to build her family. Camille gets candid about the emotional rollercoaster of infertility, pivoting to donor conception, what it was like being a pregnant actress in Hollywood,, the advocacy work she's doing with Resolve, and how she’s now using her voice to normalize all the ways families are made.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
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This week, Ali sits down with Dr. Mark Ratner, Chief Science Officer at Theralogix and one of the country’s leading experts in reproductive health and nutritional science.
After 30 years in private practice focused on male fertility, Dr. Ratner has seen firsthand how confusing — and sometimes misleading — the supplement world can be. In this eye-opening conversation, he and Ali unpack what’s actually backed by science when it comes to fertility supplements, how to choose products that are truly evidence-based, and the importance of transparency in a market full of mystery formulas and marketing claims.
They also dive into OvaNAD+, a Theralogix supplement specifically designed to support egg health and mitochondrial function. Mark and the Theralogix team are also offering a special discount to Infertile AF listeners. Save 15% at Theralogix.com with code INFERTILEAF.
For more, go to: theralogix.com
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
PHERDAL
IG: pherdal_science
PherDal is the world’s first and only FDA-cleared, sterile, at-home insemination kit designed to help people build their families in the comfort of home. Created by parents who’ve been there, PherDal is safe, simple, and affordable—putting more options in your hands as you grow your family. Explore at PherDal.com.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In this powerful episode, Ali sits down with Liz Krueger to share her deeply personal journey through infertility and loss. After having her daughter at 35, Liz experienced a series of heartbreaking miscarriages—including one at 16 weeks, when she and her husband lost their baby girl.
Liz opens up about the devastation of finding out her highest-graded embryo didn’t survive the thaw, the hemorrhage and loss that followed another pregnancy, and the emotional toll of multiple retrievals and a chemical pregnancy. She also shares how she finally allowed herself to take a three-month leave from work to grieve—a step she had never given herself permission to take before.
With raw honesty, Liz reflects on navigating profound grief, the heartbreak of losing embryos without her consent, and the resilience it has taken to keep moving forward. She also shares the hope and vulnerability of finally being pregnant again—and how she’s feeling now, as she prepares to welcome her next baby this winter.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
THERALOGIX
IG: @theralogix
Theralogix offers evidence-based, physician-founded supplements designed to support reproductive health, from egg and sperm quality to prenatal wellness and beyond. Trusted by fertility specialists and patients alike, Theralogix products are independently tested for purity and potency—so you know you’re getting only the best. Learn more at theralogix.com
Save 15% right now at Theralogix.com with code INFERTILEAF.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On this episode, Ali talks to Broadway star and motivational speaker Sarrah Strimel Bentley, whose story is as powerful as it is vulnerable. After dazzling audiences in seven Broadway shows, Sarrah’s life took a shocking turn when she was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. The treatment plan didn’t just mean chemotherapy and a double mastectomy—it also came with the devastating news that her fertility would be at risk.
Sarrah opens up about the whirlwind that followed: racing to freeze embryos before starting chemo, navigating “funky sperm morphology” with her husband, experiencing the raw, messy emotions of IVF in the face of a cancer diagnosis, and what happened when they pivoted to a surrogacy journey. She shares the moments that broke her—like crying so loudly her neighbors called security—and the humor and grace that carried her through (“Prayer and Pinot Grigio”).
Follow Sarrah on IG: @sarrahstrimelbentley
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
PHERDAL
IG: pherdal_science
PherDal is the world’s first and only FDA-cleared, sterile, at-home insemination kit designed to help people build their families in the comfort of home. Created by parents who’ve been there, PherDal is safe, simple, and affordable—putting more options in your hands as you grow your family. Explore at PherDal.com.
EXTEND FERTILITY
IG: @extendfertility
www.extendfertility.com
Fertility shouldn’t be dictated by a timeline. Extend Fertility offers cutting-edge egg and embryo freezing, infertility care, and IVF—all designed to put you in control. Their approach? Research driven, transparent, and personalized. With a world-class lab, exceptional verified success rates backed by nearly a decade of egg freezing results, and pricing lower than the national average, Extend Fertility is making reproductive care more accessible and effective than ever. Whether you’re preserving fertility for the future or actively trying to conceive, they’re here with expert support every step of the way.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
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On this powerful episode, Ali sits down with Lacy Nicole—who you may have seen in the headlines for dating Jesse Lally from the hit reality show The Valley—but her story goes far deeper than Bravo antics. Lacy has endured the unthinkable: she survived a kidnapping before even beginning her infertility journey, and then faced years of debilitating reproductive health struggles—stage four endometriosis, adenomyosis, fibroids, ovarian cysts, polyps, 28 ER visits, and multiple surgeries. She opens up about Lupron shots, induced menopause, internal bleeding, chronic fatigue, and the emotional toll of IVF, miscarriages, anxiety, and PTSD. She also talks about finding strength in the endo community, her current egg freezing journey, and finally finding a medical team who advocates for her care. Raw, honest, and inspiring, Lacy’s story is a testament to resilience, community, and refusing to stay silent. This is an episode you—and anyone navigating infertility or chronic illness—won’t want to miss.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
BELI
IG: @belibaby
www.belibaby.com
Are you thinking about growing your family? Whether you're just starting to plan or are actively trying to conceive, preconception health is key. Beli has vitamins to help both women and men optimize their health before pregnancy. With essential nutrients like Folate, Iodine, and Zinc, Beli ensures your body is ready for this exciting next step. Give yourself and your future baby the best foundation for a healthy start.
Visit Belibaby.com today and use code IAF15 for 15% off your first order.
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Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
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This week, Ali sits down with Savannah Bisby, who shares her infertility story on IG @infertilityfriends, to talk about Savannah's journey so far. She's still in the thick of it, battling endometriosis, doing five IUIs (including double inseminations), a laparoscopy, and taking a deep dive into reproductive immunology. Savannah talks about the emotional whiplash of infertility, including embryo transfer decisions and finding herself on a bachelorette party while waiting for beta results, suspended between hope and dread. Savannah also talks about how Inito, an at-home fertility monitor that tracks your hormones, has helped on her journey, how she finally became pregnant and navigated a devastating loss, and why the summer of 2025 became a heartbreak she and her husband will never forget. Her story is still unfolding, and we are rooting so hard for our sweet friend.
Follow Savannah on IG: @infertilityfriends
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
INITO
https://try.inito.com/hormone-tracking/inf/?discount=INFERTILEAF&utm_source=social_media&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=INFERTILEAF
IG: @initofertiility
For years, clinical labs were the only way to get a clear view of your hormone levels and ovulation patterns. But for many people in the trying to conceive community—especially those with hormone imbalances or conditions like PCOS—frequent lab visits can be costly, inconvenient, and take up a ton of time. This is why I’m excited to tell you about Inito, which is unlike anything else out there. Inito is an at-home fertility monitor that tracks all four key hormones—Estrogen, LH, FSH, and PdG—on a single test strip. Instead of piecing together fragments of info, Inito offers a full, clear picture of your hormone health through a data chart and clear insights that are unique to your body and your cycle.
The Inito Starter Pack is available for just $89 with the code INFERTILEAF at ihttps://try.inito.com/hormone-tracking/inf/?discount=INFERTILEAF&utm_source=social_media&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=INFERTILEAF
EXTEND FERTILITY
IG: @extendfertility
www.extendfertility.com
Fertility shouldn’t be dictated by a timeline. Extend Fertility offers cutting-edge egg and embryo freezing, infertility care, and IVF—all designed to put you in control. Their approach? Research driven, transparent, and personalized. With a world-class lab, exceptional verified success rates backed by nearly a decade of egg freezing results, and pricing lower than the national average, Extend Fertility is making reproductive care more accessible and effective than ever. Whether you’re preserving fertility for the future or actively trying to conceive, they’re here with expert support every step of the way.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
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Today, Ali sits down with Jessica Bell van der Wal, founder of Frame, to talk about her deeply personal fertility journey and what ultimately led her to create a resource to better support others.
Jessica talks about learning about her mother’s miscarriages, growing up Catholic, and facing her own unexpected challenges when trying to conceive. She opens up about having PCOS, a mild thyroid condition, irregular cycles, and ovarian cysts, and also navigating infertility treatment with no fertility coverage. She also gets real about anxiety and shame, the loneliness of late-night Googling, and going through IUI (which ultimately led to her pregnancy).
Follow on IG: @meet_frame
For more, click: www.frameyourfuture.com
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
TTC; ART; IUI success; PCOS; thyroid condition; ovarian cysts; male factor infertility; anxiety; shame
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Order yours now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Today, Ali is joined by Dr. Amanda Adeleye, the founding partner and Medical Director of CCRM Fertility of Chicago -- and an REI who isn’t afraid to tackle some of the biggest myths and misconceptions around fertility. Ali and Dr. Adeleye dig into some of her patients FAQs, from the stereotype that Black-identifying people are “hyper fertile,” to what you should tell your doctor if you have a history of substance use or abuse. They talk about how they are both featured experts who answer questions on Roon.com -- a free, trusted resource built by doctors that helps you navigate your health journey with expert videos. They also bust myths about male factor infertility and whether long-term birth control use contributes to infertility. Spoiler alert: Dr. Adeleye sets the record straight.
Follow on IG: @amanda.j.adeleye_md and @roonwomenshealth
For more, click: www.roon.com
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
TTC; ART; IVF; male factor infertility; substance use and abuse; fertility stereotypes for Black-identifying people; birth control
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
It's a very special minisode with three of Ali's favorite people in the fertility world: Dr. Carrie Bedient, Dr. Susan Hudson and Dr. Abby Eblen, aka Fertility Docs Uncensored. Today, we're diving into their brand-new book, The IVF Blueprint, which comes out September 23. The docs and I break down what they’ve learned from years of guiding patients through IVF—the science, the strategy, and the emotional side of treatment. We talk about why they wrote this book, what each one of them brought to the table, and how it aims to empower anyone navigating infertility with knowledge, clarity, and compassion. Whether you’re just starting to explore IVF, already in treatment, or supporting someone you love, this episode is packed with insights and real talk from some of the most trusted voices in reproductive medicine.
Follow on IG: @fertilitydocsuncensored
For more, click: https://www.fertilitydocsuncensored.com/
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
TTC; ART; IVF; egg retrieval; frozen embryos; embryo transfers; empowerment and education; REIs; what to ask your doctor before IVF
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On today's episode, Ali is joined by Kati Cattaneo—Los Angeles real estate agent, influencer, storyteller, and IVF warrior—for a convo that blends heart, humor, and resilience. Kati opens up about the real and sometimes awkward parts of trying to conceive (“I kinda got crazy with my husband about timing things… and he was like, ‘What the heck—sex is supposed to be fun!’”), navigating her diagnosis of hydrosalpinx, pivoting to IVF, and going through her second egg retrieval on January 7—the very same day the Palisades wildfire destroyed her home. Kati -- who has a big following on IG and TikTok — talks about why she's sharing her infertility journey on socials in real time, what it felt like to lose their home in the LA wildfires (and if they'll rebuild), and where she is now in her family building journey (hint: It's not over yet).
Follow on IG: @katicatt
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
TTC; ART; IVF; Los Angeles wildfires; Palisades fires; hydrosalpinx; timed intercourse; egg retrieval; frozen embryos
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Today, Ali joined by the multifaceted Erica Cobb—TV host, podcaster, and self-proclaimed “eternal optimist”—as she shares her raw and powerful journey through infertility, IVF, and surrogacy. Erica opens up about the challenges she’s faced so far, including a tumor on her pituitary gland, blocked fallopian tubes, and the emotional toll of hearing, “You’re pregnant, but not pregnant enough.” Through it all, Erica remains steeped in gratitude and grounded in intention. We talk about spirit babies, manifestation, navigating roadblocks, and the incredible woman currently carrying her baby as a gestational carrier. Her story is still unfolding-- so make sure to listen in and follow along for what happens next.
For more, go to www.comeback.tv
Follow on IG: @ericacobb
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
TTC; ART; IVF; pituitary gland tumor; blocked fallopian tubes; spirit babies; manifestation; navigating roadblocks
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
INITO
https://try.inito.com/hormone-tracking/inf/?discount=INFERTILEAF&utm_source=social_media&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=INFERTILEAF
IG: @initofertiility
For years, clinical labs were the only way to get a clear view of your hormone levels and ovulation patterns. But for many people in the trying to conceive community—especially those with hormone imbalances or conditions like PCOS—frequent lab visits can be costly, inconvenient, and take up a ton of time. This is why I’m excited to tell you about Inito, which is unlike anything else out there. Inito is an at-home fertility monitor that tracks all four key hormones—Estrogen, LH, FSH, and PdG—on a single test strip. Instead of piecing together fragments of info, Inito offers a full, clear picture of your hormone health through a data chart and clear insights that are unique to your body and your cycle.
The Inito Starter Pack is available for just $89 with the code INFERTILEAF at ihttps://try.inito.com/hormone-tracking/inf/?discount=INFERTILEAF&utm_source=social_media&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=INFERTILEAF
EXTEND FERTILITY
IG: @extendfertility
www.extendfertility.com
Fertility shouldn’t be dictated by a timeline. Extend Fertility offers cutting-edge egg and embryo freezing, infertility care, and IVF—all designed to put you in control. Their approach? Research driven, transparent, and personalized. With a world-class lab, exceptional verified success rates backed by nearly a decade of egg freezing results, and pricing lower than the national average, Extend Fertility is making reproductive care more accessible and effective than ever. Whether you’re preserving fertility for the future or actively trying to conceive, they’re here with expert support every step of the way.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Today, Ali sits down with a true powerhouse in the infertility community: Rebecca Flick, Chief External Affairs Officer at RESOLVE, who has spent the past 20 years advocating for fertility patients nationwide. Rebecca opens up about her own deeply personal infertility journey, including her diagnosis of premature ovarian failure (and how that language has evolved), discovering she carries the MTHFR gene (and what that really means), and navigating IVF. She shares her experience of transferring three embryos, welcoming her son (now a teenager), and conceiving her daughter years later—without ART. Rebecca also reflects on the power of advocacy, how RESOLVE has grown, and the ways the infertility landscape has transformed over the past two decades.
For more, go to www.resolve.org
Follow on IG: @resolve
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
TTC; ART; IVF; MTHFR gene; premature ovarian failure; embryo transfer; advocacy
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
INITO
https://try.inito.com/hormone-tracking/inf/?discount=INFERTILEAF&utm_source=social_media&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=INFERTILEAF
IG: @initofertiility
For years, clinical labs were the only way to get a clear view of your hormone levels and ovulation patterns. But for many people in the trying to conceive community—especially those with hormone imbalances or conditions like PCOS—frequent lab visits can be costly, inconvenient, and take up a ton of time. This is why I’m excited to tell you about Inito, which is unlike anything else out there. Inito is an at-home fertility monitor that tracks all four key hormones—Estrogen, LH, FSH, and PdG—on a single test strip. Instead of piecing together fragments of info, Inito offers a full, clear picture of your hormone health through a data chart and clear insights that are unique to your body and your cycle.
The Inito Starter Pack is available for just $89 with the code INFERTILEAF at ihttps://try.inito.com/hormone-tracking/inf/?discount=INFERTILEAF&utm_source=social_media&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=INFERTILEAF
EXTEND FERTILITY
IG: @extendfertility
www.extendfertility.com
Fertility shouldn’t be dictated by a timeline. Extend Fertility offers cutting-edge egg and embryo freezing, infertility care, and IVF—all designed to put you in control. Their approach? Research driven, transparent, and personalized. With a world-class lab, exceptional verified success rates backed by nearly a decade of egg freezing results, and pricing lower than the national average, Extend Fertility is making reproductive care more accessible and effective than ever. Whether you’re preserving fertility for the future or actively trying to conceive, they’re here with expert support every step of the way.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
It's World IVF Day! Today, Ali is talking to her friend and former Infertile AF guest, Emily Patel, about The Hopeful Families Collection, Emily's new initiative to bring books into public and school libraries to celebrate the many ways families are created, including assisted reproductive technology (ART), adoption, surrogacy, and donor conception, while helping all children learn that every family is built with love and hope. Emily talks about why she created this movement, some of the books that will be included (including Ali's books, Work of ART and Beautiful Bird!) and how listeners can help support the mission. "The goal is to bring awareness," Emily says. "Even with our family, we're a bi-racial couple with donor-conceived children from two different donors, which is not a very traditional story. "It's wanting to allow those families that are unique to be represented in books, and making sure that other families can educate their children from a very early age that it's ok that you have friends who have families that look different from you, that came together differently than you. We can celebrate our differences, because it's truly just love that creates a family."
For more, go to www.hopefulmamafoundation.org
Follow on IG: @hopefulmamafoundation
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
TTC; ART; IVF; IUI; surrogacy; embryo adoption; adoption; single mom by choice; single parent by choice; donor conception
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On this expert minisode, Dylan Morgan of Cascade Cryobank, a sperm bank based in Washington, talks about innovations and recent happenings in the world of sperm donation. Cascade Cryobank was founded in response to the need for safe, high-quality donor sperm that has emerged in recent years. Their mission is to recruit outstanding donors and to produce frozen sperm of exceptional quality for use by families and individuals pursuing assisted reproductive care. Dylan talks about how Cascade Cryobank is implementing video calls between potential donors and recipients, and how AI is being incorporated into the fertility and sperm donation world, making it potentially easier for intended parents and donors.
For more, go to cascadecryobank.com
Follow on IG: @cascadecryobank
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
TTC; ART; sperm donation; innovations in sperm donation; intended parents; AI and fertility
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Meet Keri Croft, an infertility, child loss and surrogacy advocate who went through 16 years of infertility. On today's ep, Keri tells Ali all about her family building journey, which includes having her son, and also the devastating loss of her first girl, Angel, who was missing part of her cerebellum. "It was a horrible, horrible decision to have to make, and I wouldn't wish it on anybody," Keri says of undergoing a TFMR (Termination for Medical Reasons). Keri talks about how a balanced translocation affected their fertility journey, and also how she navigated IUI and IVF. "I tried everything. And of course that takes a toll on your marriage. It was an absolute clusterfuck," she says. Keri also shares how she lost two other girls, Hope and Jade, how she and her husband decided to pursue surrogacy, and launching her workshop, Find Your Dream Surrogate. "After years of fertility treatments, loss, and heartbreak, I eventually had my daughter via a surrogate — a journey I navigated completely independently, without an agency," Keri says. "It was beautiful and brutal and eye-opening in ways I never expected. When it was all said and done, I kept thinking: Why the hell isn’t there a better roadmap for this? So I built one."
For more, go to www.kericroft.com
Follow on IG: @thekericroftshow
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Pregnancy; TFMR; trying to conceive; pregnancy loss; baby loss; IVF; IUI; balanced translocation; surrogacy; ART;
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
INITO
https://try.inito.com/hormone-tracking/inf/?discount=INFERTILEAF&utm_source=social_media&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=INFERTILEAF
IG: @initofertiility
For years, clinical labs were the only way to get a clear view of your hormone levels and ovulation patterns. But for many people in the trying to conceive community—especially those with hormone imbalances or conditions like PCOS—frequent lab visits can be costly, inconvenient, and take up a ton of time. This is why I’m excited to tell you about Inito, which is unlike anything else out there. Inito is an at-home fertility monitor that tracks all four key hormones—Estrogen, LH, FSH, and PdG—on a single test strip. Instead of piecing together fragments of info, Inito offers a full, clear picture of your hormone health through a data chart and clear insights that are unique to your body and your cycle.
The Inito Starter Pack is available for just $89 with the code INFERTILEAF at ihttps://try.inito.com/hormone-tracking/inf/?discount=INFERTILEAF&utm_source=social_media&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=INFERTILEAF
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Today, Ali is talking to Zach and Alexandra French, the founders of the nonprofit organization The Surrogacy Foundation, whose mission "isn't just to raise funds, but to propel surrogacy into the mainstream." Zach and Alexandra share their entire family building story, from how they met and got together to having their first child without Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART). They talk about what happened when Alexandra found a lump in her breast, and how they navigated her cancer diagnosis and treatment. They also talk about Alexandra's double mastectomy, and how they pivoted to surrogacy after her surgery. "My doctor said if we wanted to expand our family, I could no longer carry. We would have to turn towards surrogacy--because if i carried another child, my cancer would return," Alexandra says. They talk about all of the intricacies of surrogacy, from finding a match to navigating the legal side, and share what it was like when their next baby was finally born. They also talk about creating the Surrogacy Foundation and how they've raised more than $500,000 so far to help families in need. "At The Surrogacy Foundation we don't just raise money; we help families every step of the way," they say. "Because education is essential to accessibility, we provide state of the art education based on decades of experience in an easy-to-use format."
For more, go to www.thesurrogacyfoundation.org
Follow on IG: @thesurrogacyfoundation
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Breast cancer; chemotherapy; double mastectomy; trying to conceive; surrogacy; nonprofits; surrogacy grants; ART
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
GENERATIONS CRYOVAULT
www.gencryo.com
IG: @generationscryovault
When you're navigating fertility treatments, every decision feels big—because it is big. But did you know that when it comes to storing your reproductive tissue—including eggs, sperm, and embryos—you DO have a choice? Most clinics automatically store your tissues—or hand you off to their partner. But guess what? It doesn’t have to be that way.
Enter Generations CryoVault, which believes in the motto, "Your tissues. Your choice." When you choose to work with Generations CryoVault, they help you transfer your tissues securely and easily to their headquarters – a place you can trust.
Take control of this part of your journey by visiting gencryo.com. And make sure to mention Infertile AF to receive 1 free month of storage.
INITO
https://try.inito.com/hormone-tracking/inf/?discount=INFERTILEAF&utm_source=social_media&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=INFERTILEAF
IG: @initofertiility
For years, clinical labs were the only way to get a clear view of your hormone levels and ovulation patterns. But for many people in the trying to conceive community—especially those with hormone imbalances or conditions like PCOS—frequent lab visits can be costly, inconvenient, and take up a ton of time. This is why I’m excited to tell you about Inito, which is unlike anything else out there. Inito is an at-home fertility monitor that tracks all four key hormones—Estrogen, LH, FSH, and PdG—on a single test strip. Instead of piecing together fragments of info, Inito offers a full, clear picture of your hormone health through a data chart and clear insights that are unique to your body and your cycle.
The Inito Starter Pack is available for just $89 with the code INFERTILEAF at ihttps://try.inito.com/hormone-tracking/inf/?discount=INFERTILEAF&utm_source=social_media&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=INFERTILEAF
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Our Sponsors:
- Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Dr. Nirali Jain, a Reproductive Endocrinologist at RMA, about the importance of fertility preservation for cancer patients. "I do feel like the system failed us a little bit, and I tell all my patients when they come in for their first visit, your entire life, you learned how to not get pregnant, and you never thought you'd be sitting in this office learning about timed intercourse and figuring out when you're ovulating," Dr. Jain says. Ali and Dr. Jain talk about how chemo can affect fertility, what your options are when you get a cancer diagnosis, and how to get a referral to a fertility specialist from your oncologist. If you or anyone you know has recently been diagnosed with cancer and you're interested in preserving your fertility, this is a must listen! Spread the word!
Follow Dr. Jain on IG: @eggspert_md
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Cancer; chemotherapy; chemo agents; egg quality; egg freezing; embryo freezing; advocacy; trying to conceive; timed intercourse; ovulation
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
GENERATIONS CRYOVAULT
www.gencryo.com
IG: @generationscryovault
When you're navigating fertility treatments, every decision feels big—because it is big. But did you know that when it comes to storing your reproductive tissue—including eggs, sperm, and embryos—you DO have a choice? Most clinics automatically store your tissues—or hand you off to their partner. But guess what? It doesn’t have to be that way.
Enter Generations CryoVault, which believes in the motto, "Your tissues. Your choice." When you choose to work with Generations CryoVault, they help you transfer your tissues securely and easily to their headquarters – a place you can trust.
Take control of this part of your journey by visiting gencryo.com. And make sure to mention Infertile AF to receive 1 free month of storage.
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Our Sponsors:
- Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On this episode, Ali talks to Julia Midwinter, a Fertility and Pregnancy Mindset Coach who supports women struggling to conceive or who are pregnant after IVF or miscarriage. Julia shares her own infertility journey, including her diagnosis of endometriosis, her five year journey to conceive her son through IVF, and her two miscarriages. She talks about ovarian cysts, fertility acupuncture, and how she felt navigating all of the above. She also talks about what she learned from her own infertility coach, and why she decided to become one. "So many of us have experienced the elation of having a positive pregnancy test, and then the devastation of it being taken away," Julia says. "However lonely you feel, there are so many other people experiencing the same."
For more info, go to www.pineapplecoaching.co.uk
Follow on IG: @pineapplefertilitycoaching
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Endometriosis; IVF; miscarriage; pregnancy after loss; mental health; secondary infertility; fertility coaching; acupuncture; ovarian cysts
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
GENERATIONS CRYOVAULT
www.gencryo.com
IG: @generationscryovault
When you're navigating fertility treatments, every decision feels big—because it is big. But did you know that when it comes to storing your reproductive tissue—including eggs, sperm, and embryos—you DO have a choice? Most clinics automatically store your tissues—or hand you off to their partner. But guess what? It doesn’t have to be that way.
Enter Generations CryoVault, which believes in the motto, "Your tissues. Your choice." When you choose to work with Generations CryoVault, they help you transfer your tissues securely and easily to their headquarters – a place you can trust.
Take control of this part of your journey by visiting gencryo.com. And make sure to mention Infertile AF to receive 1 free month of storage.
BELI
IG: @belibaby
www.belibaby.com
Are you thinking about growing your family? Whether you're just starting to plan or are actively trying to conceive, preconception health is key. Beli has vitamins to help both women and men optimize their health before pregnancy. With essential nutrients like Folate, Iodine, and Zinc, Beli ensures your body is ready for this exciting next step. Give yourself and your future baby the best foundation for a healthy start.
Visit Belibaby.com today and use code IAF15 for 15% off your first order.
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Our Sponsors:
- Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af-infertility-and-modern-family-building-through-art/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Marea Goodman, licensed midwife, author, and founder of PregnantTogether, a virtual community supporting queer folks and solo parents from preconception through parenting. Marea co-authored the book, Baby Making for Everybody–Fertility and Family Building for LGBTQ+ and Solo Parents, and today, they share their family building story, including having an early loss via IUI, and also having their son through IUI. They talk about their passion for empowering people with the information they deserve to grow their families, and about dismantling the isolation and stigma that still surrounds queer and solo parenthood. They also talk about inclusive midwifery, queer fertility, and how we can better support all kinds of families on their journey to parenthood. "We're trying to create a community for folks who don't fit into the mainstream family building world, to build connections, share resources and rely on each other. It's been a beautiful thing that has also really helped me personally on my queer parenting journey," Marea says.
For more info, go to www.pregnanttogether.com
Follow on IG: @pregnanttogether.community
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Solo parenting; LBGTQ+ family building; queer family building; donor eggs; donor sperm; midwifery; pregnancy; birth; postpartum; mental health
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
GENERATIONS CRYOVAULT
www.gencryo.com
IG: @generationscryovault
When you're navigating fertility treatments, every decision feels big—because it is big. But did you know that when it comes to storing your reproductive tissue—including eggs, sperm, and embryos—you DO have a choice? Most clinics automatically store your tissues—or hand you off to their partner. But guess what? It doesn’t have to be that way.
Enter Generations CryoVault, which believes in the motto, "Your tissues. Your choice." When you choose to work with Generations CryoVault, they help you transfer your tissues securely and easily to their headquarters – a place you can trust.
Take control of this part of your journey by visiting gencryo.com. And make sure to mention Infertile AF to receive 1 free month of storage.
BELI
IG: @belibaby
www.belibaby.com
Are you thinking about growing your family? Whether you're just starting to plan or are actively trying to conceive, preconception health is key. Beli has vitamins to help both women and men optimize their health before pregnancy. With essential nutrients like Folate, Iodine, and Zinc, Beli ensures your body is ready for this exciting next step. Give yourself and your future baby the best foundation for a healthy start.
Visit Belibaby.com today and use code IAF15 for 15% off your first order.
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Our Sponsors:
- Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
It's another Expert Minisode! Did you know that when it comes to storing your reproductive tissue—including eggs, sperm, and embryos—you have a choice? Most clinics automatically store your tissues—or hand you off to their partner. But guess what? It doesn’t have to be that way. Today, Ali is talking to Courtney Dennewitz, Chief Operations Officer and Co-Founder of Generations CryoVault, which is driven by a deep passion to “do things right” in the world of fertility preservation, armed with the motto, "Your Tissues, Your Choice." Courtney, who has more than 17 years of industry experience in cryostorage, talks about how GenCryo is passionate about providing the safest, most reliable storage option for patients and clinics alike. She also answers every question Ali could think of when it comes to fertility preservation, including, What safety and monitoring systems are in place at GenCryo? How is tissue protected in the event of unforeseen circumstances, such as natural disasters or equipment failures? And how has cryostorage changed in the past few decades? "You might argue that we go a little overboard ensuring that they never warm, but we prefer to do more than necessary to avoid a heartbreaking disaster," Courtney says.
For more info, go to GenCryo.com -- and mention Infertile AF to receive 1 free month of storage. Because this isn’t just storage—it’s part of your family-building story.
Follow on IG: @generationscryovault
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Reproductive tissue; embryo storage; egg storage; infertility; IVF; TTC community; TTC support
EPISODE SPONSORS:
BEAUTIFUL BIRD AND WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book Series about IVF, IUI and Family Building Through Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
The latest book in the Work of ART series, “Beautiful Bird” tells the story of three parents, one incredible boy and a family built with love—and a little bit of science.
Pre-orders are available now! The first 150 copies will be Personalized, Signed and Numbered! Don't miss out on this limited edition! Tap the link in bio and stories to order your copy today.
When Helen decides to have a baby on her own, she welcomes Jack Bird into the world through IUI with the help of her friend, Aaron. But when Jack is born and needs extra care in the NICU, Aaron and his partner, Blake, fall in love with Jack, too. Together, the three join forces to raise Jack, proving that family isn’t about how you start—it’s about how you grow.
Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
BELI
IG: @belibaby
www.belibaby.com
Are you thinking about growing your family? Whether you're just starting to plan or are actively trying to conceive, preconception health is key. Beli has vitamins to help both women and men optimize their health before pregnancy. With essential nutrients like Folate, Iodine, and Zinc, Beli ensures your body is ready for this exciting next step. Give yourself and your future baby the best foundation for a healthy start.
Visit Belibaby.com today and use code IAF15 for 15% off your first order.
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On today's episode, Ali talks to Whitney, a surrogate, and her husband, Geremi, about working with ConceiveAbilities, a leading egg donor and surrogacy agency. When people think about surrogacy, they often focus on the surrogate herself—but what about her partner? The truth is, a strong, supportive partner can make all the difference. Emotional strength, physical support, shared sacrifice—surrogacy is a team effort in every sense. Today, we're getting a behind-the-scenes look at what that partnership really looks like. Whitney, an experienced surrogate with ConceiveAbilities who delivered for her intended parents about a year and a half ago—and her husband, Geremi, who serves in the U.S. Air Force, talk about Whitney's decision to become a surrogate; building their own family (including a devastating miscarriage); what happened when they met the intended parents; surrogacy and military life; and much more. They also talk about how the experience transformed not just Whitney’s life, but Geremi’s too.
Find out more about ConceiveAbilities on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/conceiveabilities/
For more information on surrogacy or becoming a surrogate click on this link:
https://share.conceiveabilities.com/apratoraf
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
TTC; miscarriage; surrogacy; IVF; egg retrieval; surrogacy success; military life
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
BELI
IG: @belibaby
www.belibaby.com
Are you thinking about growing your family? Whether you're just starting to plan or are actively trying to conceive, preconception health is key. Beli has vitamins to help both women and men optimize their health before pregnancy. With essential nutrients like Folate, Iodine, and Zinc, Beli ensures your body is ready for this exciting next step. Give yourself and your future baby the best foundation for a healthy start.
Visit Belibaby.com today and use code IAF15 for 15% off your first order.
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Welcome back to another expert minisode! Today Ali is talking to Dr. Molly Quinn, is a Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility specialist with HRC Fertility. Dr, Quinn prioritizes direct communication with patients and will always make herself available to patients for any questions, and today, she is answering ALL the things about Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, or "RPL." Ali and Dr. Quinn talk about how
recurrent pregnancy loss is medically defined, how common it is, who is most at risk, what the most frequent causes of recurrent miscarriage and so much more. You do not want to miss this one! If you know anyone who has experienced or is experiencing RPL, please pass this episode on to them!
Follow her on IG: @mollyquinnmd @hrcfertilitypasadena @hrcfertility
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Recurrent pregnancy loss; miscarriage; fertility tests; infertility; IVF; genetic testing; chromosomal issues; mental health support;
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
BELI
IG: @belibaby
www.belibaby.com
Are you thinking about growing your family? Whether you're just starting to plan or are actively trying to conceive, preconception health is key. Beli has vitamins to help both women and men optimize their health before pregnancy. With essential nutrients like Folate, Iodine, and Zinc, Beli ensures your body is ready for this exciting next step. Give yourself and your future baby the best foundation for a healthy start.
Visit Belibaby.com today and use code IAF15 for 15% off your first order.
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
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Do not miss our celeb guest today! Ali is talking to the incredible Riki Lindome, a prolific, Emmy nominated comedian and actress from Knives Out; Wednesday; The Big Bang Theory; her musical duo, Garfunkel and Oates; and her one-woman show about her infertility journey, Dead Inside. Riki gets real with Ali about her family building journey, including how she navigated infertility, IVF, a devastating pregnancy loss, an adoption journey and finally, surrogacy. Riki also talks about her new solo comedy album, No Worries if Not, her sweet son, Keaton (whom she’s raising with her husband, comedian and actor Fred Armisen), and how it felt to hold him in her arms for the very first time. She also talks about the amazing bond she has with her surrogate, and how humor and honesty helped them through it all.
Follow her on IG: @rikilindhome
Check out her work: rikilindhome.com
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; egg retrieval; pregnancy loss; products of conception; surrogacy; adoption; embryo donation
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
NEWGEN FAMILIES
IG: @newgenfamilies
NewGen Families is known for their thoughtful matches and their empathetic and expert care when it comes to both surrogates and future parents.
For more, go to: https://newgenfamilies.com
EXTEND FERTILITY
IG: @extendfertility
www.extendfertility.com
Fertility shouldn’t be dictated by a timeline. Extend Fertility offers cutting-edge egg and embryo freezing, infertility care, and IVF—all designed to put you in control. Their approach? Research driven, transparent, and personalized. With a world-class lab, exceptional verified success rates backed by nearly a decade of egg freezing results, and pricing lower than the national average, Extend Fertility is making reproductive care more accessible and effective than ever. Whether you’re preserving fertility for the future or actively trying to conceive, they’re here with expert support every step of theway.
BELI
IG: @belibaby
www.belibaby.com
Are you thinking about growing your family? Whether you're just starting to plan or are actively trying to conceive, preconception health is key. Beli has vitamins to help both women and men optimize their health before pregnancy. With essential nutrients like Folate, Iodine, and Zinc, Beli ensures your body is ready for this exciting next step. Give yourself and your future baby the best foundation for a healthy start.
Visit Belibaby.com today and use code IAF15 for 15% off your first order.
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
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Today, Ali sits down with her dear friend and Fertility Rally member, Caitlin Trabert, for a raw and powerful conversation about her long and deeply emotional path to parenthood. Caitlin opens up about the heartbreak of multiple pregnancies and subsequent losses, her husband's balanced translocation, and the toll of IVF—physically, emotionally, and mentally. From the crushing "egg winner" high to the "zero embryos" low, a surprise pregnancy that ended in miscarriage, and learning her mom had breast cancer on the same day she was miscarrying—Caitlin talks about how hard it is to trust your body after so much loss, and joining Fertility Rally—an experience she describes as the best decision she's made. She talks about welcoming her daughter, Parker, into the world, and finally, being pregnant again with a baby that's due this year.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; TTC; pregnancy loss; miscarriage; IVF; embryo transfers; egg retrievals, pregnancy after infertility; balanced translocation
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
BELI
IG: @belibaby
www.belibaby.com
Are you thinking about growing your family? Whether you're just starting to plan or are actively trying to conceive, preconception health is key. Beli has vitamins to help both women and men optimize their health before pregnancy. With essential nutrients like Folate, Iodine, and Zinc, Beli ensures your body is ready for this exciting next step. Give yourself and your future baby the best foundation for a healthy start.
Visit Belibaby.com today and use code IAF15 for 15% off your first order.
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Our Sponsors:
- Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
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Today, Ali is talking to Lana Manikowski, a fellow Chicagoan, a certified life coach and the author of "So Now What?" -- a roadmap to help you create a life you love without the children you always dreamed about. Lana tells Ali about her years-long infertility journey, starting with an "unexplained infertility" diagnosis and 7 IUIs. Lana explains moving on to IVF, traveling to get treatment in Colorado, doing several rounds of IVF, and how she and her husband decided to stop treatment and embrace their lives without children. "So many women are left to navigate this alone," she says. "Here I was, left to figure out who I was gonna be in my life without motherhood. And there was no one there--not even a referral for a therapist." Lana has made it her goal to help other women navigate childlessness after infertility, from her book to her advocacy to The Other's Day brunch, which takes place each year in Chicago around Mother's Day.
For more, go to https://lanamanikowski.com
and follow her on IG: @lana.manikowski
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; TTC; unexplained infertility; IUI; IVF; childless not by choice
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
BELI
IG: @belibaby
www.belibaby.com
Are you thinking about growing your family? Whether you're just starting to plan or are actively trying to conceive, preconception health is key. Beli has vitamins to help both women and men optimize their health before pregnancy. With essential nutrients like Folate, Iodine, and Zinc, Beli ensures your body is ready for this exciting next step. Give yourself and your future baby the best foundation for a healthy start.
Visit Belibaby.com today and use code IAF15 for 15% off your first order.
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Our Sponsors:
-
Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
-
Check out My Life in a Book and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://mylifeinabook.com
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
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Today Ali is talking to Libby Wicks, a surrogacy mama who went through a five-plus year struggle to have her baby girl. Libby talks about her not one, but two ectopic pregnancies, her emergency tube removal, and being diagnosed (wrongly, she would find out much later) with Asherman's Syndrome. She also talks about IVF and how her infertility journey affected her mental health. "I was suffering from anxiety," she says. "There were many days I wasn't able to leave the house. I wasn't able to work, and it was absolutely devastating. I was a shell of myself. And I want other women to know that that is actually normal." Libby talks about pivoting to surrogacy and finding NewGen Families, which is known for their thoughtful matches and their empathetic and expert care when it comes to both surrogates and future parents. She talks about bonding with her surrogate, the group text she had with her husband and her surrogate; and after going through so much heartache, finally bringing home her baby girl.
For more, follow them on IG @newgenfamilies
Or go to: https://newgenfamilies.com
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; TTC; ectopic pregnancies; trauma; IVF; normalizing the conversation around ART; anxiety and depression; Asherman's syndrome; surrogacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
EXTEND FERTILITY
IG: @extendfertility
www.extendfertility.com
Fertility shouldn’t be dictated by a timeline. Extend Fertility offers cutting-edge egg and embryo freezing, infertility care, and IVF—all designed to put you in control. Their approach? Research driven, transparent, and personalized. With a world-class lab, exceptional verified success rates backed by nearly a decade of egg freezing results, and pricing lower than the national average, Extend Fertility is making reproductive care more accessible and effective than ever. Whether you’re preserving fertility for the future or actively trying to conceive, they’re here with expert support every step of theway.
BELI
IG: @belibaby
www.belibaby.com
Are you thinking about growing your family? Whether you're just starting to plan or are actively trying to conceive, preconception health is key. Beli has vitamins to help both women and men optimize their health before pregnancy. With essential nutrients like Folate, Iodine, and Zinc, Beli ensures your body is ready for this exciting next step. Give yourself and your future baby the best foundation for a healthy start.
Visit Belibaby.com today and use code IAF15 for 15% off your first order.
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Our Sponsors:
-
Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
-
Check out My Life in a Book and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://mylifeinabook.com
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Dr. Jessica Zucker is a Los Angeles-based psychologist specializing in reproductive and maternal mental health. Today, Ali is talking to Jessica about her new book, "Normalize It," her first book, "I Had a Miscarriage," and Jessica's own infertility journey, including a devastating pregnancy loss at 16 weeks. "I felt like I was living in a documentary, like, How is this my life?" Jessica says. They also talk about women lifting each other up; normalizing the conversation around IVF; miscarriage and navigating pregnancy after loss; and more.
For more, go to: https://www.drjessicazucker.com/
Order Normalize It: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1683738144
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; TTC; miscarriage; D&C trauma; IVF; normalizing the conversation around ART; pregnancy after loss
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
EXTEND FERTILITY
IG: @extendfertility
www.extendfertility.com
Fertility shouldn’t be dictated by a timeline. Extend Fertility offers cutting-edge egg and embryo freezing, infertility care, and IVF—all designed to put you in control. Their approach? Research driven, transparent, and personalized. With a world-class lab, exceptional verified success rates backed by nearly a decade of egg freezing results, and pricing lower than the national average, Extend Fertility is making reproductive care more accessible and effective than ever. Whether you’re preserving fertility for the future or actively trying to conceive, they’re here with expert support every step of theway.
BELI
IG: @belibaby
www.belibaby.com
Are you thinking about growing your family? Whether you're just starting to plan or are actively trying to conceive, preconception health is key. Beli has vitamins to help both women and men optimize their health before pregnancy. With essential nutrients like Folate, Iodine, and Zinc, Beli ensures your body is ready for this exciting next step. Give yourself and your future baby the best foundation for a healthy start.
Visit Belibaby.com today and use code IAF15 for 15% off your first order.
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Our Sponsors:
-
Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
-
Check out My Life in a Book and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://mylifeinabook.com
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
It's another Infertile AF expert minisode! On today's episode, Ali welcomes Emily Oster, a Professor of Economics at Brown University, a bestselling author, and the founder of ParentData.org. Emily has a talent for translating complex data into practical advice—an approach that has made her a trusted voice for millions of parents. Today, she and Ali talk about sex ed, fertility, birth control, secondary infertility, endometriosis, and advocating for yourself in terms of healthcare and your medical team. Emily and Ali also explore the question, What should we be teaching the next generation, and how do we better prepare them for their futures than we were prepared?
For more, go to: https://parentdata.org/
Follow Emily @profemilyoster
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; TTC; sex education; endometriosis; birth control; fertility
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
BELI
IG: @belibaby
www.belibaby.com
Are you thinking about growing your family? Whether you're just starting to plan or are actively trying to conceive, preconception health is key. Beli has vitamins to help both women and men optimize their health before pregnancy. With essential nutrients like Folate, Iodine, and Zinc, Beli ensures your body is ready for this exciting next step. Give yourself and your future baby the best foundation for a healthy start.
Visit Belibaby.com today and use code IAF15 for 15% off your first order.
Our Sponsors:
- Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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On today's episode, Ali interviews Kristin Duncan, a single mom by choice, about the journey to having her 2 1/2 year old son, Blake. Kristin explains why she made the decision to have a kiddo on her own and talks us through the entire process, from having a "sperm donor choosing party" with her sisters to finding out she had stage two silent endometriosis (but no symptoms). She talks about connecting with others in the single mom by choice community, and says, "In the single mother by choice community, you don't find a lot of people who regret going ahead and having a baby on their own. The most surprising thing was just that everyone was so happy with their decision." She talks about the pros and cons of doing it solo, gaining 40 pounds from taking the fertility meds, and how everything was "insanely expensive." She also talks about having her son, and later, embarking on the journey to have another child, which has so far included two failed egg donors. Kristin is not finished building her family, so follow along on IG @mysmbclife
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; TTC; sex education; endometriosis; silent endometriosis; single moms by choice; egg retrievals; egg transfers; sperm donation
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
BELI
IG: @belibaby
www.belibaby.com
Are you thinking about growing your family? Whether you're just starting to plan or are actively trying to conceive, preconception health is key. Beli has vitamins to help both women and men optimize their health before pregnancy. With essential nutrients like Folate, Iodine, and Zinc, Beli ensures your body is ready for this exciting next step. Give yourself and your future baby the best foundation for a healthy start.
Visit Belibaby.com today and use code IAF15 for 15% off your first order.
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help.
To find out more go to www.embryosolution.com
Our Sponsors:
- Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
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Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to the "Vanderpump Rules" and "The Valley" GOAT: Kristen Doute. Kristen shares her entire family building story, starting with back in the day, when she and co-star Scheana Shay talked about freezing their eggs (although Kristen didn't do it then) to today, when she is happily engaged and expecting her first baby, a daughter, in June. Kristen talks about the sex education (or lack thereof) she got growing up in Michigan; how, when she met Luke, she was about to be 40 "and not playing around," and how she really wanted a family and stability. She talks about how she and Luke started to "not, not try" for a baby; getting pregnant naturally; and then, a devastating pregnancy loss (in her case, a "blighted ovum"). Kristen also talks about the unsexiness of sex on demand; going to see a fertility specialist, and how she felt triggered by the word, "infertile." She also talks about IUI; becoming pregnant after their loss; a bleeding scare at 12 or 13 weeks gestation; and how she and Luke are thriving today, waiting for the arrival of their baby girl -- and the second season of their hit Bravo reality show, "The Valley."
Follow Kristen on IG: @kristendoute
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; TTC; sex education; chemical pregnancy; egg freezing; blighted ovum; miscarriage; IUI; hormones; pregnancy after loss; pregnancy hematoma; threatened miscarriage; guilt
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
EXTEND FERTILITY
IG: @extendfertility
www.extendfertility.com
Fertility shouldn’t be dictated by a timeline. Extend Fertility offers cutting-edge egg and embryo freezing, infertility care, and IVF—all designed to put you in control. Their approach? Research driven, transparent, and personalized. With a world-class lab, exceptional verified success rates backed by nearly a decade of egg freezing results, and pricing lower than the national average, Extend Fertility is making reproductive care more accessible and effective than ever. Whether you’re preserving fertility for the future or actively trying to conceive, they’re here with expert support every step of theway.
BELI
IG: @belibaby
www.belibaby.com
Are you thinking about growing your family? Whether you're just starting to plan or are actively trying to conceive, preconception health is key. Beli has vitamins to help both women and men optimize their health before pregnancy. With essential nutrients like Folate, Iodine, and Zinc, Beli ensures your body is ready for this exciting next step. Give yourself and your future baby the best foundation for a healthy start.
Visit Belibaby.com today and use code IAF15 for 15% off your first order.
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help.
To find out more go to www.embryosolution.com
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Today, Ali is talking to Roxy Earle, an entrepreneur, influencer, and star of The Real Housewives of Toronto, alongside her husband, Dr. Arnold Mahesan, a respected fertility specialist. Roxy and Arnold share their family building journey, including how Roxy was told by a few doctors, before she met and fell in love with Arnold, that in order to have children, she'd have to "lose weight and do IVF." Roxy talks about how Arnold put her on a "very robust" lifestyle program, including fitness changes, managing inflammation and taking supplements, and how she was able to successfully get pregnant and have two healthy babies at ages 38 and 39. Roxy and Arnold then share how they created the Ana app, which incorporates everything they learned during their own journey, and more. "The problem with infertility is that you don't know about it until it's too late. I wish someone had informed me about these things earlier on in life," Roxy says. For more on Ana — an app dedicated to empowering women with fertility knowledge, tools, and resources, see below.
Follow Roxy on IG @luxuriousroxy and Arnold on IG @drarnoldmd and Ana on IG @theanaapp
For more, go to https://www.anahealth.com/
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; TTC; IVF; weight management; supplements; fertility doctors; advocacy; fertility apps; inflammation
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
CASCADE CRYOBANK
Cascade Cryobank is changing the world of sperm banking every day by providing you with the best family-building experience you could hope for.
In an industry first, Cascade Cryobank has brought it’s “Early Disclosure Program” to the market – you no longer have to wait 18 years– now you can learn the Identity of your “Early Disclosure” donor at the report of a live birth conceived from their sperm. Let Cascade Cryobank help you grow your family with clarity, confidence, and compassion. Visit their website at www.cascadecryobank.com, and find your future, today!
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EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help.
To find out more go to www.embryosolution.com
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Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
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Today, Ali is talking to Fertility Rally member Keren, who is still in the thick of her years-long infertility journey. Keren talks about growing up with seven siblings in "evangelical spaces," how her parents opted her out of sex ed in school; and having one of her ovaries removed, due to a cyst, at the age of 16. She talks about having a chemical pregnancy, followed by a "lot of disappointing cycles." She shares how having timed intercourse is "stressful and not sexy," what happened when they found out her husband had a low sperm count, and pivoting to IVF. She also talks about getting pregnant but receiving the devastating news that her baby was missing part of her cerebellum and measuring about 10 days behind. Keren talks about navigating this very difficult time; the pain of finding out that their baby's heart had stopped beating; and making the decision to give birth to their daughter, Iris, in Labor & Delivery. She also shares her advice on talking to parents who have lost a baby, and where she and her husband are now in their family building journey.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; ovarian cysts; TTC; sex education; chemical pregnancy; Hashimoto's; male factor infertility; low sperm count; miscarriage; IVF; egg retrieval; baby loss
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help.
To find out more go to www.embryosolution.com
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
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Today, Ali is catching up with Mrs. North Carolina 2018 and IVF mom of two, Nichelle Sublett. Ali and Nichelle first spoke on Infertile AF back in 2019 -- and a lot has happened since then! At the time, Nichelle was 32 weeks pregnant with her first baby, son Hudson, who is now five. Nichelle had suffered five miscarriages and felt like her body was broken before Hudson -- and she fills Ali in on the rest of her infertility journey, including navigating Covid with a toddler; feeling like she couldn't complain about motherhood after going through infertility; and their next IVF transfer, which resulted in a second baby, their daughter, Siena. Nichelle also talks about her new fertility coaching business, Start Asking Fertility. "It's my mission to help people thrive through this time versus just survive, because I feel like I just barely survived it," she says.
For more, go to https://www.startaskingfertility.com/
Follow on IG @startaskingfertility
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; TTC; miscarriage; IVF; egg retrieval; IVF success; infertility community; fertility coaching; PCOS
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help.
To find out more go to www.embryosolution.com
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
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It's a very special crossover episode! Today, Ali talks to the three brilliant and badass board certified reproductive endocrinologists from Fertility Doctors Uncensored, Dr. Carrie Bedient, Dr. Abby Eblen and Dr. Susan Hudson. Ali and the Doctors talk about separating fact from fiction, why community is so important in the infertility community, and why Ali wrote her children's book about IVF, "Work of ART." Ali shares some of her infertility story, the doctors talk about their own fertility challenges and share some frequently asked questions, and then they all talk about their respective news books coming out.
For more info, go to https://www.fertilitydocsuncensored.com/
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; TTC; miscarriage; IUI; IVF; egg retrieval; IVF success; infertility community; secondary infertility; talking to kids about IVF
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help.
To find out more go to www.embryosolution.com
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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On today's episode, Ali talks to Intended Parent, Maggie, and Surrogate, Jessie, about working with ConceiveAbilities, a leading egg donor and surrogacy agency. Maggie explains how she and her husband, Matt, started trying to conceive more than five years ago. She talks about seven rounds of Clomid, multiple miscarriages, and moving on to IVF. When that wasn't successful, she pivoted to surrogacy, after she and Matt were matched with Jessie. Jessie talks about being a nurse, why there are so many nurses who become surrogates, and why she decided to become a surrogate in the first place. "My heart just ached for women who couldn't have babies," Jessie says. "I love my babies so much. I feel so deeply passionate about making sure that another woman has a chance to love a baby, because it's just the greatest gift." Maggie and Jessie talk about meeting for lunch before the transfer, their deep bond, the difficulties of her pregnancy, and finally, how Maggie's daughter, Josie, entered the world. Maggie also talks about where she and Matt are now. Make sure to stay tuned to the end!
Find out more about ConceiveAbilities on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/conceiveabilities/
For more information on ConceiveAbilities Empower Nurse Campaign click on this link:
https://share.conceiveabilities.com/apratonc
For more information on surrogacy or becoming a surrogate click on this link:
https://share.conceiveabilities.com/apratoraf
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; TTC; miscarriage; Clomid; IUI; IVF; egg retrieval; immunotherapy drugs; surrogacy; IVF success; surrogacy success
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help.
To find out more go to www.embryosolution.com
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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It's another expert minisode! Today, Ali is talking to award-winning doctor Dr. Joshua U. Klein, co-founder of Extend Fertility, about a groundbreaking new fertility treatment called Fertilo, by Gameto. Dr. Klein (who, as you may know, is also the doctor who helped Ali and Vince have Sonny via IVF), explains exactly what Fertilo is and how it works in terms of egg freezing and IVF. He explains how Fertilo can shorten IVF and egg freezing cycles, who the best candidates are, and what research and clinical studies have been done to back the efficacy of Fertilo. "If Fertilo is working as we hope it is and it seems like it is, we can shorten and minimize both the duration and the amount of medication that women are doing," he says. "Egg freezing could become a three to five day thing. This is one of the first things in the last decade that has some serious groundbreaking potential, and I'm excited to be a part of it." He also talks about other innovations he and the team at Extend are excited about, and who would play him in a biopic.
For more information on Extend, go to https://extendfertility.com/
For more information about Fertilo and Gameto, go to https://www.gametogen.com/fertilo
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; TTC; IVF; IVM; egg freezing; egg retrieval; frozen embryo transfer; Fertilo; Gameto; hormone injections; stem cell technology; IVF success
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help.
To find out more go to www.embryosolution.com
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to her dear friend and Fertility Rally member, Mesha Hardesty. Mesha tells Ali about getting her period at the age of 10, a cyst that led her to go on birth control at age 12, and painful periods that would "drop me to the floor." She talks about trying to have a baby, going through infertility during the pandemic, and what happened when she was finally diagnosed with stage-4 endometriosis. She also talks about her husband's semen analysis, pivoting to IVF, OHSS, endo surgery, why she had to have a D&C and having her two baby girls via IVF.
IG: @meshahardesty
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; TTC; endometriosis; stage-4 endo; ovarian cysts; IVF; egg retrieval; OHSS; frozen embryo transfer; pregnancy after infertility; placenta accreta; D&C IVF success
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini. Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help.
To find out more go to www.embryosolution.com
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Ginanne Brownell, author of "Elusive Mommyhood: An Investigative Reporter’s Personal Journey into IVF and Surrogacy." Comedian and surrogacy mom Tig Notaro says of the book,"A very important book for everyone, relevant to our times." On the pod, Ginanne tells Ali about freezing her eggs, a devastating miscarriage at seven weeks, and later, after her doctor said, "I think we need to accept that you have unexplained infertility," how she went down the IVF road with her husband. She also talks about pivoting to surrogacy, getting matched with a gestational carrier, transferring two embryos, and what it finally felt like to hold her twins. A Michigan native, Ginanne also shares how she helped change Michigan’s surrogacy law.
To order "Elusive Mommyhood," go to Bookshop.org, Barnes and Noble and Amazon
IG: @elusive.mommyhood
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; TTC; egg freezing; IVF; unexplained infertility; surrogacy; surrogacy law; miscarriage; embryo transfer; twin IVF babies
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini. Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help.
To find out more go to www.embryosolution.com
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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It’s an Infertile AF Minisode! On today’s episode, Ali chats with Dr. Armando Hernandez-Rey of Conceptions Florida about all things infertility. Included: What's the number one question he gets asked by fertility patients? Is there a good season to freeze your eggs? What are the biggest advances in the fertility world? What changes are happening in IVF labs?
How is AI going to affect IVF and ART? And what about Ozempic babies? Does Ozempic affect fertility?
He rapid fire answers the Qs -- you might learn a lot in 12 minutes!
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; unexplained infertility; TTC; AI and fertility; egg freezing; Ozempic
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini. Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help. To find out more go to embryosolution.com
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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It's a very special episode! Ali's beloved PIBAC (Partner in Biz and Claw), Blair Nelson @fabivfmama, is back to share the third installment of her years-long infertility journey. Blair and Ali pick up where they left off during their last episode, in 2022, when Blair was pregnant with her son, Baron, but they had received devastating news that he had been diagnosed with a very rare condition called Limb Body Wall Complex. Blair talks about traveling from her home in Austin, TX to Colorado to undergo a Termination for Medical Reasons (TFMR). She talks about the amazing fellow TFMR mamas n this community who helped her navigate that difficult time, and how the procedure did not go exactly as planned, putting her life at risk. She shares how she and her husband, Will, transferred another embryo months later, although it did not implant. She also talks about deciding to transfer their "mighty mosaic" embryo, the advice she got from her doctors, and finally getting pregnant and having their miracle baby, Margot, in October 2024.
For more follow Blair at @fabivfmama and @fertilityrally
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; TTC; TFMR; placenta accreta; embryo transfer; mosaic embryos; pregnancy after loss; Roe v. Wade
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini. Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help. To find out more go to embryosolution.com
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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It’s an Infertile AF Minisode! On today’s episode, Ali chats with Dr. Jennifer Hintzsche, Ph.D., a scientist and the founder of PherDal Fertility Science, Inc. Jenn shares her 16-month journey with unexplained infertility and how her frustration with the diagnosis led her to take matters into her own hands. Using her scientific expertise and her husband’s engineering skills, Jenn invented a sterile, at-home insemination device that ultimately helped her conceive. Tune in to hear Jenn’s story and learn more about the innovation born from her personal experience.
For more information, visit www.pherdal.com.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; unexplained infertility; TTC; at-home insemination; pregnancy after infertility
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini. Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help. To find out more go to embryosolution.com
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Get ready for an amazing conversation with Kellie Gerardi, an astronaut, researcher, mom, and space industry sensation who made history when she flew as a payload specialist on the Galactic 05 research mission in 2023. "I had two dreams growing up: I was fascinated with space, and I always pictured myself having a family," Kellie says. Today, Ali and Kellie talk about how she launched her career, and also about the difficult infertility journey she is navigating currently. Kellie shares the journey to having her daughter, Delta, who is now 7, and what happened when she started to try for baby number two. She talks about a number of pregnancy losses, including a devastating second trimester loss, and when they made the decision to do IVF. Kellie is in the midst of her journey, about to do an embryo transfer, and we are wishing her nothing but the best.
For more, follow her on IG @kelliegerardi
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; secondary infertility; pregnancy; pregnancy loss; miscarriage; IVF; embryo transfer; egg retrieval
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini. Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help. To find out more go to embryosolution.com
PIXEL CARE
Pixel Care is a complete fertility support system designed to actually make treatments easier and less stressful for fertility patients. Pixel helps you keep track of your medications, your dosages, your deliveries and your side effects. It also has a 24/7 chat where you can talk to a medical professional about anything regarding your cycle - from medication questions to insurance benefits.
For more, head to Pixelcarehealth.com or download Pixel Care in the app store for free
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code INFERTILEAF for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Time for another Infertile AF minisode! Today, Ali is talking to Rachel Loftspring, a Fertility Law Attorney and Partner at The Family Law & Fertility Law Group. Rachel talks about Navigating the Legal Landscape of Collaborative Reproduction (including what intended parents need to know about surrogacy and egg, sperm, and embryo donation); how the medical and psychological support systems play a vital role in ensuring the well-being of all parties involved in the surrogacy and donation process; and what it looks like when she works with intended parents around the globe. She also talks about when -- and why -- you might need a fertility lawyer.
For more info, go to https://familyandfertilitylaw.com/our-attorneys/rachel-loftspring/
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
LGBTQIA+ family building; family building through ART; donor conception; surrogacy; intended parents; fertility law
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini. Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Today, Ali is talking to Trystan Reese, a transgender gay dad who went viral when he gave birth to his son in 2017. Trystan, a major advocate for trans fertility, is now a dad of three. He tells Ali about the overwhelming odds to get pregnant, including hormonal challenges; finding the right medical team; and facing harsh criticism on social media. He also talks about meeting the love of his life, Biff, and the discussions they had about Trystan becoming pregnant. "I’m a transgender man, I’ve been pregnant, and I’ve given birth," Trystan says. "People are like, 'What was it like to be a pregnant man?” And I’m like, “I don’t know, because I was never a pregnant woman.'"
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Transgender parenting; transgender family building; fertility; pregnancy; childbirth; social media backlash; family building in the LGBTQ+ community
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini. Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help. To find out more go to embryosolution.com
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
PIXEL CARE
Pixel Care is a complete fertility support system designed to actually make treatments easier and less stressful for fertility patients. Pixel helps you keep track of your medications, your dosages, your deliveries and your side effects. It also has a 24/7 chat where you can talk to a medical professional about anything regarding your cycle - from medication questions to insurance benefits.
For more, head to Pixelcarehealth.com or download Pixel Care in the app store for free
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Today Ali is talking to Marni Wandner, VP of Brand Marketing for Pixel Care, and Mandy Messinger, Director of Marketing for Pixel Care, about their respective journeys through infertility, IVF, and more. Mandy talks about meeting and falling in love with her wife, Lauren, and the challenges they faced as part of the LGBTQ community when they decided they wanted to build a family. She shares their experience with both known sperm donation and going through a sperm bank; a chemical pregnancy; a devastating miscarriage, and how they finally had their healthy little boy. Marni shares her experience with freezing her eggs in her mid-30s, falling in love and getting married later in life, and what happened when she and her husband started to try. She talks about IUI, unexplained infertility; a devastating miscarriage, and how she and her husband finally asked themselves, "What if we didn't have kids? What would our life look like?"
Pixel Care is a complete fertility support system designed to actually make treatments easier and less stressful for fertility patients. Pixel helps you keep track of your medications, your dosages, your deliveries and your side effects. It also has a 24/7 chat where you can talk to a medical professional about anything regarding your cycle - from medication questions to insurance benefits.
For more, head to Pixelcarehealth.com or download Pixel Care in the app store for free
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; LGTBQ family building; miscarriage; pregnancy loss; unexplained infertility; sperm donation; fertility apps; pregnancy after loss; living childless after infertility
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini. Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help. To find out more go to embryosolution.com
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
Support this podcast at: https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Today, Ali is talking to the brilliant singer-songwriter-guitarist Kina Grannis about her five year-long infertility journey. Kina talks about adopting a super clean diet and reading all the books before she started to try getting pregnant; why she was hesitant to share her infertility journey at first; and how the mention of the word, "IVF" made her want to die. She talks about going through IVF transfers; how "holding it all in was like this poison pressure cooker inside of me," and her "needle phobia." She also talks about finally getting pregnant; the text she sent her friends when pregnancy after infertility felt very scary; and writing infertility-related songs, including the beautiful, "In the Waiting."
For more, go to www.kinagrannis.com
IG: @kinagrannis
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini. Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help. To find out more go to embryosolution.com
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
We’re excited to launch a new series of bite-sized episodes packed with expert insights on infertility. These short, digestible minisodes are designed to give you quick, valuable takeaways from leading experts and professionals in the field. No matter what you're navigating, these minisodes will provide you with practical advice, emotional support, and the latest information on all things infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technology. Tune in for easy-to-digest wisdom on a topic that deserves all the attention it can get.
Today, Ali is talking to WeNatal co-founders Ronit Menashe & Vida Delrahim about fertility supplements, the products they wish they had when they were navigating their infertility journeys and their new product, Egg Quality Plus.
For more, go to https://wenatal.com/ and follow IG: @we_natal
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Today, we are mixing it up a bit. Ali is chatting with Bethany Warren, a psychotherapist and EMDR consultant who's had a passion for helping people navigate reproductive and perinatal mental health issues for 25 years. Beth specialize in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, working with individuals experiencing pregnancy loss, termination for medical reasons, infertility and more. Today, she focuses on dealing "Navigating Reproductive Trauma," a session that originally aired at Fertility Rally Live.
For more, go to www.bethanywarrenlcsw.com/
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; reproductive trauma; pregnancy loss; intrusive images; intrusive thoughts; PTSD; the trauma spectrum; EMDR
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini. Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help. To find out more go to embryosolution.com
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
S'MOO
S’moo’s best-selling hormone balance powder is formulated with 7 essential vitamins, minerals, and herbs that are all highly recommended for Hormone Balance, Fertility, and PCOS. S’moo was created by fellow PCOS Cyster, and has helped thousands of women manage their PCOS naturally. Go to thesmooco.com and enjoy a generous 20% off site-wide using code 'InfertileAF20' at checkout.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Megan Day, who shares her very real and honest story about infertility, including losing her son when she was 19 weeks pregnant. "It was called a miscarriage," she says. She explains what happened after that, including five excruciating surgeries and a lot of unanswered questions. Megan talks about the complications of RPOC (Retained Products of Conception), when she and her husband decided to pivot to surrogacy; finding a gestational carrier, and finally, awaiting the arrival of their healthy baby via GC, due any day now.
For more: check out Megan's blog: at www.thefertilityfighters.com
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; IUIs; missed miscarriage; pregnancy loss; egg retrieval; embryo transfer; gestational carrier; surrogacy journey; surrogacy miscarriage; RPOC; surgery
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini. Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help. To find out more go to embryosolution.com
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to an amazing couple: Fertility Rally member Lauren Roth and her husband, Patrick. Lauren talks about growing up in Guatemala, how she and Patrick met, and what happened when they started to build their family. The couple then shares details about why Google and WebMD are "not particularly helpful" during infertility; their chemical pregnancy; and the unsexiness of "sending a calendar invite to have timed sex." They also talk about becoming frustrated as a couple, their five IUIs; and navigating chemical pregnancies and an ectopic pregnancy. They also discuss their egg retrievals and transfers, and finally, the healthy pregnancy that brought them their son, who was born shortly after this episode was recorded.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; IUIs; timed intercourse; marriage during infertility; adenomiosis; chemical pregnancy; ectopic pregnancy; egg retrieval; embryo transfer; pregnancy after infertility
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini. Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help. To find out more go to embryosolution.com
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
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It's the 300th Episode!!!!! Today we are featuring clips from some of the top-rated episodes with some of Ali's favorite celeb guests. First up, Christina Perri shares her long and difficult family-building journey, including miscarriage; the devastating stillbirth of her daughter, Rosie; navigating mental health; her blood-clotting disorder, and more. Then, Tara Lipinski talks about her endometriosis; IVF; miscarriage; navigating fertility treatments compared to the insanely hard work she did as an elite athlete, and pivoting to surrogacy. Finally, Michelle Buteau talks about the long road to having her twins, including IUIs, several rounds of IVF, four devastating miscarriages, exploring international adoption; facing discrimination at her doctor's appointments; and finally meeting the surrogate who would help them welcome their healthy babes. Thank you so much to all of my amazing guests and listeners since we launched in March 2019!
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini. Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help. To find out more go to embryosolution.com
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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On this episode, Ali is talking to Sarah Freese about her infertility and IVF journey. Sarah shares the details on having irregular periods when she was a young woman, being on the birth control pill from age 18 to age 33, and how once she started to try to have kids, it was not as easy as she'd hoped. She talks about doing IVF, how her failed IVF transfer was "one of the worst calls" she's ever gotten, and about having implantation issues. She also talks about frozen embryo transfers versus fresh embryo transfers, and how they finally figured out the "secret sauce" to having their healthy babies through ART.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; egg retrieval; frozen embryo transfer; fresh embryo transfer; irregular periods; zero implantation; polyps; sibling cycle; modified natural cycle; IVF success; pregnancy after infertility
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini. Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help. To find out more go to embryosolution.com
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to mom of four Rachel Mangahas about the long road to building her family, including going through international adoption twice and using a surrogate. Rachel talks about her infertility journey, and how it made her feel so broken and alone. She also talks about wanting a big family, doing timed intercourse and ovulation kits, male factor infertility, and IUIs. She explains how they navigated international adoption -- for two of their children -- and the sweet surprise they got when they used a surrogate, and the embryo transfer worked.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; international adoption; surrogacy; anxiety; guilt; egg retrieval; IUI; embryo transfer; frozen embryos; surrogacy pregnancy; surrogacy success; identical twins
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini. Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help. To find out more go to embryosolution.com
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
CASCADE CRYOBANK
Cascade Cryobank is changing the world of sperm banking every day by providing you with the best family-building experience you could hope for.
In an industry first, Cascade Cryobank has brought it’s “Early Disclosure Program” to the market – you no longer have to wait 18 years– now you can learn the Identity of your “Early Disclosure” donor at the report of a live birth conceived from their sperm. Let Cascade Cryobank help you grow your family with clarity, confidence, and compassion. Visit their website at www.cascadecryobank.com, and find your future, today. Use code INFERTILEAF for $100 off your first purchase.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to fierce infertility warrior and mama Maggie Phipps, co-founder of Larken (which means "fierce" in Gaelic), a comfy essentials brand for anyone navigating fertility treatments, postpartum, motherhood, and beyond. Maggie shares how her mom had three miscarriages; how she herself had an early miscarriage; and how conceived her first two kids naturally, but then had trouble with baby number three. She also talks about her traumatic ectopic pregnancy and how she felt brushed off by several doctors when she told them she was in pain. Maggie also shares how she navigated the devastation of losing her baby in that ectopic, going through emergency surgery; how she was just a few hours away from "bleeding out," and what happened in her family building journey after that.
For more, go to www.shoplarken.com and follow on IG: @larken_shop. Use code “InfertileAF15” for 15% your order
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; miscarriage; recurrent miscarriage; ectopic pregnancy; emergency surgery; fallopian tubes; fallopian tube removal; guilt; IVF; anxiety; pregnancy after loss; pregnancy after infertility
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help. To find out more go to embryosolution.com
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
CASCADE CRYOBANK
Cascade Cryobank is changing the world of sperm banking every day by providing you with the best family-building experience you could hope for.
In an industry first, Cascade Cryobank has brought it’s “Early Disclosure Program” to the market – you no longer have to wait 18 years– now you can learn the Identity of your “Early Disclosure” donor at the report of a live birth conceived from their sperm. Let Cascade Cryobank help you grow your family with clarity, confidence, and compassion. Visit their website at www.cascadecryobank.com, and find your future, today!
Use code INFERTILEAF for $100 off your first purchase!
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is on the pod with one of our beloved Fertility Rally members, Jenny Angerman @thedailyendomama. Jenny tells Ali about being adopted from India; how she met her husband; what happened when they started to try for kids and it wasn't happening; her endometriosis diagnosis; fibroids; IUIs; one IVF cycle that unfortunately did not work out, and then, finally getting pregnant. Jenny also shares her thoughts on trauma bonding; sharing her journey on IG and TikTok; how everything changed once she joined Fertility Rally; and where they are with baby number two.
For more, follow on IG: @thedailyendomama
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; trauma bonding; PCOS; endometriosis; fibroids; IUI; IVF; egg retrieval; Fertility Rally community; TikTok; anxiety; pregnancy after loss; pregnancy after infertility
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help. To find out more go to embryosolution.com
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
S'MOO
S’moo’s best-selling hormone balance powder is formulated with 7 essential vitamins, minerals, and herbs that are all highly recommended for Hormone Balance, Fertility, and PCOS. S’moo was created by fellow PCOS Cyster, and has helped thousands of women manage their PCOS naturally.
Go to thesmooco.com and enjoy a generous 20% off site-wide using code 'InfertileAF20' at checkout.
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Today, Ali has two incredible guests: Eve Wiley is a leading advocate against fertility fraud after discovering that she was conceived with a different sperm donor than her parents were told. Dylan Morgan is the COO of Cascade Cryobank. Together, they are working on advocating against fertility fraud and increasing transparency when it comes to donor sperm protocols and procedures. What is Fertility Fraud? It’s when a doctor intentionally uses his own sperm to inseminate his patients without their knowledge or consent of the reproductive material. Eve talks about discovering that she was a victim of fertility fraud, and how she is combating it through legislature and her advocacy work. Dylan talks about being a sperm donor and the ways that Cascade is doing things differently than many other sperm banks. Eve also talks about her involvement with the Netflix documentary, "The Man with 1000 Kids," including how she narrates the doc.
For more info, go to https://evewiley.com/
https://cascadecryobank.com/
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; Sperm donation; conception deception; IVF; advocacy;
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
EMBRYO SOLUTION
If you’re navigating infertility, have you ever thought about embryo donation as a family building solution? Embryo donation is when one family that has gone through IVF donates their embryos to support the family-building efforts of another family. Embryo Solution is an agency with an important mission: to fill the gap between infertility and excess embryos by connecting all parties involved. Whether you’re looking to build your family or you've gone through IVF and you have embryos in storage that you're not sure what to do with, Embryo Solution can help. To find out more go to embryosolution.com
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On today's episode, Ali talks to Komel Caruso, the Co-Founder of HerMD, about her infertility journey. Komel talks about growing up in a traditional Muslim household and the sex education (or lack thereof) she received as a Catholic school student. It was, "Don't have sex, you'll get pregnant. You'll just get pregnant every time you have sex. I was just so fearful that if I had sex, I would get pregnant. Even if I was using birth control, I could still get pregnant. That fear leads to a lot of anxiety," she says. Komel also talks about having a "wonderful surprise baby" in her early twenties, discovering that she had PCOS, and what happened when she started taking Clomid. She also talks about IUI, IVF, "feeling like a failure," and finally getting pregnant again via ART. She also talks about her sister and co-founder, Board Certified OBGYN Dr. Somi Javaid, and how they created HerMD, looking to revolutionize women's health and pivot away from "drive-thru gynecology."
For more, go to www.hermd.com/
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; PCOS; IUI; IVF; IVF cycles; IVF treatment; twin pregnancy; Clomid; pregnancy loss; pregnancy after infertility; motherhood after infertility; women's health; sisterhood; OBGYN; reproductive rights
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Today's guest, Amber Izzo, describes herself as "your oversharing, slightly chaotic mum friend and an IVF campaigner." Today, she's sharing her 7 1/2 year-long journey through infertility and family building, including blocked fallopian tubes, male factor infertility, and so much more. Amber talks about the deep toll everything took on her mental state, how she was "spiraling" and "became obsessed," how she felt brushed off by her doctors, and how, at one point, she had suicidal thoughts. She talks about navigating the mental health side of her journey; IVF treatments and advocacy in the UK, where she is based, and the work she is doing with Gaia Family, which believes that there's a better way to pay for IVF.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; depression; blocked fallopian tubes; laparoscopy; marriage issues; suicidal thoughts; male factor infertility; pregnancy after loss; IVF; IVF cycles; IVF treatment; motherhood after infertility
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Today's guest, Asima Ahmad, is a double board-certified in reproductive endocrinology and infertility and obstetrics and gynecology. She is also the co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Carrot Fertility, which believes in Fertility Care for All. On this episode, Ali and Asima talk about how Asima diagnosed herself with PCOS in her 20s; how her aunt had navigated multiple stillbirths; what it feels like being a fertility doctor and patient at the same time; and how, when Asima suffered her own pregnancy loss, she began to understand miscarriage on an even deeper level. She talks about the road that lead to her four children, and what she is doing now at Carrot to help increase access to fertility care.
Find out more at https://www.get-carrot.com/
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
PCOS; infertility; pregnancy loss; miscarriage; miscarriage awareness; IVF; IVF cycles; IVF treatment; fertility care for all
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
S'MOO
S’moo’s best-selling hormone balance powder is formulated with 7 essential vitamins, minerals, and herbs that are all highly recommended for Hormone Balance, Fertility, and PCOS. S’moo was created by fellow PCOS Cyster, and has helped thousands of women manage their PCOS naturally.
Go to thesmooco.com and enjoy a generous 20% off site-wide using code 'InfertileAF20' at checkout.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Gaia is founded on the premise that Everyone Who Wants a Family Should Have the Chance to Try. Today, Ali is talking to Gaia CEO and Founder Nader AlSalim, who shares his own unexplained infertility journey, and how that led him to create Gaia, a groundbreaking company in the fertility landscape (see more below). Nader talks about the frustrations of their "unexplained infertility" diagnosis; the emotional, financial and physical tolls of infertility; going through five rounds of IVF with his wife; and how they finally had their son. He also talks about creating Gaia, based on "member-centricity," explaining it like this: "You pay a percent of the cost of a cycle after we predict your probability of success. I pay the clinic on your behalf. You go focus on getting treated, and after the end of your journey, when you have a baby, you pay me back what I paid on your behalf. And if you don't have a baby, I say, 'I'm so sorry, but there's nothing to pay.'"
Find out more at www.gaiafamily.com
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
TTC; infertility; unexplained infertility; IVF; the emotional, financial and physical tolls of infertility; IVF cycles; IVF treatment
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On today's episode, Ali is talking to Sammi, a strongAF infertility warrior she met when Sammi joined Fertility Rally. Sammi shares all the details of the path to having her children, including going through secondary infertility; a very rare C-section ectopic pregnancy (a first for this show); termination for medical reasons; more surgery; the discovery of male factor infertility; and when they decided to go down the surrogacy road. She also talks about meeting her "angel" surrogate, several bumps along the way, and what lead--finally--to the birth of her second baby boy.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
TTC; C-section ectopic pregnancy; trauma, anxiety, depression; termination for medical reasons; pregnancy loss; D&C male factor infertility; surrogacy; surrogacy in Canada vs. U.S.;
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
CASCADE CRYOBANK
Cascade Cryobank is changing the world of sperm banking every day by providing you with the best family-building experience you could hope for.
In an industry first, Cascade Cryobank has brought it’s “Early Disclosure Program” to the market – you no longer have to wait 18 years– now you can learn the Identity of your “Early Disclosure” donor at the report of a live birth conceived from their sperm. Let Cascade Cryobank help you grow your family with clarity, confidence, and compassion. Visit their website at www.cascadecryobank.com, and find your future, today!
Use code INFERTILEAF for $100 off your first purchase!
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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On today's episode, Ali is talking to yet another amazing woman who has turned her pain into her purpose: Dr Sarah Oreck, Co-Founder and CEO of Mavida Health. After her late-term pregnancy loss, Sarah created a company that would provide those on their path to parenthood the right tools and resources to take care of their mental health, every step of the way. Ali and Sarah talk about sex education and what they both learned about having babies when they were growing up; the devastation of what Sarah went through; how talking about miscarriage (or any loss, for that matter) and mental health need to be normalized, and how her Mavida Health co-founder also experienced a second trimester pregnancy loss.
For more, go to mavidahealth.com
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
TTC; late-term pregnancy loss; mental health; perinatal mental health; miscarriage
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Catherine John is a dear member of the Fertility Rally fam, and today, she's sharing her entire story with Ali, from being diagnosed with PCOS to going through IUIs. Catherine talks about exploring the option of doing her fertility treatments in Tijuana (and why she ultimately decided against it), her irregular periods; why she was told she was a good candidate for IVF; and what happened when she finally became pregnant with her son.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
PCOS; high testosterone; ovarian cysts; irregular periods; IUIs; IVF; IVF abroad; pregnancy after infertility; IVF success
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
S'MOO
S’moo’s best-selling hormone balance powder is formulated with 7 essential vitamins, minerals, and herbs that are all highly recommended for Hormone Balance, Fertility, and PCOS. S’moo was created by fellow PCOS Cyster, and has helped thousands of women manage their PCOS naturally.
Go to thesmooco.com and enjoy a generous 20% off site-wide using code 'InfertileAF20' at checkout.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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What do you know about the vaginal microbiome? What does your vaginal microbiome have to do with your ability to conceive? Ali didn't know much about this, and is still learning, thanks to today's guest, Cheryl Sew Hoy, CEO and Founder of Tiny Health. Cheryl, a longtime entrepreneur and women's health advocate, explains how the microbiome impacts well-being and fertility. She talks about prioritizing her career for years, having her two kids via C-section, what the term "vaginal seeding" means, and more recently, the heartbreak she's experienced having two miscarriages.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
C-sections; microbiome; microbiome testing; vaginal microbiome; gut health; miscarriage; vaginal seeding; grief; immune systems; chronic disease
For more, go to https://www.tinyhealth.com/
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On today's episode, Ali is talking to Emily Patel, founder of Hopeful Mama Foundation, about her family building journey, years of struggles, and finally having her two daughters. Emily talks about having hot flashes and night sweats at the age of 16, being put on birth control, and later learning that she had premature ovarian failure/early menopause. She also talks about having a doctor with terrible bedside manner, who told her, "Well, you're never gonna have a kid," and later, how going through a private adoption process ended in devastation. She talks about how infertility and the failed adoption lead to the end of her first marriage; finding love again; embarking on the donor egg route; and finally having her two daughters. Emily also talks about creating Hopeful Mama Foundation, which supports women on their infertility journey through financial grants, educational workshops and support groups.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Premature ovarian failure; early menopause; marriage issues; divorce; adoption; donor eggs; IVF; IVF transfers; pregnancy after loss and infertility; financial grants for IVF and ART
For more, go to https://hopefulmamafoundation.org/
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
NATALIST
www.natalist.com
Natalist is on a mission to improve your fertility journey with evidence-backed essentials to support your needs, from vegan prenatal packets to easy-to-use, plastic-neutral ovulation tests and fertility-friendly lube. Natalist is offering my community 25% off your first order at Natalist.com with promo code INFERTILEAF.
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
Support this podcast at https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
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Christie Bishop is host of the podcast, "What Nobody Tells Us," where she tackles taboo topics and hosts uncomfortable conversations, from cancer to grief to the foster care system. Today, she tells Ali her own family building story, starting with how her then-fiance, Bryan Bishop, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and given six months to live. Bryan's diagnosis changed everything about how and when they'd try to have kids, as their doctor told them, "You need to go bank sperm -- right fucking now." Christie shares how she and Bryan have navigated his cancer treatment over the years (thankfully, he is now healthy and doing well!); how "You're not having a lot of sex when your fiance has just been given a death sentence of six to 12 months," how nothing was the same BC and AD (before cancer and after diagnosis); doing multiple IUIs that didn't work; doing two rounds of IVF; and how they finally, miraculously, had their daughter, who was conceived naturally.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Cancer: brain cancer; IUI; IVF; cancer treatment; sperm freezing; embryo transfer; pregnancy after IVF and IUI; anxiety; ; chemo; hospitalization for stress; acute colitis
For more, go to https://www.christiebishop.com/
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Ali's Children's Book about IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and ART). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
IG: @fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
NATALIST
www.natalist.com
Natalist is on a mission to improve your fertility journey with evidence-backed essentials to support your needs, from vegan prenatal packets to easy-to-use, plastic-neutral ovulation tests and fertility-friendly lube. Natalist is offering my community 25% off your first order at Natalist.com with promo code INFERTILEAF.
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
"I never thought I'd be down a 10 year journey just to have my one and only miracle daughter," says Sandra Rimaldi, an infertility nurse and infertility warrior who spent a decade trying to build her family. For years, Sandra worked with renowned Reproductive Immunologist Dr. Jeffrey Braverman, who passed away in 2019, treating patients from all over the world who had unexplained infertility diagnoses. At the same time, she was undergoing her own infertility journey, including IVF, a traumatic transfer, endo surgery and more. On today's show, Sandra tells us the details her journey, including her anxiety and PTSD after infertility and how the advent of the Receptiva DX test has helped countless patients all over the world.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Endometriosis; endo surgery; reproductive immunology; traumatic transfer; IVF; embryos; Receptiva DX test; anxiety; pregnancy after infertility; PTSD
EPISODE SPONSORS:
WORK OF ART
Children's Book about IVF
https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
Do not miss Ali's children’s book about IVF! It's been getting rave reviews. “Work of ART” is the story of an IVF kiddo the day he learns he is a “work of ART” (born via IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology). For young readers 4-8. Hardcover. Written by Ali Prato; Illustrated by Federico Bonifacini.
Personalized and non-personalized versions are available. Order yours now at https://www.infertileafgroup.com/books
For bulk orders of 10 or more books at 20% off, go to https://www.infertileafgroup.com/bulk-order-request
FERTILITY RALLY
@fertilityrally
www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 5 to 6 support groups per week, three private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join today at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com/membership
SAVE $40 on an annual membership with code RALLY2024
NATALIST
www.natalist.com
Natalist is on a mission to improve your fertility journey with evidence-backed essentials to support your needs, from vegan prenatal packets to easy-to-use, plastic-neutral ovulation tests and fertility-friendly lube. Natalist is offering my community 25% off your first order at Natalist.com with promo code INFERTILEAF.
S'MOO
S’moo’s best-selling hormone balance powder is formulated with 7 essential vitamins, minerals, and herbs that are all highly recommended for Hormone Balance, Fertility, and PCOS. S’moo was created by fellow PCOS Cyster, and has helped thousands of women manage their PCOS naturally.
Go to thesmooco.com and enjoy a generous 20% off site-wide using code 'InfertileAF20' at checkout.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
RECEPTIVA DX
https://receptivadx.com/
ReceptivaDx is the singular test capable of identifying endometriosis,progesterone resistance, and endometritis in one comprehensive analysis. These conditions are often the hidden culprits behind unexplained infertility, directly impacting the success rates of IVF treatments. Ask for the Receptvia DX test today, and use code INFERTILEAF24 for $75 off.
Intended Parent Alex @ourbeautifulsurprise and Surrogate Madison: A Successful Surrogacy Journey
Today, Ali is talking to Alex, an Intended Parent, and Madison, her Surrogate, about both sides of a surrogacy family building journey. Alex and Madison talk about how they first connected with each other, why they knew they both wanted to work together, and how it was when they finally talked in depth. They also talk about myths and untruths surrounding surrogacy, their IVF journey, their two transfers, and how Alex's second son finally came into this world. It's a beautiful story -- their forever bond is palpable.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Surrogacy; IVF; gestational carriers; successful transfers; unsuccessful transfers; women supporting women
For podcast sponsorship or partnership inquiries, please email infertileafstories@gmail.com
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 to 5 support groups per week, 4 private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join now at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com
FIRST RESPONSE
First Response knows that when testing for pregnancy, you want to be sure of your result. That’s why they created Comfort Check, a pregnancy test kit that helps you test confidently and conveniently. The First Response Comfort Check Pregnancy Test Kit is a value pack containing 8 total tests: 3 First Response Early Result Tests and 5 First Response Pregnancy Test Strips, allowing women to test early and often for added reassurance. First Response’s Early Result Test, included in the Comfort Check Kit, is their #1 best-selling pregnancy test. It detects all major forms of the pregnancy hormone commonly found in urine and is over 99% accurate from the day of your expected period, with results ready to be read in just three minutes. The First Response Comfort Check Pregnancy Test Kit is available for purchase in store and online. Be sure to pick one up today.
See more at www.firstresponse.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Today, Ali is talking to London-born photographer Rashmi Gill about her decade-plus infertility journey, and the many ups and downs and heartbreak that finally resulted in her two IVF babies. Rashmi talks about her Punjabi Sikh heritage, and how her culture perceived the stigmas of infertility and not being able to have babies. She talks about doing IVF in London versus America, why she waited 10 years to see a doctor when she was having trouble, and the many hurtful things people said to her while she was on her journey. She also talks about the financial aspects of infertility, and how her most recent failed transfer left her heartbroken once again.
Find out more at rashmigill.com
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Unexplained infertility; IVF; IVF in London vs. America; finances; grief and heartbreak; Punjabi Sikh heritage; failed transfers; successful transfers; women supporting women
For podcast sponsorship or partnership inquiries, please email infertileafstories@gmail.com
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 to 5 support groups per week, 4 private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join now at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com
MIRA
How does Mira help to track ovulation? Mira measures actual fertility hormone concentrations with 99% accuracy. Mira is unlike other fertility trackers–it uses technology that’s similar to what’s used in the fertility lab, so it’s just like having your own mini-lab at home. Order the Mira Starter Kit or Mira Plus starter Kit online on miracare.com with promo code INFERTILEAF to get an exclusive discount.
For more, go to https://www.miracare.com/
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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Today, Ali is talking to Maureen Brown, CEO and Co-founder of Mosie Baby, a revolutionary at-home insemination device that she created with her husband. Maureen tells Ali all about her infertility journey, being diagnosed with unexplained infertility, how she didn't want to go through IVF, how "it broke our hearts, and it broke us mentally, thinking about the financial constraints," and how they finally created the product that was missing in the fertility world.
Find out more at mosiebaby.com
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Unexplained infertility; IVF; not wanting to do IVF; artificial insemination; at-home insemination; financial constraints; babies born through IUI; babies born through at-home insemination
For podcast sponsorship or partnership inquiries, please email infertileafstories@gmail.com
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Join now at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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Today, Ali is talking to mama, speaker, activist, and New York Times Bestselling author Alexis Jones, whose memoir, "Joy Hunter," talks about her infertility journey -- and so much more. Alexis gets into it all with Ali, including five frustrating years of unexplained infertility, navigating the world of IVF, a heartbreaking miscarriage, working with an expensive egg donor, finally getting pregnant, and what happened when she went into labor seven weeks early. A self-described “productivity junkie,” Alexis talks about what happened when she was forced to slow down for the first time in her life. She also talks about how "Joy, it turns out, is not a destination; it’s a way of life."
Follow Alexis on IG @alexisjones
Find Joy Hunter here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707008/joy-hunter-by-alexis-jones/
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Unexplained infertility; IVF; miscarriage; donor eggs; embryo transfer; pregnancy after loss and infertility; early labor; NICU life; finding joy
For podcast sponsorship or partnership inquiries, please email infertileafstories@gmail.com
EPISODE SPONSORS:
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No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 to 5 support groups per week, 4 private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join now at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
MIRA
How does Mira help to track ovulation? Mira measures actual fertility hormone concentrations with 99% accuracy. Mira is unlike other fertility trackers–it uses technology that’s similar to what’s used in the fertility lab, so it’s just like having your own mini-lab at home. Order the Mira Starter Kit or Mira Plus starter Kit online on miracare.com with promo code INFERTILEAF to get an exclusive discount.
For more, go to https://www.miracare.com/
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Today, author Tasha Van Howe shares her personal tale of tragedy and triumph, which includes navigating her marriage to her high school sweetheart through years of infertility; losing a son shortly after he was born; the inability to walk after labor; a roller coaster of failed attempts at IVF; suicidal thoughts; and an adoption gone wrong that ended in complete heartbreak. Now 43 with no living children at home, Tasha is here to talk about being hit with one tragic life event after another. In fact, she calls her own story, "a Lifetime movie."
Follow Tasha on IG @authorvanhowe
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; unexplained infertility; IVF; infant and newborn loss; grief; suicidal thoughts and tendencies; surrogacy; adoption; adoption gone wrong
For podcast sponsorship or partnership inquiries, please email infertileafstories@gmail.com
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 to 5 support groups per week, 4 private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join now at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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Today, Ali is talking to Infertility Warrior and Peak and Valley Beads founder Rachel Sloan, about her family building journey. Included: male factor infertility; being a military family (& doing IVF at a military hospital), placenta complications attributed to the IVF process, deployment, postpartum depression, starting her own business, being pregnant with twins in the time of Roe v Wade being overturned, and so much more.
Follow Rachel on IG @peakandvalley.beads
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; IVF in a military hospital; male factor infertility; grief; placenta complications; twin pregnancy; pregnancy after loss and infertility; post-partum depression; Roe v. Wade
For podcast sponsorship or partnership inquiries, please email infertileafstories@gmail.com
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 to 5 support groups per week, 4 private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join now at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
MIRA
How does Mira help to track ovulation? Mira measures actual fertility hormone concentrations with 99% accuracy. Mira is unlike other fertility trackers–it uses technology that’s similar to what’s used in the fertility lab, so it’s just like having your own mini-lab at home. Order the Mira Starter Kit or Mira Plus starter Kit online on miracare.com with promo code INFERTILEAF to get an exclusive discount.
For more, go to https://www.miracare.com/
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On today's episode, NYC-based Lifestyle influencer Esther Santer and husband, Avi Rosenberg, share their male factor infertility story. Esther and Avi talk about how not having children is an anomaly in their Jewish community, which has a "big emphasis on family;" her needle phobia and how she never thought she would have to do IVF; how everyone assumed she was the problem; and how it felt for Avi to get his male factor diagnosis of low sperm count. They also talk about paying for treatments 100 percent out of pocket; why they want to destigmatize the topic of male factor infertility, and finally, having their son through IVF.
Follow her on IG @esthersanter
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
IUI; IVF; male factor infertility; IVF in the Jewish community; breaking the taboos of male factor infertility; needle phobia; low sperm count
For podcast sponsorship or partnership inquiries, please email infertileafstories@gmail.com
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 to 5 support groups per week, 4 private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join now at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
MIRA
How does Mira help to track ovulation? Mira measures actual fertility hormone concentrations with 99% accuracy. Mira is unlike other fertility trackers–it uses technology that’s similar to what’s used in the fertility lab, so it’s just like having your own mini-lab at home. Order the Mira Starter Kit or Mira Plus starter Kit online on miracare.com with promo code INFERTILEAF to get an exclusive discount.
For more, go to https://www.miracare.com/
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In 2017, Arielle Bogorad was diagnosed with unexplained infertility and, after more than a year of trying IVF drugs, she was told she was a “poor responder” to them and would have a hard time achieving chromosomally normal embryos. Today, Ali talks to her about her family building journey, including how, in 2019, she was able to obtain 2 normal embryos with one being transferred and resulting in her having a beautiful baby girl that September. The exorbitant cost of fertility treatment would have been too expensive for Arielle and her family, but she was able to move forward and have her daughter because her employer offered Progyny. Arielle explains to Ali why she joined Progyny in a role where she educates employers on how critical family building benefits are, the impact they have on DEI initiatives, and the cultural message it sends to employees. She also talks about how the trauma and grief of infertility lives on.
For more, check out https://progyny.com/
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Unexplained infertility; IVF; cancelled cycles; trauma; frozen embryos; chromosomally abnormal embryos; fertility insurance and benefits; advocacy; grief
For sponsorship or partnership inquiries, please email infertileafstories@gmail.com
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 to 5 support groups per week, 4 private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join now at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
Fertility Coach Academy and Elizabeth King Fertility Coaching
Ready to turn your passion for fertility into a purpose-driven career? Visit www.fertilitycoachacademy.com. You’ll be empowered to make a difference, while embracing the mind, body, and spirit approach. Or are you seeking personalized guidance on your own journey. Visit www.elizabethking.com. Unleash your potential and unlock the doors to parenthood.
Use code "InfertileAF" on both for your special 25% discount.
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Today Ali is talking to an ART O.G.! It's Ellen Weir Casey, "The Original Fertility Advocate," who forged her own unique path to parenthood in the very early days of IVF. "Infertility wasn't even a word then," Ellen says. "It was, 'You're not getting pregnant. There's no way you're getting pregnant.'" Ellen tells Ali her entire family building journey, starting with how she got an unapproved IUD in her early 20s, which led to a severe internal infection that resulted in extreme scarring in both fallopian tubes. Ellen was around in the earliest days of Assisted Reproductive Technology, so she was doing research in the library basement. This was also way before email and iPhones and Facebook and Instagram, so she was typing up letters on her typewriter and sending them in the mail to doctors and clinics. She talks about her early miscarriage, being one of the first women in the world to have micro-surgery, and when IVF babies were called "test tube babies." She also talks about how having her daughter became an international news story, and her powerful memoir, "Unstoppable," a captivating story of loss, struggle, and perseverance. "I believe that it's important for women to know the stories of the women who went before them, who opened the doors, that they can walk through now," she says.
To order her book, go to https://www.amazon.com/Unstoppable-Forging-Path-Motherhood-Early/dp/1632994976
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Miscarriage; early days of ART; IVF; micro-surgery; test tube babies; advocacy
For sponsorship or partnership inquiries, please email infertileafstories@gmail.com
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 to 5 support groups per week, 4 private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join now at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
Fertility Coach Academy and Elizabeth King Fertility Coaching
Ready to turn your passion for fertility into a purpose-driven career? Visit www.fertilitycoachacademy.com. You’ll be empowered to make a difference, while embracing the mind, body, and spirit approach. Or are you seeking personalized guidance on your own journey. Visit www.elizabethking.com. Unleash your potential and unlock the doors to parenthood.
Use code "InfertileAF" on both for your special 25% discount.
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"There is so much about pregnancy and fertility health that no one talks about," says this week's guest, author and infertility warrior Leslie Schrock. Leslie has written two books, "Bumpin: The Modern Guide to Pregnancy," and "Fertility Rules," in which she debunks myths and empowers you to be your own advocate from preconception to pregnancy and beyond. Today, Ali talks to Leslie about her own family building journey, including ovulation tracking, her first miscarriage, and how she has been pregnant a total of five times (today, she has two sons). She talks about having a D&C, her thoughts on the turnover of Roe v. Wade, how she and her husband grieved differently at different stages of their journey, and how it felt to get -- and stay -- pregnant after loss. She also discusses why her friends call her "Pregnancy Siri" and why guys need to step it up in terms of getting involved in the fertility and reproduction conversation.
For more or to order her books, go to https://leslieschrock.com/
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Miscarriage; D&C mental health; ovulation tracking; pregnancy after loss; grief; acupuncture; C-section
For sponsorship or partnership inquiries, please email infertileafstories@gmail.com
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 to 5 support groups per week, 4 private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join now at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
Fertility Coach Academy and Elizabeth King Fertility Coaching
Ready to turn your passion for fertility into a purpose-driven career? Visit www.fertilitycoachacademy.com. You’ll be empowered to make a difference, while embracing the mind, body, and spirit approach. Or are you seeking personalized guidance on your own journey. Visit www.elizabethking.com. Unleash your potential and unlock the doors to parenthood.
Use code "InfertileAF" on both for your special 25% discount.
Meridian Psychiatric Partners
Meridian Psychiatric Partners’ Reproductive Psychiatry & Women’s Wellness Division is Chicagoland’s premier women’s mental health private practice. They have specialty-trained psychiatrists and therapists who offer
- pre-pregnancy and TTC consultations
- postpartum consultations
- medication management and psychotherapy for individuals and couplesIf you would like to know more about Meridian or make an appointment, you can find them online at meridianpsychiatricpartners.com or call their intake line at 312-640-7743.
- Make sure to mention that you heard about MPP on Infertile AF the podcast.
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Today, Ali talks to Jewish Fertility Foundation founder Elana Frank about getting married but not getting pregnant right away, going through fertility treatments in Israel, getting put on Clomid without even getting an exam, and so much more. She also talks about IUIs, IVF, transferring multiple embryos, embryo donation, having her babies, and why she started the JFF.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; Jewish infertility; IUIs; infertility treatment in Israel; Clomid; embryo donation
For sponsorship or partnership inquiries, please email infertileafstories@gmail.com
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 to 5 support groups per week, 4 private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join now at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
Fertility Coach Academy and Elizabeth King Fertility Coaching
Ready to turn your passion for fertility into a purpose-driven career? Visit www.fertilitycoachacademy.com. You’ll be empowered to make a difference, while embracing the mind, body, and spirit approach. Or are you seeking personalized guidance on your own journey? Visit www.elizabethking.com. Unleash your potential and unlock the doors to parenthood.
Use code "InfertileAF" on both for your special 25% discount.
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Sasha Hakman is not only a fertility doctor, she is a fertility patient, and today we are talking about ALL OF IT. In her podcast debut, Sasha (formerly known on IG as Dr. Fierce) talks about why female physicians have a greater percentage of infertility, and how that specifically affected her when she went through her OBGYN residency for four years, and then her REI fellowship for an additional three years. She talks about thinking about freezing her eggs, how she met her now-husband and why she decided to freeze embryos instead, and how, as a doctor, she was able to look at her husband's sperm under a microscope. She talks about "super ovulating," being "reckless" with her med doses, why she didn't do PGT testing, why SCH are more common in IVF pregnancies, and what it felt like to finally have her son. She also talks about exercise during TTC -- and why she is so passionate about it.
Follow her on IG at @sashahakmanmd for more.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; exercise during TTC; physicians facing infertility; "super ovulating;" PGT testing; embryo freezing; pregnancy after infertility; motherhood after infertility
For sponsorship or partnership inquiries, please email infertileafstories@gmail.com
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 to 5 support groups per week, 4 private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join now at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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Bailey Hawkins is an IVF mama, and today she's going to tell us everything she went to to have her son -- and where she and her husband are now in their family building journey. Bailey talks about having endometriosis and very painful periods from a young age (and how her mom also have severe endo); how the Receptiva DX test changed the game for her; being called "irrational" by her doctor,; the immense stress of infertility; doing a frozen transfer; the anxieties of pregnancy after infertility and so much more. She also talks about why, after her family is complete, she'll have a hysterectomy. Follow her on IG at @baileyannhawkins
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; IUIs; failed IUIs; failed IVF; finances; endometriosis; endo surgery; frozen transfer; pregnancy after infertility; stress; infertility and sex; NICU life; hysterectomy
For sponsorship or partnership inquiries, please email infertileafstories@gmail.com
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 to 5 support groups per week, 4 private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join now at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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Lisa McCarty is a women's health and infertility advocate who has been through so much, including 14 IVF transfers. Today, Lisa tells Ali the whole story, including IUIs, moving on to IVF, discovering she had Asherman's syndrome, the anxieties of pregnancy after recurrent miscarriage and loss, and so much more. She also talks about the benefits of therapy during infertility, including Cognitive Based Therapy, and how her therapist used to say "You can't change the thought going into your mind, but you can change your response to it." Decide how you want to react. Am I in danger? Or is it perceived danger? Reassure yourself you are pregnant now, don't worry about tomorrow. Lisa believes it's critical to be your own best advocate, especially when it comes to your health.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; IUIs; failed IUIs; failed IVF; recurrent miscarriage; therapy; CBT; pregnancy after infertility and loss
For sponsorship or partnership inquiries, please email infertileafstories@gmail.com
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 to 5 support groups per week, 4 private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
Join now at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at www.fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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Today, Ali is talking to Darlene, a woman who emailed Infertile AF asking to share her family building story. Darlene is a self-described "kindergarten teacher who spends all day with kids but is yet to have kids of her own." She and her husband have been trying for a baby since 2020, including 4 failed IUI's, 2 cancelled IVF cycles and a tragic pregnancy that was diagnosed as cornual ectopic. On this episode, Darlene explains how her journey continues, and how infertility is "so humbling." "I'm a shell of a human I was 3 years ago and there's no end in sight," she says. You can follow her story at @making\_baby\_oh
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; IUIs; failed IUIs; cornual ectopic pregnancy; anxiety; cancelled cycles;
For sponsorship or partnership inquiries, please email infertileafstories@gmail.com
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 to 5 support groups per week, 4 private Facebook groups, tons of curated IRL and virtual events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey.
To celebrate the Rally's 3rd Birthday, we are offering $30 off our annual memberships (normally $199) with code RALLYBDAY
Join now at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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Michelle Buteau is a brilliant and real AF comedian, actress and host best known for appearing on Netflix's "The Circle" and in the movies "Isn't it Romantic" and "Always be My Maybe." She's also a fierce infertility and surrogacy advocate, who Ali first met in early 2020 when they were both in Albany, NY for Surrogacy Lobby Day. Today, Michelle tells Ali all about the long road to having her twins, Hazel and Otis, including IUIs, several rounds of IVF, four devastating miscarriages, prolactinoma (a noncancerous tumor of the pituitary gland) and why exploring international adoption didn't go how they'd planned. She also talks about facing discrimination at her doctor's appointments (and how, when her white husband was with her, she was treated completely differently)—and finally meeting the surrogate who would help them welcome their healthy babes.
For advertising or partnership inquiries, please email infertileafstories@gmail.com
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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On today's episode, Ali talks to Katy Seppi, creator of @childlesscollective, and Alisha, creator of @twobechildfree, about living -- and thriving -- without children after infertility. Katy, who told her full infertility story on Ali's podcast in 2020, talks about all the work she is doing to support those in the community who have pivoted from their family building journeys and are now living childless not by choice. Alisha, another strong voice and bright light in the #embracechildless community, tells Ali about her struggles with infertility, her two chemical pregnancies, why she walked away when IVF was brought to the table, and everything she is doing now to raise awareness, blast stigmas and support her and Katy's childless after infertility sisters. Ali, Katy and Alisha also talk about how "childless" vs. "childfree,"; how they all really dislike the term "giving up," how infertility and treatment can lead to depression and anxiety; how they both decided to pivot from their family building journeys; and their advice to listeners for creating a beautiful, full, childless life.
You can listen to Katy's previous episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/katy/id1457516002?i=1000464004013
Topics covered in this episode:
Infertility; chemical pregnancies; integrative medicine; IVF; embracing childlessness; childless not by choice
For advertising or partnership inquiries, please email infertileafstories@gmail.com
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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Dr. Kelli Burroughs is a board certified OB/Gyn who has been practicing in Texas with Sweetwater OB/Gyn since 2009. Dr. Burroughs graduated from Spellman College in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. She currently serves as Department Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology for Memorial Hermann in Sugar Land, Texas. Today, she tells Ali all about her two and a half year battle with infertility, including going through IVF -- and what it was like seeing her patients while she was struggling with her own infertility journey. She also talks about finally getting pregnant, and the anxieties that came with it.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; infertility as a doctor; the anxieties of pregnancy after infertility and loss
For advertising inquiries please email infertileafstories@gmail.com
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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Mary Leah and Rodney Miller spent 10 long years trying to build their family. Today, Ali talks to the couple about how they met, how Mary Leah was told that her eggs were not viable and that she’d likely never be able to get pregnant; and their ultimate decision to pursue embryo adoption. Mary Leah and Rodney talk about the effect infertility had on their marriage, how at certain points they had different paths in mind, but how they both felt excited when it was suggested that they connect with Snowflakes Embryo Adoptions to adopt one family's embryos. They also talk about getting matched with a family, why using donor eggs was not the correct path for them, how their faith came into play, and how twins Dalton and Mary Elizabeth were born in December 2022.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
TTC; IUIs; IVF; egg viability; poor quality eggs; the donor egg path; embryo adoption; embryo transfers; pregnancy with twins
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
Support this podcast at: https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Sonia Iwanek-Chesley is a proud donor egg mama to Taya, her sweet daughter who was born in January 2023. She is also one of Ali's dearest friends, after Sonia joined the Fertility Rally fam and became one of their support group leaders. Today, Sonia tells Ali all of the details of her family building journey, including meeting her husband, doing several IUIs, a chemical pregnancy, a miscarriage, and what happened when they decided to shift to donor eggs. Sonia talks about how they chose a donor (and then another one) -- and why it was important to include her bonus kids; about finally getting pregnant; and all about her severe preeclampsia and Taya's early birth, leading to a long and traumatic NICU stay. Follow Sonia @donor.egg.mama.cheetah
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
TTC; IUIs; IVF; donor eggs; chemical pregnancy; miscarriage; advocacy; finding your support groups; embryo transfer; preeclampsia; NICU
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
Support this podcast at: https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Kirsten McLellan is the author of "This is Infertility," which tells the story of her six year journey through IVF and surrogacy. Kirsten's son Spencer was born through gestational surrogacy in 2019 in Utah. On this episode, she and Ali talk about all of the significant challenges and setbacks they went through, as well as their very real experiences with IVF and surrogacy. Says Kirsten: "I'm passionate about raising awareness about infertility through my book and also through my instagram page @straight.up.inferitlity"
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
TTC; IVF; surrogacy; international surrogacy; advocacy; pregnancy of unknown location; thin lining; embryo transfer; embryo loss
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
Support this podcast at: https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Kirsten Jordan is the first woman ever cast on Bravo's Million Dollar Listing New York. In college, she was diagnosed with PCOS, and later, when she was told she was going to need IVF to conceive, she decided she did not want to go down that road. Kirsten soon started working with Dr. Christina Burns, a previous Infertile AF podcast guest, and they started changing Kirsten's lifestyle and taking a naturopathic approach to fertility. They focused on balanced hormones, improved egg quality, and lowered inflammation, managing her PCOS with natural methods. "I was like, I'm never gonna do IVF," Kirsten says. Today, she is the mother of three, all born without assisted reproductive technology.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
PCOS; TTC; forgoing IVF and ART; anti-inflammatory diet; herbal medicine; acupuncture; pregnancy without IVF and ART
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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Today, talks to Chris Jackson, CEO and President of Cicero Diagnostics. Chris has been in diagnostic lab testing for over 30 years, focusing on health care sales and marketing. He has launched more than 35 products during his career, with the majority in the field of women's health & reproductive medicine. Ali and Chris talk about how Cicero Diagnostics is
Giving a Voice to Silent Endometriosis, Why this so important right now, How the Receptiva DX test, which is for unexplained infertility, failed implantation and recurrent pregnancy loss, works, and so much more. Chris shares some success stories from some of the women he's worked with over the years, and also shares some very exciting new generation testing that's on the horizon.
For more, go to https://receptivadx.com/
USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Unexplained infertility; TTC; endometriosis; silent endo; Receptiva DX; failed implantation; recurrent pregnancy loss
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
Support this podcast at: https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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On today's episode, Ali interviews Rosanne Austin, Master Mindset Coach, Fertility Fairy Godmother, and "Am I The Reason I'm Not Getting Pregnant?" author, about going through seven years of failed fertility treatments. Rosanne explains how she did treatment after treatment, also trying everything from acupuncture to boiling black chickens, before having her son without assisted reproductive technology at 43 years old. Rosanne. a former prosecutor, is now passionate about teaching other high-achieving women across the globe to do the same through her Fearlessly Fertile Method, helping them work on their mindset and also reduce stress on their fertility journeys.
More info on Rosanne:
Website: https://www.frommaybetobaby.com
nstagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosanneaustinfertility
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rosanneaustincoach
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@fearlesslyfertiletv
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosanneaustin
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Unexplained infertility; acupuncture; fertility herbs; forgoing ART; changing one's mindset; pregnancy without ART
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test.
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Today, Ali is talking to Dr. Christina Burns, a doctor of Chinese Medicine and a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist. She is also the founder of Naturna, an integrative fertility clinic in NYC, dedicated to the comprehensive fusion of Eastern medicine and Western science. Christina explains why and how she got into a healing profession, how she was diagnosed with PCOS and low ovarian reserve, and how, when it came time to build her family, she chose not to go through IVF or any ART, even though her OB-GYN recommended it (today, Christina is the mom of three). Christina is also the author of The Ultimate Fertility Guidebook, which just hit shelves, and includes proven tactics to help women tune into their body's natural "language" and increase their chances of conceiving. "I've just seen so many miracles with natural medicine and lifestyle changes that that is what I stick to. I very rarely take a more modern Western approach, although I do see there is absolutely a place for it and I'm a big fan of integrative medicine," Christina says.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
PCOS; low ovarian reserve; integrative medicine; acupuncture; fertility herbs; chemical pregnancy; forgoing ART
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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Huge episode today! Ali is talking to "Jar of Hearts" and "A Thousand Years" singer Christina Perri about her long and difficult family-building journey. Christina and Ali get deep about how Christina met her husband (a legit "meet cute,"), when she found out she was pregnant with her now-five-year-old daughter, Carmella, and how "A Thousands Years" is hands down one of the biggest anthems of Ali's (and so many others') infertility journey. Christina shares her experience with miscarriage; the devastating stillbirth of her daughter, Rosie; navigating mental health; mold poisoning; the effects of loss and fertility issues on marriage, how they told Carmella about Rosie's death, and so much more. Christina is passionate about raising awareness for pregnant women with blood-clotting disorders, and she talks about her own disorder, and the test that could have detected her disorder and possibly prevented her losses. Christina is such a badass, she’s a woman’s woman, she is a cheerleader for this community, and Ali can’t thank her enough for going there like she never has before.
Follow Christina on IG @christinaperri and check out her new album, "A Lighter Shade of Blue"
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Miscarriage; mold poisoning; mental health; therapy; pregnancy after loss; stillbirth; blood clotting disorders; anxiety; grief
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
MYVITRO
Since launching the company in 2020, MyVitro has helped thousands of people feel confident during treatment. From their Fertility Caddy and Fridge Box to the Injection Trainer and TTC Bandages, customers rave that MyVitro products are a game changer.
MyVitro has everything you need to get your meds stored safely and organized so you feel confident and in control of your IVF cycle. Go to myvitro.com and use code INFERTILEAF at checkout to receive 10% off of your order.
PINK STORK www.pinkstork.com
For PinkStork, wellness is personal. As The Wellness Brand for Women®, they feel called to support all women on their wellness journeys. Our bodies are wonderful and complex, but they don’t always act the way they should. Whatever your ailment, Pink Stork is here to support you—physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Founded by CEO Amy Suzanne after her own health struggles, Pink Stork is women-owned and women-run with over 80% female employees. Their diverse team cares deeply about offering clean, natural products and the women who trust them every day.
The best part? Infertile AF listeners get a special discount. All you have to do is go to pinkstork.com and use CODE XXXXXX (NEW CODE COMING SOON) for an exclusive discount on your purchase
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Today Ali is talking to singer-songwriter Lauren Kelley, who is still in the midst of her years-long infertility journey. Lauren says she "had a feeling" she'd have trouble getting pregnant. And unfortunately, she was not wrong. Lauren explains what happened when she and her husband started to try for kids, and what happened when they discovered that one of her tubes was blocked and the other was non-functional. She talks about rounds of IVF, finding a "grapefruit-sized cyst" on her right ovary, why she distrusts doctors, and why she started sharing her story on social media. Make sure to listen to the end so you can hear the beautiful song Lauren wrote about her journey, "New Life."
Follow Lauren here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/queenevelyine
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queenevelyine
Website: https://www.evelyine.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@evelyinesings
New Life on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAbOPpuW9TA
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; ovarian cysts; the effects of IVF on marriage; fallopian tubes; fallopian tube surgery
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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Ali's guest today, Pam Schumann, is CEO of SMP Pharmacy, a groundbreaking fertility and specialty pharmacy that is dedicated to empowering patients and clinics throughout their fertility journeys. Pam talks about how she joined the fertility community from a professional perspective before enduring her own infertility struggles. She talks about her low ovarian reserve, going through IVF more than 20 years ago, how IVF took a toll on her marriage, her "really bad quantity but really good quality" results, having her son, and how, later, he found out he was an IVF baby. She also talks about the extraordinary things SMP Pharmacy is doing, the importance of decision support, and the personalized, on-demand trackable injection training that SMP is offering, which has completely transformed the process for patients and nurses alike. "I think anything that gives people control of their decision making is very useful," Pam says. "We are a women-run pharmacy and so we understand both the emotional and physical side of fertility."
For $200 off your next order through SMP Pharmacy, go to SMPPharmacy.com and use code FERTILITYRALLY
Connect with SMP and Pam Schumann:
IG: @smppharmacy
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; embryos; low ovarian reserve; IVF pregnancy; the effects of IVF on marriage; injection training; fertility pharmacies; women-run businesses
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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Alex Kornsweit is an infertility advocate, a mental health advocate, a miscarriage survivor and a surrogacy warrior, and today, she and Ali are getting into all of her family building deets. Alex talks about marrying her high school sweetheart, finding out they had infertility issues, doing a fresh IVF transfer with her first son (it worked!), and why, at one point, she felt like a "fraud" in the infertility community. She also talks about her devastating miscarriage and how she navigated the grief, realizing her doctor wasn't the right fit for her and switching clinics, using a courier service to transport her embryos, the crush of a cancelled cycle, and being diagnosed with Asherman's syndrome. Alex also discusses her surrogacy journey, including how they matched quickly with a surrogate, the surprise pregnancy that rocked their world, and how today, she is a proud mama of three boys.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF: Asherman's Syndrome; miscarriage; embryos; cancelled cycles; lining issues; mental health; surrogacy; intralipid infusions; pregnancy after loss; IVF surrogacy.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" -- and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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Today, Ali is talking to her friend and one of the Fertility Rally founding members, Michelle G. Michelle is a full spectrum doula, a yoga teacher, a reiki healer, an IVF warrior, a pregnancy loss survivor and a foster parent, and on this episode, they're getting into all of it. What Michelle and her husband, Lucas, thought was a simple Male factor diagnosis turned into multiple surgeries, IVF miscarriages, IUI miscarriages, donor sperm and three egg retrievals. The silver lining is that Michelle and Lucas became foster parents at the end of 2022. But their family building story is not over yet. As Michelle says, "Our story is still not over and we hope to continue 'finding forever' in 2023."
Follow her or connect @via.mirabella on Instagram.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Male factor infertility; microtese; vericocele; IVF; IUI; donor sperm; miscarriage; Covid; adoption; chemical pregnancy; trauma-informed therapy; foster parenting
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" --and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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It's been two and a half years, and lot has happened since Ali last talked to her friend, Victoria Nino @expectinganything. Today, Victoria brings us up to speed on where she is now (spoiler alert: 8 and a half months pregnant!). She talks about what she did when her doctor said, "Don't get your hopes up, Victoria, because it's not that great of an embryo," another transfer that didn't work, and then a surprise pregnancy of "an unknown location." She also gets into what happened next, including some very cool messages from an intuitive friend, being "all in with gypsy magic," and why they call their next baby, "Star Baby."
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Failed IVF transfers; donor eggs; gypsy magic; IVF; pregnancy after loss; surprise pregnancy; pregnancy of unknown location; IVF success; epigenetics.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" --and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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Jenna Cuccionilli has one of the biggest hearts Ali has encountered in this community, and today, Jenna and Ali are talking about Jenna's 5-plus year infertility journey, including being diagnosed with PCOS at the age of 16, five miscarriages, one stillbirth and how now, they have five embryos left. Jenna gets into the details of her first miscarriage, one week before she and her husband Pete's wedding, why she calls herself "half crunchy," starting with IUIs and moving onto IVF, and why she turned her household into a non-toxic household. She also talks about the devastating loss of their baby, Graham, who was stillborn when she was around 20 weeks pregnant. Jenna gives advice to anyone navigating stillbirth, where they are now on their family building journey, and why her word for 2023 is "breakthrough."
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Miscarriage; IUI; IVF; pregnancy after loss; still birth; non-toxic environment; infertility and weight loss.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" --and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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Ali's guest today is the incredible interior designer, photographer, mom of two, and wife of magician and "Magic for Humans" star Justin Willman. Jill shares all the details of her family building journey, from being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 18 to her first miscarriage, to finally getting pregnant with her son -- although it was far from an easy pregnancy. Jill talks about how she and Justin met, how they made a list of baby names the night they got engaged, and what happened when her first pregnancy ended after eight weeks. She also talks about how, when she finally got pregnant with her son, she "bled the whole time," the anxiety of pregnancy after loss, and how Justin, who was doing a show across the country, almost missed Jack's birth. Jill also discusses how, after her body had been through so much with her pregnancy with Jack, they were advised to use a surrogate if they wanted to have any more children, how they found the perfect surrogate for them (shoutout to Katie!) and what happened when their daughter, Rosie, was finally born. Sidenote pro tip: After listening to this episode, check out Jill and Justin's two hilarious YouTube Drunk History videos, about how they met and about Jack's birth. You won't regret it.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Type 1 diabetes; miscarriage; pregnancy after loss; anxiety; surrogacy; IVF; surrogacy success
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
CIRCLE SURROGACY
Having an experienced agency by your side to guide you and manage your journey means you can focus on what’s important: the arrival of your baby. Intended parents and surrogates recommend Circle Surrogacy because of the company’s 27 year history of bringing over 2,800 babies into the world. And with a 99.3% success rate for parents, Circle also delivers peace of mind. If you’d like to see what surrogacy is all about, visit circlesurrogacy.com or follow them on social media @circlesurrogacy
RECEPTIVA DX
ReceptivaDx is the only test that can identify endometriosis, progesterone resistance and endometritis in a single sample, all causes for unexplained infertility and thus success rates of IVF treatments. ReceptivaDx includes BCL6, a marker that identifies uterine inflammation most often associated with asymptomatic (silent) endometriosis. BCL6 is found in more than 50% of women with unexplained infertility and over 65% of women with two or more IVF failures. If positive for the ReceptivaDx test, treatment options can improve the chances for a successful live birth 5 fold! Learn more at receptivadx.com or download our app “Receptivadx" --and USE CODE INFERTILEAF23 for $75 off the test
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Ali's guest today is Kristin Marsoli, a loyal Target shopper, an aspiring novelist, and a cancer survivor. Knowing she couldn’t carry a baby because of her medical history, when Kristin and her husband were ready to start their family, they turned to surrogacy. After a long journey with many bumps in the road, they finally welcomed their beautiful son into the world in 2014. Kristin then turned her personal experience with surrogacy into her profession, taking the role as the Marketing Director at Circle Surrogacy. Kristin educates intended parents, surrogates and egg donors about surrogacy and egg donation through Circle’s marketing efforts, and is passionate about helping make parenthood possible for others. On this episode, Ali and Kristin get into allll of it — as well as what song was number one in 2014. (Can you guess?)
For more info on Circle Surrogacy, check out circlesurrogacy.com
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Cervical cancer; cancer survival; infertility; radical hysterectomy; surrogacy; IVF; surrogacy success
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. GET ONE MONTH FREE THROUGH 1/7/23 with code INFERTILEAF. (Go to fertilityrally.com, purchase the monthy membership and use the code--your first month is free!) We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Today's guest, Deja Riley Izydorczyk, is a a fitness instructor and an ambassador for Lululemon, she was named one of Forbes' Black Women Changing the Face of Fitness. She is also a huge influencer on social, with almost 100,000 followers on Instagram and nearly 105,000 followers on TikTok, where she and her husband, Jimmy, have been chronicling their fertility journey. Deja tells Ali all about what she and Jimmy have been going through since they started their family building journey, including unexplained infertility, four failed IUIs, a devastating miscarriage, screaming in the shower, and now the next phase: IVF. Deja is still in the midst of her journey, so follow along on her IG @dejarile or on TikTok @dejarileyizy -- and stay tuned for another Deja episode down the line.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
IUI; unexplained infertility; pregnancy loss; miscarriage; polyps; fitness during infertility; IVF
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. GET ONE MONTH FREE THROUGH 1/7/23 with code INFERTILEAF. (Go to fertilityrally.com, purchase the monthy membership and use the code--your first month is free!) We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Today, Ali is talking to warrior mom Erin Bulcao about her real and raw fertility journey. Erin talks about how not ovulating led her to see a fertility specialist when she was in her late 20s, and why they recommended she start with IUIs. She talks about getting pregnant with triplets via IUI, and why it was recommended by her medical team, for the health of both Erin and her babies, that they reduce the pregnancy to twins. After discussing the aftermath of that decision and that procedure, as well as the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade, Erin shares how she felt "horrible and embarrassed." She also shares the difficulties of bringing one twin home while the other was still in the hospital, when and why her marriage almost "crashed and burned," moving on to IVF, and the importance of switching clinics and advocating for herself. Erin also talks about more losses, including an excruciating miscarriage that seemingly lasted forever, and finally bringing home their rainbow baby, via a final round of IVF.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
IUI; IUI success; triplet pregnancy; pregnancy reduction; twin pregnancy; NICU life; IVF; marriage issues; miscarriage; advocating for oneself; rainbow babies
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. GET ONE MONTH FREE THROUGH 1/7/23 with code INFERTILEAF. (Go to fertilityrally.com, purchase the monthy membership and use the code--your first month is free!) We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI20, and you’ll get 20% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
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Today, Ali is talking to Monica Bivas, IVF warrior and advocate, mindset and holistic fertility coach, and author of "The IVF Planner." Monica talks about her stage-four endometriosis, finding out that IVF was her only option to have healthy pregnancies, the several IVF cycles she went through, and how IVF can be considered taboo in the Latina community. She talks about having her now-17 year old daughter through IVF, and how blood clots in her umbilical cord during another pregnancy lead to the devastating stillbirth of another daughter, at 39 weeks. Monica explains what happened next, including depression, suicidal thoughts, her marriage almost "crumbling," more IVF cycles, the anxiety of pregnancy after infertility, how it felt when her next daughter (who is now nine years old) was born and how she turned her "pain into her purpose." Follow Monica on IG at @monicabivas
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Endometriosis; Stage-four endo; IVF; successful IVF; IVF in the Latin community; taboos; pregnancy after infertility; fertility coaching; IVF coaching; stillbirth; blood clots; depression; suicidal thoughts.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
PROOV
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April Christina is one of the biggest endometriosis advocates in this community and today, Ali hears April's entire fertility journey, from when she first got her period at the age of 9 to where she is today -- still in the midst of it all. April talks about her very early menstruation; her endometriosis diagnosis in her early 20s (and how when she was diagnosed, she had never even heard of endo before); her two endo surgeries; being in a depressive state; the discovery of her chocolate cysts; how she met her husband and when they started talking about family building; knowing that IUIs were not the right thing for her; and how her first IVF cycle did not go as planned. April also talks about her Endo Brunch, the power of community, the trauma of infertility, feeling isolated, and where she and her husband are now in their journey. (Hint: A new IVF cycle is starting soon.) April Christina is also a partner of Fertility Out Loud’s newest offering, Fertility Outreach a text-based platform providing aspiring parents with access to a live fertility coach. Find out more here: https://www.fertilityoutloud.com
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Early menstruation; endometriosis; IUI; IVF; isolation; depression; chocolate cysts; fibroids; trauma; the power of community
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
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Today, Ali is talking to her incredible PIBAC (Partner in Biz and Claw), Fertility Rally co-founder Blair Nelson, aka @fabivfmama. Blair was on Ali's 8th episode three and a half years ago, and sooooo much has happened since then: Blair did many more rounds of IVF, Blair had her baby girl, Hadley, Blair and Ali launched Fertility Rally in 2020, Blair got pregnant again in the fall of 2022, and then Blair received some devastating news that her baby, in utero, has an extremely rare disease called Limb Body Wall Complex, which is fatal. Blair talks about all of it on this episode, including what's going to happen next.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Balanced translocation; IVF; FETs; pregnancy after infertility; parenthood after infertility; rare diseases; Fertility Rally; limb-body wall complex; TFMR (termination for medical reasons).
Follow Keegan @theivfdad and check out his book here: https://www.theivfdad.com/
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 500 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
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On this episode, Ali talks to Sarah, a U.S. citizen who's been living --and going through secondary infertility -- in Shanghai, China. Sarah emailed Ali, "I have always had good access to mental health support and friends in the US, but the past two years I have been living in Shanghai, China. The border remains closed due to covid so we have not been able to travel out at all. I recently experienced a miscarriage here, between 8 and 9 weeks, had a D&C, and really struggled to find anyone to talk to about it. While Shanghai is a very very modern city, it really lacks the sort of mental health awareness and access we have in the US and it was a real struggle." Sarah shares what it's like going through secondary infertility in China, where for many years, there was a "one child" policy; the cultural differences she's faced; finding community (or the lack thereof); how some people have embryos in China but are not allowed in the country; and more.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IUI; IVF; Shanghai, China; China's "one child" policy; Covid-19; miscarriage; D&C; secondary infertility; anxiety; frozen embryos; PCOS; quarantine; Letrizole; Clomid.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 450 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
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Today Ali is talking to a very dear friend of hers, Payal @payalponders, who she met when Payal joined the Fertility Rally family. Payal is mama to Zion Edward, who was with us earthside from 7/4-7/6/22 --and she's going to tell us all about her sweet son, as well as her entire fertility journey. Payal talks about meeting her husband Ron, why she had a feeling she might need fertility treatments, doing 3 IUIs, doing 3 egg retrievals, and doing two FETs. She also talks about her placenta abruption when she was 24 weeks two days pregnant with Zion, including what happened at home, what happened in the hospital and the NICU, and what happened when they realized sweet Zion was not going to make it. This is a very special episode, and Ali can't thank Payal enough for sharing. Here's to Zion Edward and ice cream forever.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IUIs; egg retrievals; FETs; frozen embryo transfers; pregnancy after loss; placenta abruption; NICU; baby and infant loss.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 450 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
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Today Ali is talking to a dear friend of hers who she met through Instagram. Her name is Jess Veit,and she is an IVF Warrior and advocate, a bright light in the IG community, and mama to her rainbow baby, whose nickname is Sunny. You probably know her from IG @onesunnystory. On this episode, Jess tells Ali how she got to where she is today, including 9 years of trying, 𝟼 𝙸𝚄𝙸s, 𝟼 𝙵𝙴𝚃s (frozen embryo transfers) and her one miracle baby. They also talk about thyroid issues, natural killer cells, painful periods, and Asherman's Syndrome. And big news: Jess reveals what's happening next in her family building journey.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; painful periods; IUIs; FETs; frozen embryo transfers; thyroid issues; natural killer cells; pregnancy after miscarriage; Asherman's Syndrome.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 450 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
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Ali is talking to best friends this week! Today, her guests are Ronit and Vida, who met while working together at Nike in Los Angeles, who both come from health and fitness backgrounds, and who both found themselves going through infertility at the same time.
Today, they both share their infertility journeys, including how they each had a miscarriage one week apart, how they supported each other as best friends, how the losses affected their relationships with their husbands, and how they blamed themselves. They're also going to discuss how after delving into some deep research and trying to figure out the root cause of their fertility issues, they decided to found a company called We Natal. WeNatal is the first prenatal supplement intentionally optimized for her and for him. Reimagining the gender paradigms around fertility and pregnancy, WeNatal is shifting prenatal care from women-centered to couples-centered—from Me to We. For more, check out https://wenatal.com/
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Miscarriage; infertility; sperm health; male factor infertility; pregnancy after miscarriage; prenatal supplements; genetic abnormalies; "It Starts With the Egg" book.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
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Get ready for a very entertaining conversation! Today Ali is talking to Lauren Massarella, a wellness and lifestyle blogger from Chicago, who co-hosts "Cozy Conversations," a bi-weekly podcast about everyday life experiences, pop culture, current events, and everything in between, with her sister, Michelle. Ali and Lauren dive deep into Lauren's infertility struggles, starting with "horrible" endometriosis for a big chunk of her life, the lack of sex education she got as a young woman, going through IVF with her husband, Anthony, how they finally got pregnant, some unique pregnancy complications, and finally, having their healthy baby girl.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Endometriosis; surgery; infertility; IVF; sex education; pregnancy after infertility; parenthood after infertility.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Today, Ali is talking to Keegan Prue, whose book, "The IVF Dad," chronicles he and his wife's struggle with infertility, going through two rounds of IVF, two miscarriages, and three embryo transfers before the birth of their first daughter--and then even more before having their next baby girl, who was just born less than a month ago. Keegan talks about how to be a supportive partner through infertility, why he's always wanted to have kids, what happened when they "hit the wall," how his wife had a blighted ovum, hearing the dreaded phrase, "I'm sorry, there's no heartbeat," pregnancy after loss, and so much more.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Unexplained infertility; the male point of view; Letrizole; IVF; FET; blighted ovum; miscarriage; grief; successful cycles; genetic testing; a double-thawed embryo; pregnancy after infertility; parenthood after infertility.
Follow Keegan @theivfdad and check out his book here: https://www.theivfdad.com/
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Lisa White is an author, an IVF mentor and an occupational therapist, and today, she's going to talk about riding the emotional rollercoaster of the infertility and IVF journey, and how it can feel incredibly overwhelming, lonely and painful. Lisa asks, "How do you stay hopeful and not lose yourself or your dreams for your family in this process?"
Lisa tells Ali about being told they had less than one percent chance conceiving without assisted reproductive technology (ART), discovering polyps in her uterus, getting no embryos during a round of IVF, her lifelong love of journaling, the importance of surrounding yourself with like-minded people during infertility, achieving IVF success with only one healthy embryo, becoming a mom at the age of 40, the emergency hysterectomy that saved her life, and a ton more.
Follow Lisa on IG at @ivf.manifesting.a.miracle and check out her book, "Hold On, Baby" here: https://ivfmanifestingamiracle.com/holdonbaby
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Male factor infertility; miracle mindset; polyps; IVF; failed cycles; successful cycles; polyp surgery; scar tissue surgery; fibroid surgery; fertility coaching; motherhood after 40.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Lora Shahine is on the show today! You guys probably know her from TikTok, IG, and also her passion for educating and supporting the fertility community. Today, she's talking about all the things, including her own infertility journey--and why so many doctors (one in four actually!) face infertility. Lora talks about the importance of social media in her medical practice, egg freezing, being diagnosed with secondary infertility, the 3 IVF transfers she went through, and why working remotely has had some pros and cons for patients when it comes to going through treatment.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Secondary infertility; IVF; transfers; failed transfers; stims; egg freezing; doctors going through infertility.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY LIVE
Do not miss our FREE VIRTUAL EVENT: Fertility Rally Live For Anyone Trying to Conceive and New Moms After Infertility on 10/22! The All-Day, Educational and Inspirational Event Returns to Support the ‘Worst Club with the Best Members’
For the first time ever, tickets to the event are totally free. All ticket holders have 30 days to watch the 8+ hours of talks, and they also each receive our Virtual Swag Bag full of discounts and offers. Tickets can be reserved HERE.
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
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Reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Lora Shahine is on the show today! You guys probably know her from TikTok, IG, and also her passion for educating and supporting the fertility community. Today, she's talking about all the things, including her own infertility journey--and why so many doctors (one in four actually!) face infertility. Lora talks about the importance of social media in her medical practice, egg freezing, being diagnosed with secondary infertility, the 3 IVF transfers she went through, and why working remotely has had some pros and cons for patients when it comes to going through treatment.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Secondary infertility; IVF; transfers; failed transfers; stims; egg freezing; doctors going through infertility.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY LIVE
Do not miss our FREE VIRTUAL EVENT: Fertility Rally Live For Anyone Trying to Conceive and New Moms After Infertility on 10/22! The All-Day, Educational and Inspirational Event Returns to Support the ‘Worst Club with the Best Members’
For the first time ever, tickets to the event are totally free. All ticket holders have 30 days to watch the 8+ hours of talks, and they also each receive our Virtual Swag Bag full of discounts and offers. Tickets can be reserved HERE.
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
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Today, Ali is talking to Samantha Bloom, who, in March 2020, learned she had the BRCA gene variant after taking a 23andMe test. Samantha, a mother of twins, was trying to have a third child. And it was mid-Covid, so once she was finally able to see her OBGYN a few months later and confirm she was BRCA positive, her gynecologist advised that she stop trying to get pregnant and instead consider starting IVF. Samantha tells us her entire story, including how she was diagnosed with PCOS as a teenager, and what happened when she did go down the IVF road.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Genetic testing; PCOS; BRCA gene variant; 23andMe test; miscarriage; IVF.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY LIVE
Do not miss our FREE VIRTUAL EVENT: Fertility Rally Live For Anyone Trying to Conceive and New Moms After Infertility on 10/22! The All-Day, Educational and Inspirational Event Returns to Support the ‘Worst Club with the Best Members’
For the first time ever, tickets to the event are totally free. All ticket holders have 30 days to watch the 8+ hours of talks, and they also each receive our Virtual Swag Bag full of discounts and offers. Tickets can be reserved HERE.
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrall.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
MAGIC MIND
Magic Mind’s mission is to make the world more productive by giving people the tools to be the best version of themselves. Their goal is to get you into that glorious flow-state more often, so you can do your best work more efficiently and spend more time doing what you love. Go to magicmind.co/infertile and use code INFERTILE20 for 20% off. The best part is that they have a money back guarantee. If you get the subscription, it’s a 40% off. My 40% off code only lasts 10 days, so hurry up!
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Today, Ali is talking to Samantha Bloom, who, in March 2020, learned she had the BRCA gene variant after taking a 23andMe test. Samantha, a mother of twins, was trying to have a third child. And it was mid-Covid, so once she was finally able to see her OBGYN a few months later and confirm she was BRCA positive, her gynecologist advised that she stop trying to get pregnant and instead consider starting IVF. Samantha tells us her entire story, including how she was diagnosed with PCOS as a teenager, and what happened when she did go down the IVF road.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Genetic testing; PCOS; BRCA gene variant; 23andMe test; miscarriage; IVF.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY LIVE
Do not miss our FREE VIRTUAL EVENT: Fertility Rally Live For Anyone Trying to Conceive and New Moms After Infertility on 10/22! The All-Day, Educational and Inspirational Event Returns to Support the ‘Worst Club with the Best Members’
For the first time ever, tickets to the event are totally free. All ticket holders have 30 days to watch the 8+ hours of talks, and they also each receive our Virtual Swag Bag full of discounts and offers. Tickets can be reserved HERE.
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally www.fertilityrall.com
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
MAGIC MIND
Magic Mind’s mission is to make the world more productive by giving people the tools to be the best version of themselves. Their goal is to get you into that glorious flow-state more often, so you can do your best work more efficiently and spend more time doing what you love. Go to magicmind.co/infertile and use code INFERTILE20 for 20% off. The best part is that they have a money back guarantee. If you get the subscription, it’s a 40% off. My 40% off code only lasts 10 days, so hurry up!
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Priscilla Brown is an incredible mama of four kiddos named Liam, Bear, Ziggy and Olive. But it took Priscilla a long time to become a mom of four, and included a lot of heartbreak, and many twists and turns along the way. Today, Priscilla tells Ali all the things, including being diagnosed with unexplained infertility; doing five back-to-back IUIs; giving up big important life events because of treatment; having a miscarriage; being diagnosed with DOR; moving onto IVF; fresh transfers versus frozen transfers, and so much more. She also talks about her collection of poems, "Waiting on the Universe," which were written while she was going through her infertility journey, to help others feel less alone.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY and FERTILITY RALLY LIVE, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
MAGIC MIND
Magic Mind’s mission is to make the world more productive by giving people the tools to be the best version of themselves. Their goal is to get you intothat glorious flow-state more often, so you can do your best work more efficiently and spend more time doing what you love. Go to magicmind.co/infertile and use code INFERTILE20 for 20% off. The best part is that they have a money back guarantee. If you get the subscription, it’s a 40% off. My 40% off code only lasts 10 days, so hurry up!
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Priscilla Brown is an incredible mama of four kiddos named Liam, Bear, Ziggy and Olive. But it took Priscilla a long time to become a mom of four, and included a lot of heartbreak, and many twists and turns along the way. Today, Priscilla tells Ali all the things, including being diagnosed with unexplained infertility; doing five back-to-back IUIs; giving up big important life events because of treatment; having a miscarriage; being diagnosed with DOR; moving onto IVF; fresh transfers versus frozen transfers, and so much more. She also talks about her collection of poems, "Waiting on the Universe," which were written while she was going through her infertility journey, to help others feel less alone.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY and FERTILITY RALLY LIVE, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
MAGIC MIND
Magic Mind’s mission is to make the world more productive by giving people the tools to be the best version of themselves. Their goal is to get you intothat glorious flow-state more often, so you can do your best work more efficiently and spend more time doing what you love. Go to magicmind.co/infertile and use code INFERTILE20 for 20% off. The best part is that they have a money back guarantee. If you get the subscription, it’s a 40% off. My 40% off code only lasts 10 days, so hurry up!
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Today, Ali is talking to "Tales of the Walking Dead" actress and "Egg Party" director Kersti Bryan about her new short film, "Egg Party." Egg Party (click link below to watch it!) tackles the incredibly tough topic of pregnancy and infertility—and so much more. The movie is about six women in their late-thirties gathering together for a not-so-sober afternoon to laugh and dye Easter eggs—and to contemplate their fertility. Ali and Kersti about how she created the story behind Egg Party, filming during the Pandemic, the overturning of Roe V. Wade, the importance of good maternal health, miscarriages, egg freezing, the stigma of infertility, and where Kersti is now when it comes to family building.
WATCH EGG PARTY MOVIE HERE:
https://vimeo.com/589975618
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
Infertility; fertility; egg freezing; miscarriage; maternal health; Egg Party movie; Kersti Bryan.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
EXTEND FERTILITY
Extend Fertility--co-founded by Ali's brilliant doctor, Joshua U. Klein, believes in being personal and data driven. They’re passionate about delivering fertility care in a more compassionate and transparent way. To help proactively explore your fertility options, Extend Fertility has an exclusive offer for all Infertile AF listeners. If you schedule a consultation and mention that you are a Infertile AF listener, you will receive $500 off your first IVF or egg freezing cycle. Visit extendfertility.com and mention Infertile AF.
CIRCLE SURROGACY
When you’re ready to explore options, Circle Surrogacy & Egg Donation is ready to hear your story, and to talk about the different options for parenthood. Circle offers a variety of programs that fit YOUR needs – and they have a 99.3% success rate for parents. Plus, 44% of Circle’s staff has personal experience as surrogates, egg donors or parents through surrogacy, IVF or adoption. To learn more, go to circlesurrogacy.com or call the Circle Team at 617-439-9900.
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Today, Ali is talking to "Tales of the Walking Dead" actress and "Egg Party" director Kersti Bryan about her new short film, "Egg Party." Egg Party (click link below to watch it!) tackles the incredibly tough topic of pregnancy and infertility—and so much more. The movie is about six women in their late-thirties gathering together for a not-so-sober afternoon to laugh and dye Easter eggs—and to contemplate their fertility. Ali and Kersti about how she created the story behind Egg Party, filming during the Pandemic, the overturning of Roe V. Wade, the importance of good maternal health, miscarriages, egg freezing, the stigma of infertility, and where Kersti is now when it comes to family building.
WATCH EGG PARTY MOVIE HERE:
https://vimeo.com/589975618
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
Infertility; fertility; egg freezing; miscarriage; maternal health; Egg Party movie; Kersti Bryan.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
EXTEND FERTILITY
Extend Fertility--co-founded by Ali's brilliant doctor, Joshua U. Klein, believes in being personal and data driven. They’re passionate about delivering fertility care in a more compassionate and transparent way. To help proactively explore your fertility options, Extend Fertility has an exclusive offer for all Infertile AF listeners. If you schedule a consultation and mention that you are a Infertile AF listener, you will receive $500 off your first IVF or egg freezing cycle. Visit extendfertility.com and mention Infertile AF.
CIRCLE SURROGACY
When you’re ready to explore options, Circle Surrogacy & Egg Donation is ready to hear your story, and to talk about the different options for parenthood. Circle offers a variety of programs that fit YOUR needs – and they have a 99.3% success rate for parents. Plus, 44% of Circle’s staff has personal experience as surrogates, egg donors or parents through surrogacy, IVF or adoption. To learn more, go to circlesurrogacy.com or call the Circle Team at 617-439-9900.
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Today, Ali is talking to "Tales of the Walking Dead" actress and "Egg Party" director Kersti Bryan about her new short film, "Egg Party." Egg Party (click link below to watch it!) tackles the incredibly tough topic of pregnancy and infertility—and so much more. The movie is about six women in their late-thirties gathering together for a not-so-sober afternoon to laugh and dye Easter eggs—and to contemplate their fertility. Ali and Kersti about how she created the story behind Egg Party, filming during the Pandemic, the overturning of Roe V. Wade, the importance of good maternal health, miscarriages, egg freezing, the stigma of infertility, and where Kersti is now when it comes to family building.
WATCH EGG PARTY MOVIE HERE:
https://vimeo.com/589975618
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
Infertility; fertility; egg freezing; miscarriage; maternal health; Egg Party movie; Kersti Bryan.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
EXTEND FERTILITY
Extend Fertility--co-founded by Ali's brilliant doctor, Joshua U. Klein, believes in being personal and data driven. They’re passionate about delivering fertility care in a more compassionate and transparent way. To help proactively explore your fertility options, Extend Fertility has an exclusive offer for all Infertile AF listeners. If you schedule a consultation and mention that you are a Infertile AF listener, you will receive $500 off your first IVF or egg freezing cycle. Visit extendfertility.com and mention Infertile AF.
CIRCLE SURROGACY
When you’re ready to explore options, Circle Surrogacy & Egg Donation is ready to hear your story, and to talk about the different options for parenthood. Circle offers a variety of programs that fit YOUR needs – and they have a 99.3% success rate for parents. Plus, 44% of Circle’s staff has personal experience as surrogates, egg donors or parents through surrogacy, IVF or adoption. To learn more, go to circlesurrogacy.com or call the Circle Team at 617-439-9900.
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Today, Ali is talking to Cristy Murray, an Infertility warrior who has a passion for helping women who struggle with infertility. As a veteran and women's health provider, Cristy has made it her mission to give back and empower women to be their own advocates for their health. Cristy talks about ways to boost fertility, toxin-Free living, and of course, her own experience while going through the painful journey of trying to conceive. Cristy explains how her Catholic upbringing played into her family building journey. She is also a military veteran, and she talks about something that Ali has never talked about before on the show: how heavy metals may have affected her fertility, and the procedures she used to get them out of her body.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
Infertility; military veterans; fertility; advocacy; heavy metals; toxin-feel living; Catholic faith; natural conception.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
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Today, Ali is talking to Cristy Murray, an Infertility warrior who has a passion for helping women who struggle with infertility. As a veteran and women's health provider, Cristy has made it her mission to give back and empower women to be their own advocates for their health. Cristy talks about ways to boost fertility, toxin-Free living, and of course, her own experience while going through the painful journey of trying to conceive. Cristy explains how her Catholic upbringing played into her family building journey. She is also a military veteran, and she talks about something that Ali has never talked about before on the show: how heavy metals may have affected her fertility, and the procedures she used to get them out of her body.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
Infertility; military veterans; fertility; advocacy; heavy metals; toxin-feel living; Catholic faith; natural conception.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
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Today, Ali is talking to Cristy Murray, an Infertility warrior who has a passion for helping women who struggle with infertility. As a veteran and women's health provider, Cristy has made it her mission to give back and empower women to be their own advocates for their health. Cristy talks about ways to boost fertility, toxin-Free living, and of course, her own experience while going through the painful journey of trying to conceive. Cristy explains how her Catholic upbringing played into her family building journey. She is also a military veteran, and she talks about something that Ali has never talked about before on the show: how heavy metals may have affected her fertility, and the procedures she used to get them out of her body.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
Infertility; military veterans; fertility; advocacy; heavy metals; toxin-feel living; Catholic faith; natural conception.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
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Today, Ali is talking to Stephanie Levich, founder of Family Match, a fertility consulting firm for A-List celebrities, CEOs, and prominent sports and political figures who require extra support and privacy as they navigate their family-building journeys. Stephanie talks about growing up as one of three adopted children, how and when her parents told her she was adopted, and how she has worked in the fertility industry for more than 20 years. She also talks about finding herself in the throes of infertility when it came time to build her family, and what happened when she went through IVF. Stephanie also tells Ali about the children's book she wrote, "From the Start," about building families through assisted reproductive technology.
For more, check out
www.familymatchconsulting.com
www.fromthestartbook.com
Follow Stephanie at:
@familymatchconsulting
@stephanielevich
@fromthestartbook
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
Adoption; talking to kids about adoption; fertility; infertility; surrogacy; red flags when it comes to surrogacy.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Today, Ali is talking to Stephanie Levich, founder of Family Match, a fertility consulting firm for A-List celebrities, CEOs, and prominent sports and political figures who require extra support and privacy as they navigate their family-building journeys. Stephanie talks about growing up as one of three adopted children, how and when her parents told her she was adopted, and how she has worked in the fertility industry for more than 20 years. She also talks about finding herself in the throes of infertility when it came time to build her family, and what happened when she went through IVF. Stephanie also tells Ali about the children's book she wrote, "From the Start," about building families through assisted reproductive technology.
For more, check out
www.familymatchconsulting.com
www.fromthestartbook.com
Follow Stephanie at:
@familymatchconsulting
@stephanielevich
@fromthestartbook
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
Adoption; talking to kids about adoption; fertility; infertility; surrogacy; red flags when it comes to surrogacy.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Stephanie Levich, founder of Family Match, a fertility consulting firm for A-List celebrities, CEOs, and prominent sports and political figures who require extra support and privacy as they navigate their family-building journeys. Stephanie talks about growing up as one of three adopted children, how and when her parents told her she was adopted, and how she has worked in the fertility industry for more than 20 years. She also talks about finding herself in the throes of infertility when it came time to build her family, and what happened when she went through IVF. Stephanie also tells Ali about the children's book she wrote, "From the Start," about building families through assisted reproductive technology.
For more, check out
www.familymatchconsulting.com
www.fromthestartbook.com
Follow Stephanie at:
@familymatchconsulting
@stephanielevich
@fromthestartbook
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
Adoption; talking to kids about adoption; fertility; infertility; surrogacy; red flags when it comes to surrogacy.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Today, Ali is talking to Cory Silverberg, sex educator and the author of You Know, Sex, a graphic style book that The NY Times recently called one of "The Books about Sex that Every Family Should Read." and Ali could not agree more. The New York Times Book review says, "Silverberg's writing is fearless . . . Here is that rare voice that can talk about the hardest things kids go through in ways that are thoughtful, lighthearted and always respectful of their intelligence." Ali and Cory talk about all of it, including how You Know, Sex is the first thoroughly modern sex education book for every body, covering not only the big three of puberty—hormones, reproduction, and development—but also power, pleasure, and how to be a decent human being. They also talk about the lack of good education we all got (and are still getting), talking to kids about fertility, infertility, and miscarriage -- and so much more.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
Miscarriage; fertility; infertility; sex education; hormones; reproduction; pleasure; being a decent human being; LGBTQ family building.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Cory Silverberg, sex educator and the author of You Know, Sex, a graphic style book that The NY Times recently called one of "The Books about Sex that Every Family Should Read." and Ali could not agree more. The New York Times Book review says, "Silverberg's writing is fearless . . . Here is that rare voice that can talk about the hardest things kids go through in ways that are thoughtful, lighthearted and always respectful of their intelligence." Ali and Cory talk about all of it, including how You Know, Sex is the first thoroughly modern sex education book for every body, covering not only the big three of puberty—hormones, reproduction, and development—but also power, pleasure, and how to be a decent human being. They also talk about the lack of good education we all got (and are still getting), talking to kids about fertility, infertility, and miscarriage -- and so much more.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
Miscarriage; fertility; infertility; sex education; hormones; reproduction; pleasure; being a decent human being; LGBTQ family building.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Today, Ali is talking to Cory Silverberg, sex educator and the author of You Know, Sex, a graphic style book that The NY Times recently called one of "The Books about Sex that Every Family Should Read." and Ali could not agree more. The New York Times Book review says, "Silverberg's writing is fearless . . . Here is that rare voice that can talk about the hardest things kids go through in ways that are thoughtful, lighthearted and always respectful of their intelligence." Ali and Cory talk about all of it, including how You Know, Sex is the first thoroughly modern sex education book for every body, covering not only the big three of puberty—hormones, reproduction, and development—but also power, pleasure, and how to be a decent human being. They also talk about the lack of good education we all got (and are still getting), talking to kids about fertility, infertility, and miscarriage -- and so much more.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
Miscarriage; fertility; infertility; sex education; hormones; reproduction; pleasure; being a decent human being; LGBTQ family building.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Today, Ali is talking to Catie and Ryan, who she met when Catie joined the Fertility Rally family. Catie and Ryan talk about everything that lead up to having their baby, who is actually going to be here any day now — from unexplained infertility to five IUIs to Ryan's "super sperm" to miscarriage to the anxieties of pregnancy after loss. Ryan also talks about writing his book, "Finally! An infertility Book for Dudes," which is funny, relatable and so necessary in this infertility landscape.
Check it out here: https://www.amazon.com/FINALLY-Infertility-Book-Dudes-Perspective/dp/B0B2TP64FM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ERAIP4F4X4PF&keywords=finally+an+infertility+book+for+dudes&qid=1661975450&sprefix=finally+an+infer%2Caps%2C190&sr=8-1
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Unexplained infertility; IUI; IVF; Clomid; sperm health; miscarriage; pregnancy after miscarriage; pregnancy after loss; men talking about infertility.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
BEEBIZY
Beebizy, the #1 party planning app, was founded by mom of two, Laila Marshall, who struggled with the party planning process for various occasions. Whether it's for bachelorette parties, wedding showers, dog birthday parties or more, let Beebizy do all the legwork for you. Interested in a little more hands-on help? Beebizy also offers in-house event planners to make sure you don’t need to lift a finger! Check out www.beebizy.com,
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Catie and Ryan, who she met when Catie joined the Fertility Rally family. Catie and Ryan talk about everything that lead up to having their baby, who is actually going to be here any day now — from unexplained infertility to five IUIs to Ryan's "super sperm" to miscarriage to the anxieties of pregnancy after loss. Ryan also talks about writing his book, "Finally! An infertility Book for Dudes," which is funny, relatable and so necessary in this infertility landscape.
Check it out here: https://www.amazon.com/FINALLY-Infertility-Book-Dudes-Perspective/dp/B0B2TP64FM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ERAIP4F4X4PF&keywords=finally+an+infertility+book+for+dudes&qid=1661975450&sprefix=finally+an+infer%2Caps%2C190&sr=8-1
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Unexplained infertility; IUI; IVF; Clomid; sperm health; miscarriage; pregnancy after miscarriage; pregnancy after loss; men talking about infertility.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
BEEBIZY
Beebizy, the #1 party planning app, was founded by mom of two, Laila Marshall, who struggled with the party planning process for various occasions. Whether it's for bachelorette parties, wedding showers, dog birthday parties or more, let Beebizy do all the legwork for you. Interested in a little more hands-on help? Beebizy also offers in-house event planners to make sure you don’t need to lift a finger! Check out www.beebizy.com,
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Catie and Ryan, who she met when Catie joined the Fertility Rally family. Catie and Ryan talk about everything that lead up to having their baby, who is actually going to be here any day now — from unexplained infertility to five IUIs to Ryan's "super sperm" to miscarriage to the anxieties of pregnancy after loss. Ryan also talks about writing his book, "Finally! An infertility Book for Dudes," which is funny, relatable and so necessary in this infertility landscape.
Check it out here: https://www.amazon.com/FINALLY-Infertility-Book-Dudes-Perspective/dp/B0B2TP64FM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ERAIP4F4X4PF&keywords=finally+an+infertility+book+for+dudes&qid=1661975450&sprefix=finally+an+infer%2Caps%2C190&sr=8-1
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Unexplained infertility; IUI; IVF; Clomid; sperm health; miscarriage; pregnancy after miscarriage; pregnancy after loss; men talking about infertility.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
BEEBIZY
Beebizy, the #1 party planning app, was founded by mom of two, Laila Marshall, who struggled with the party planning process for various occasions. Whether it's for bachelorette parties, wedding showers, dog birthday parties or more, let Beebizy do all the legwork for you. Interested in a little more hands-on help? Beebizy also offers in-house event planners to make sure you don’t need to lift a finger! Check out www.beebizy.com,
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Ajima, who is calling from Belgium to share her very complicated family building story. It starts when Ajima's doctor went in to remove some fibroids, and mistakenly amputated her cervix, rendering her infertile. It also includes another traumatic medical experience, when Ajima's sister-in-law, who had agreed to be Ajima's surrogate, became paralyzed after receiving an epidural. This is not only a story about infertility and surrogacy, it's a story about racial disparities when it comes to black maternal health, of the injustice of medical mistreatment, and so much more.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Fibroids; cervical amputation; infertility; ovarian cysts; IVF; surrogacy; epidural; medical mistreatment; black maternal health disparities.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Ajima, who is calling from Belgium to share her very complicated family building story. It starts when Ajima's doctor went in to remove some fibroids, and mistakenly amputated her cervix, rendering her infertile. It also includes another traumatic medical experience, when Ajima's sister-in-law, who had agreed to be Ajima's surrogate, became paralyzed after receiving an epidural. This is not only a story about infertility and surrogacy, it's a story about racial disparities when it comes to black maternal health, of the injustice of medical mistreatment, and so much more.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Fibroids; cervical amputation; infertility; ovarian cysts; IVF; surrogacy; epidural; medical mistreatment; black maternal health disparities.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Today, Ali is talking to Ajima, who is calling from Belgium to share her very complicated family building story. It starts when Ajima's doctor went in to remove some fibroids, and mistakenly amputated her cervix, rendering her infertile. It also includes another traumatic medical experience, when Ajima's sister-in-law, who had agreed to be Ajima's surrogate, became paralyzed after receiving an epidural. This is not only a story about infertility and surrogacy, it's a story about racial disparities when it comes to black maternal health, of the injustice of medical mistreatment, and so much more.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Fibroids; cervical amputation; infertility; ovarian cysts; IVF; surrogacy; epidural; medical mistreatment; black maternal health disparities.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer 4 support groups per week, 3 private Facebook groups, tons of curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Allison, whose story begins with a diagnosis of leukemia at the age of three years old. Allison talks about her diagnosis, going through chemo and radiation, and getting a life-saving bone marrow transplant from her sister, who was just one year old at the time. Now a childhood cancer survivor, she talks about how her treatment came into play when it came time to try to have babies. She describes having heavy bleeding and cysts on her ovaries, deciding to freeze her eggs, and going through two unsuccessful rounds of IVF, because "there weren't any eggs to extract at that point." She talks about having a hysterectomy, using an egg donor and a surrogate to have her baby girl, and how today, she is the manager of the egg donor program at Conceiveabilities, helping others navigate egg donation and more.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Leukemia; childhood cancer; infertility; ovarian cysts; IVF; egg freezing; failed cycles; hysterectomy; egg donation; surrogacy.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
INCIRCLE FERTILITY @incirclefertility
Abbe Feder founded InCircle fertility after her own 6 year struggle with infertility. InCircle provides a holistic approach – from guidance on planning and decision making, to patient advocacy and day-to-day emotional support. All of this from someone who’s BEEN THERE.
InCircle is giving Infertile AF listeners a free 30 minute support session - check out https://www.incirclefertility.com/aliaf Again, use code ALIAF for a free 30 min session. I really can’t recommend her enough.
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Allison, whose story begins with a diagnosis of leukemia at the age of three years old. Allison talks about her diagnosis, going through chemo and radiation, and getting a life-saving bone marrow transplant from her sister, who was just one year old at the time. Now a childhood cancer survivor, she talks about how her treatment came into play when it came time to try to have babies. She describes having heavy bleeding and cysts on her ovaries, deciding to freeze her eggs, and going through two unsuccessful rounds of IVF, because "there weren't any eggs to extract at that point." She talks about having a hysterectomy, using an egg donor and a surrogate to have her baby girl, and how today, she is the manager of the egg donor program at Conceiveabilities, helping others navigate egg donation and more.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Leukemia; childhood cancer; infertility; ovarian cysts; IVF; egg freezing; failed cycles; hysterectomy; egg donation; surrogacy.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
INCIRCLE FERTILITY @incirclefertility
Abbe Feder founded InCircle fertility after her own 6 year struggle with infertility. InCircle provides a holistic approach – from guidance on planning and decision making, to patient advocacy and day-to-day emotional support. All of this from someone who’s BEEN THERE.
InCircle is giving Infertile AF listeners a free 30 minute support session - check out https://www.incirclefertility.com/aliaf Again, use code ALIAF for a free 30 min session. I really can’t recommend her enough.
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Allison, whose story begins with a diagnosis of leukemia at the age of three years old. Allison talks about her diagnosis, going through chemo and radiation, and getting a life-saving bone marrow transplant from her sister, who was just one year old at the time. Now a childhood cancer survivor, she talks about how her treatment came into play when it came time to try to have babies. She describes having heavy bleeding and cysts on her ovaries, deciding to freeze her eggs, and going through two unsuccessful rounds of IVF, because "there weren't any eggs to extract at that point." She talks about having a hysterectomy, using an egg donor and a surrogate to have her baby girl, and how today, she is the manager of the egg donor program at Conceiveabilities, helping others navigate egg donation and more.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Leukemia; childhood cancer; infertility; ovarian cysts; IVF; egg freezing; failed cycles; hysterectomy; egg donation; surrogacy.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
INCIRCLE FERTILITY @incirclefertility
Abbe Feder founded InCircle fertility after her own 6 year struggle with infertility. InCircle provides a holistic approach – from guidance on planning and decision making, to patient advocacy and day-to-day emotional support. All of this from someone who’s BEEN THERE.
InCircle is giving Infertile AF listeners a free 30 minute support session - check out https://www.incirclefertility.com/aliaf Again, use code ALIAF for a free 30 min session. I really can’t recommend her enough.
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Cheyna Roth is a Senior producer at Slate, where she produces podcasts for a living. Ali first heard about her and her story when she talked about her own infertility struggles on a podcast that she frequently co-hosts, called "The Waves."
Today, she shares that story with us, talking about endometriosis, the random places she's injected meds in her ass, retrievals, transfers, IUIs, miscarriage, pregnancy after loss, secondary infertility and so much more.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; endometriosis; IUI; IVf; egg retrievals; embryo transfers; secondary infertility; pregnancy after loss; grief; guilt.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
INCIRCLE FERTILITY @incirclefertility
Abbe Feder founded InCircle fertility after her own 6 year struggle with infertility. InCircle provides a holistic approach – from guidance on planning and decision making, to patient advocacy and day-to-day emotional support. All of this from someone who’s BEEN THERE.
InCircle is giving Infertile AF listeners a free 30 minute support session - check out https://www.incirclefertility.com/aliaf Again, use code ALIAF for a free 30 min session. I really can’t recommend her enough.
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Cheyna Roth is a Senior producer at Slate, where she produces podcasts for a living. Ali first heard about her and her story when she talked about her own infertility struggles on a podcast that she frequently co-hosts, called "The Waves."
Today, she shares that story with us, talking about endometriosis, the random places she's injected meds in her ass, retrievals, transfers, IUIs, miscarriage, pregnancy after loss, secondary infertility and so much more.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; endometriosis; IUI; IVf; egg retrievals; embryo transfers; secondary infertility; pregnancy after loss; grief; guilt.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
INCIRCLE FERTILITY @incirclefertility
Abbe Feder founded InCircle fertility after her own 6 year struggle with infertility. InCircle provides a holistic approach – from guidance on planning and decision making, to patient advocacy and day-to-day emotional support. All of this from someone who’s BEEN THERE.
InCircle is giving Infertile AF listeners a free 30 minute support session - check out https://www.incirclefertility.com/aliaf Again, use code ALIAF for a free 30 min session. I really can’t recommend her enough.
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
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Cheyna Roth is a Senior producer at Slate, where she produces podcasts for a living. Ali first heard about her and her story when she talked about her own infertility struggles on a podcast that she frequently co-hosts, called "The Waves."
Today, she shares that story with us, talking about endometriosis, the random places she's injected meds in her ass, retrievals, transfers, IUIs, miscarriage, pregnancy after loss, secondary infertility and so much more.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; endometriosis; IUI; IVf; egg retrievals; embryo transfers; secondary infertility; pregnancy after loss; grief; guilt.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
INCIRCLE FERTILITY @incirclefertility
Abbe Feder founded InCircle fertility after her own 6 year struggle with infertility. InCircle provides a holistic approach – from guidance on planning and decision making, to patient advocacy and day-to-day emotional support. All of this from someone who’s BEEN THERE.
InCircle is giving Infertile AF listeners a free 30 minute support session - check out https://www.incirclefertility.com/aliaf Again, use code ALIAF for a free 30 min session. I really can’t recommend her enough.
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Michelle V. is the proud mom of her angel baby Sweet Pea, who she lost due to miscarriage, her angel daughter Colette Louise who she lost at nine days old, and her only living child, her rainbow baby, Elliott Miguel. Today she tells Ali all about her journey, including infertility, miscarriage, giving birth to her daughter at just 24 weeks, their nine-day stay in the NICU, the devastating loss of Colette, and so much more. She's also going to tell us about how she and her husband founded The Colette Louise Tisdahl Foundation, whose mission is to improve outcomes of pregnancy, childbirth, prematurity, and infancy, as well as aid in the grieving process through financial assistance, education, and advocacy.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; miscarriage; IUIs; NICU; infant loss; grief; advocacy.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Michelle V. is the proud mom of her angel baby Sweet Pea, who she lost due to miscarriage, her angel daughter Colette Louise who she lost at nine days old, and her only living child, her rainbow baby, Elliott Miguel. Today she tells Ali all about her journey, including infertility, miscarriage, giving birth to her daughter at just 24 weeks, their nine-day stay in the NICU, the devastating loss of Colette, and so much more. She's also going to tell us about how she and her husband founded The Colette Louise Tisdahl Foundation, whose mission is to improve outcomes of pregnancy, childbirth, prematurity, and infancy, as well as aid in the grieving process through financial assistance, education, and advocacy.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; miscarriage; IUIs; NICU; infant loss; grief; advocacy.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Michelle V. is the proud mom of her angel baby Sweet Pea, who she lost due to miscarriage, her angel daughter Colette Louise who she lost at nine days old, and her only living child, her rainbow baby, Elliott Miguel. Today she tells Ali all about her journey, including infertility, miscarriage, giving birth to her daughter at just 24 weeks, their nine-day stay in the NICU, the devastating loss of Colette, and so much more. She's also going to tell us about how she and her husband founded The Colette Louise Tisdahl Foundation, whose mission is to improve outcomes of pregnancy, childbirth, prematurity, and infancy, as well as aid in the grieving process through financial assistance, education, and advocacy.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; miscarriage; IUIs; NICU; infant loss; grief; advocacy.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire community of more than 400 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Miscarriage Awareness advocate Chauncey Ellis about her two very different losses. Chauncey talks about growing up as part of the LDS church, how she was one of eight children in her family, and having her first daughter at a young age. She also talks about trying again seven years later, the two miscarriages she experienced, the grief she deals with to this day, and later, having another daughter, named Indigo. Today, Chauncey is a huge cheerleader for others in the #TTCcommunity, sharing education, advice and her own experiences. Follow her @chaunceyellis
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Miscarriage; multiple miscarriages; meditation; grief; pregnancy after loss.
EPISODE SPONSOR:
THE CLASS.
The Class is a fun and challenging workout that combines strength-training, cardio, and mindfulness to help you feel better. Check out The Class’ recent Fertility Series, backed by CCRM. Whether you’re curious about conceiving or actively trying to have a child, The Fertility Series strengthens your mind-body connection so you can maintain your wellbeing wherever you are on the fertility journey. This series includes conversations, meditations, and no-impact workouts that emotionally and mentally support you where medicine, society, and well-meaning loved ones fall short.
The best part? Infertile AF listeners can get an exclusive, 30-day free trial by going to theclass.com/infertileaf
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Miscarriage Awareness advocate Chauncey Ellis about her two very different losses. Chauncey talks about growing up as part of the LDS church, how she was one of eight children in her family, and having her first daughter at a young age. She also talks about trying again seven years later, the two miscarriages she experienced, the grief she deals with to this day, and later, having another daughter, named Indigo. Today, Chauncey is a huge cheerleader for others in the #TTCcommunity, sharing education, advice and her own experiences. Follow her @chaunceyellis
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Miscarriage; multiple miscarriages; meditation; grief; pregnancy after loss.
EPISODE SPONSOR:
THE CLASS.
The Class is a fun and challenging workout that combines strength-training, cardio, and mindfulness to help you feel better. Check out The Class’ recent Fertility Series, backed by CCRM. Whether you’re curious about conceiving or actively trying to have a child, The Fertility Series strengthens your mind-body connection so you can maintain your wellbeing wherever you are on the fertility journey. This series includes conversations, meditations, and no-impact workouts that emotionally and mentally support you where medicine, society, and well-meaning loved ones fall short.
The best part? Infertile AF listeners can get an exclusive, 30-day free trial by going to theclass.com/infertileaf
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: infertileafstories@gmail.com
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Miscarriage Awareness advocate Chauncey Ellis about her two very different losses. Chauncey talks about growing up as part of the LDS church, how she was one of eight children in her family, and having her first daughter at a young age. She also talks about trying again seven years later, the two miscarriages she experienced, the grief she deals with to this day, and later, having another daughter, named Indigo. Today, Chauncey is a huge cheerleader for others in the #TTCcommunity, sharing education, advice and her own experiences. Follow her @chaunceyellis
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Miscarriage; multiple miscarriages; meditation; grief; pregnancy after loss.
EPISODE SPONSOR:
THE CLASS.
The Class is a fun and challenging workout that combines strength-training, cardio, and mindfulness to help you feel better. Check out The Class’ recent Fertility Series, backed by CCRM. Whether you’re curious about conceiving or actively trying to have a child, The Fertility Series strengthens your mind-body connection so you can maintain your wellbeing wherever you are on the fertility journey. This series includes conversations, meditations, and no-impact workouts that emotionally and mentally support you where medicine, society, and well-meaning loved ones fall short.
The best part? Infertile AF listeners can get an exclusive, 30-day free trial by going to theclass.com/infertileaf
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: infertileafstories@gmail.com
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Dancing With the Stars pro Peta Murgatroyd about the secondary infertility journey she is currently experiencing, after she and her husband, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, another DWTS pro, had their son, Shai, who is now five years old. Peta talks about her three miscarriages, dealing with loss in the middle of her Dancing with the Stars season, why she felt embarrassed and ashamed by having miscarriages, why she feels it's so important to talk about it now, how she and Maks have dealt with it together, and what happened when she started IVF this past June. She also talks about balancing work with raising a family (and the regrets she has in that area), wondering how and why miscarriage could happen to her, listening to her gut, why she thought IVF was "a broken woman-type of thing" and how her body and mind have responded so far during her IVF journey.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; secondary infertility; miscarriage; multiple miscarriages; IVF; egg retrievals; relationship issues; advocating for oneself; shame and embarrassment.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
EXTEND FERTILITY
Extend Fertility--co-founded by Ali's brilliant doctor, Joshua U. Klein, believes in being personal and data driven. They’re passionate about delivering fertility care in a more compassionate and transparent way. To help proactively explore your fertility options, Extend Fertility has an exclusive offer for all Infertile AF listeners. If you schedule a consultation and mention that you are a Infertile AF listener, you will receive $500 off your first IVF or egg freezing cycle. Visit extendfertility.com and mention Infertile AF.
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: infertileafstories@gmail.com
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Dancing With the Stars pro Peta Murgatroyd about the secondary infertility journey she is currently experiencing, after she and her husband, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, another DWTS pro, had their son, Shai, who is now five years old. Peta talks about her three miscarriages, dealing with loss in the middle of her Dancing with the Stars season, why she felt embarrassed and ashamed by having miscarriages, why she feels it's so important to talk about it now, how she and Maks have dealt with it together, and what happened when she started IVF this past June. She also talks about balancing work with raising a family (and the regrets she has in that area), wondering how and why miscarriage could happen to her, listening to her gut, why she thought IVF was "a broken woman-type of thing" and how her body and mind have responded so far during her IVF journey.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; secondary infertility; miscarriage; multiple miscarriages; IVF; egg retrievals; relationship issues; advocating for oneself; shame and embarrassment.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
EXTEND FERTILITY
Extend Fertility--co-founded by Ali's brilliant doctor, Joshua U. Klein, believes in being personal and data driven. They’re passionate about delivering fertility care in a more compassionate and transparent way. To help proactively explore your fertility options, Extend Fertility has an exclusive offer for all Infertile AF listeners. If you schedule a consultation and mention that you are a Infertile AF listener, you will receive $500 off your first IVF or egg freezing cycle. Visit extendfertility.com and mention Infertile AF.
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: infertileafstories@gmail.com
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Dancing With the Stars pro Peta Murgatroyd about the secondary infertility journey she is currently experiencing, after she and her husband, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, another DWTS pro, had their son, Shai, who is now five years old. Peta talks about her three miscarriages, dealing with loss in the middle of her Dancing with the Stars season, why she felt embarrassed and ashamed by having miscarriages, why she feels it's so important to talk about it now, how she and Maks have dealt with it together, and what happened when she started IVF this past June. She also talks about balancing work with raising a family (and the regrets she has in that area), wondering how and why miscarriage could happen to her, listening to her gut, why she thought IVF was "a broken woman-type of thing" and how her body and mind have responded so far during her IVF journey.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; secondary infertility; miscarriage; multiple miscarriages; IVF; egg retrievals; relationship issues; advocating for oneself; shame and embarrassment.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
EXTEND FERTILITY
Extend Fertility--co-founded by Ali's brilliant doctor, Joshua U. Klein, believes in being personal and data driven. They’re passionate about delivering fertility care in a more compassionate and transparent way. To help proactively explore your fertility options, Extend Fertility has an exclusive offer for all Infertile AF listeners. If you schedule a consultation and mention that you are a Infertile AF listener, you will receive $500 off your first IVF or egg freezing cycle. Visit extendfertility.com and mention Infertile AF.
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: infertileafstories@gmail.com
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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On this episode, Ali talks to Ashley Gildin Spitzer about her four-year-long infertility journey, which ended with she calls her "twiblings," two babies born four months apart. Ashley starts with her diagnosis of hypothalamic amenorrhea (loss of her period), then talks about her IUI which ended in a blighted ovum. She then talks about her IVF journey, which included several retrievals, several transfers, and several devastating losses. She talks about seeing an immunologist, going gluten and dairy-free, and what happened when they pivoted to looking for a surrogate. She then explains how, in a wild twist, she became pregnant, and so did her surrogate--and how the two babies were born four months apart.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; hypothalamic amenorrhea; IUIs; IVF; accupuncture; surrogacy; miscarriage; immunology; ReceptivaDX; blighted ovum; chemical pregnancy; ectopic pregnancy; twiblings; NICU babies.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
KINDBODY
Kindbody is so forward-thinking, they've recently merged with our good friends at Vios Fertility Institute - some of the best in the business in my opinion. From now until September 5, Kindbody is offering priority access to fertility treatment during your summer break with an exclusive $1500 discount on egg freezing or IVF plus $100 off your first appointment.
Educators work tirelessly to take care of others all year and this is one way Kindbody can say "thanks".
Visit Kindbody.com/teacher-promo for details and exclusions, and to get your discount code for $1500 off egg freezing or IVF plus $100 off your first appointment.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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On this episode, Ali talks to Ashley Gildin Spitzer about her four-year-long infertility journey, which ended with she calls her "twiblings," two babies born four months apart. Ashley starts with her diagnosis of hypothalamic amenorrhea (loss of her period), then talks about her IUI which ended in a blighted ovum. She then talks about her IVF journey, which included several retrievals, several transfers, and several devastating losses. She talks about seeing an immunologist, going gluten and dairy-free, and what happened when they pivoted to looking for a surrogate. She then explains how, in a wild twist, she became pregnant, and so did her surrogate--and how the two babies were born four months apart.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; hypothalamic amenorrhea; IUIs; IVF; accupuncture; surrogacy; miscarriage; immunology; ReceptivaDX; blighted ovum; chemical pregnancy; ectopic pregnancy; twiblings; NICU babies.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
KINDBODY
Kindbody is so forward-thinking, they've recently merged with our good friends at Vios Fertility Institute - some of the best in the business in my opinion. From now until September 5, Kindbody is offering priority access to fertility treatment during your summer break with an exclusive $1500 discount on egg freezing or IVF plus $100 off your first appointment.
Educators work tirelessly to take care of others all year and this is one way Kindbody can say "thanks".
Visit Kindbody.com/teacher-promo for details and exclusions, and to get your discount code for $1500 off egg freezing or IVF plus $100 off your first appointment.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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On this episode, Ali talks to Ashley Gildin Spitzer about her four-year-long infertility journey, which ended with she calls her "twiblings," two babies born four months apart. Ashley starts with her diagnosis of hypothalamic amenorrhea (loss of her period), then talks about her IUI which ended in a blighted ovum. She then talks about her IVF journey, which included several retrievals, several transfers, and several devastating losses. She talks about seeing an immunologist, going gluten and dairy-free, and what happened when they pivoted to looking for a surrogate. She then explains how, in a wild twist, she became pregnant, and so did her surrogate--and how the two babies were born four months apart.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; hypothalamic amenorrhea; IUIs; IVF; accupuncture; surrogacy; miscarriage; immunology; ReceptivaDX; blighted ovum; chemical pregnancy; ectopic pregnancy; twiblings; NICU babies.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
KINDBODY
Kindbody is so forward-thinking, they've recently merged with our good friends at Vios Fertility Institute - some of the best in the business in my opinion. From now until September 5, Kindbody is offering priority access to fertility treatment during your summer break with an exclusive $1500 discount on egg freezing or IVF plus $100 off your first appointment.
Educators work tirelessly to take care of others all year and this is one way Kindbody can say "thanks".
Visit Kindbody.com/teacher-promo for details and exclusions, and to get your discount code for $1500 off egg freezing or IVF plus $100 off your first appointment.
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HOW WILL OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE IMPACT IVF PATIENTS AND THE INFERTILITY COMMUNITY AT LARGE?
On today's special bonus episode, Ali is joined by Dr. Sahar Wertheimer, a reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist practicing in Los Angeles, and InCircle Fertility founder, fertility coach and infertility warrior Abbe Feder to discuss the implications of the overturning of Roe V. Wade. Among the things they discuss: If life begins at fertilization, what does that mean for embryos, creating embryos, discarding embryos and things of that nature? Are women supposed to stock up on the abortion pill? How do we deal with losing bodily autonomy? What it's like to be "waiting to be unpregnant" after a loss, and how young women today will come of age with fewer rights than her mothers and grandmothers. Dr. Werthemier also tells Ali and Abbe what doctors are saying behind the scenes, and what the next few years might look like. Then Abbe talks about how she had to take the abortion pill at one point for a very wanted pregnancy, and also how she had to to take methotrexte for an ectopic pregnancy, and how she went through TFMR when she was pregnant with IVF triplets (and how if the law were different at that time, she would have had a very different outcome).
RESOURCES:
https://resolve.org/resolve-statement-supreme-court-dobbs-decision/
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/roe-v-wade-overturned-how-to-help-action/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw5ZSWBhCVARIsALERCvz0frUWttW5kc_pTnHQoHUTJl3IdqwWZ2EIgFpmyerb3GBkdwNhYyAaAm0EEALw_wcB
https://www.asrm.org/news-and-publications/asrms-response-to-the-dobbs-v-jackson-ruling/
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HOW WILL OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE IMPACT IVF PATIENTS AND THE INFERTILITY COMMUNITY AT LARGE?
On today's special bonus episode, Ali is joined by Dr. Sahar Wertheimer, a reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist practicing in Los Angeles, and InCircle Fertility founder, fertility coach and infertility warrior Abbe Feder to discuss the implications of the overturning of Roe V. Wade. Among the things they discuss: If life begins at fertilization, what does that mean for embryos, creating embryos, discarding embryos and things of that nature? Are women supposed to stock up on the abortion pill? How do we deal with losing bodily autonomy? What it's like to be "waiting to be unpregnant" after a loss, and how young women today will come of age with fewer rights than her mothers and grandmothers. Dr. Werthemier also tells Ali and Abbe what doctors are saying behind the scenes, and what the next few years might look like. Then Abbe talks about how she had to take the abortion pill at one point for a very wanted pregnancy, and also how she had to to take methotrexte for an ectopic pregnancy, and how she went through TFMR when she was pregnant with IVF triplets (and how if the law were different at that time, she would have had a very different outcome).
RESOURCES:
https://resolve.org/resolve-statement-supreme-court-dobbs-decision/
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/roe-v-wade-overturned-how-to-help-action/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw5ZSWBhCVARIsALERCvz0frUWttW5kc_pTnHQoHUTJl3IdqwWZ2EIgFpmyerb3GBkdwNhYyAaAm0EEALw_wcB
https://www.asrm.org/news-and-publications/asrms-response-to-the-dobbs-v-jackson-ruling/
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HOW WILL OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE IMPACT IVF PATIENTS AND THE INFERTILITY COMMUNITY AT LARGE?
On today's special bonus episode, Ali is joined by Dr. Sahar Wertheimer, a reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist practicing in Los Angeles, and InCircle Fertility founder, fertility coach and infertility warrior Abbe Feder to discuss the implications of the overturning of Roe V. Wade. Among the things they discuss: If life begins at fertilization, what does that mean for embryos, creating embryos, discarding embryos and things of that nature? Are women supposed to stock up on the abortion pill? How do we deal with losing bodily autonomy? What it's like to be "waiting to be unpregnant" after a loss, and how young women today will come of age with fewer rights than her mothers and grandmothers. Dr. Werthemier also tells Ali and Abbe what doctors are saying behind the scenes, and what the next few years might look like. Then Abbe talks about how she had to take the abortion pill at one point for a very wanted pregnancy, and also how she had to to take methotrexte for an ectopic pregnancy, and how she went through TFMR when she was pregnant with IVF triplets (and how if the law were different at that time, she would have had a very different outcome).
RESOURCES:
https://resolve.org/resolve-statement-supreme-court-dobbs-decision/
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/roe-v-wade-overturned-how-to-help-action/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw5ZSWBhCVARIsALERCvz0frUWttW5kc_pTnHQoHUTJl3IdqwWZ2EIgFpmyerb3GBkdwNhYyAaAm0EEALw_wcB
https://www.asrm.org/news-and-publications/asrms-response-to-the-dobbs-v-jackson-ruling/
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Today, Ali's friend Monica tells us all about her infertility journey, including how she discovered she has uterus didelphys, a rare congenital condition where you're born with two uteruses and pelvic kidney--both of which make it difficult and unsafe for her to carry her own pregnancy. Monica talks about meeting her husband, when they started to try having babies, starting IVF, falling down a Google rabbit hole, pivoting to a new clinic, going through PRP treatment, finding and matching with a surrogate (and then another, and then another, and then another), and where she is now.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; uterus didelphys; pelvic kidney: PRP; surrogacy; advocacy; loss and anxiety.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Today, Ali's friend Monica tells us all about her infertility journey, including how she discovered she has uterus didelphys, a rare congenital condition where you're born with two uteruses and pelvic kidney--both of which make it difficult and unsafe for her to carry her own pregnancy. Monica talks about meeting her husband, when they started to try having babies, starting IVF, falling down a Google rabbit hole, pivoting to a new clinic, going through PRP treatment, finding and matching with a surrogate (and then another, and then another, and then another), and where she is now.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; uterus didelphys; pelvic kidney: PRP; surrogacy; advocacy; loss and anxiety.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
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Today, Ali's friend Monica tells us all about her infertility journey, including how she discovered she has uterus didelphys, a rare congenital condition where you're born with two uteruses and pelvic kidney--both of which make it difficult and unsafe for her to carry her own pregnancy. Monica talks about meeting her husband, when they started to try having babies, starting IVF, falling down a Google rabbit hole, pivoting to a new clinic, going through PRP treatment, finding and matching with a surrogate (and then another, and then another, and then another), and where she is now.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; uterus didelphys; pelvic kidney: PRP; surrogacy; advocacy; loss and anxiety.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
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On today's show, Jaime shares her infertility journey, including how she lost her baby girl, Emily, at 23 weeks gestation in December 2020 due to getting Covid while pregnant. Both Emily and Jaime's placenta tested positive for Covid. "It was an absolutely devastating loss," Jaime says. "Prior to losing her we had five early miscarriages. We finally brought home a baby this February - my son Brody is now four months old." Jaime says her journey is "to help promote awareness of Covid and Pregnancy to help prevent this from happening to others."
NOTE FROM ALI: Please guard your heart -- this is a sad and difficult episode. But it's so important, and I can't thank Jaime enough for sharing her story.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; unexplained infertility; miscarriage; RPL; Covid; IVF; still birth; IVF success
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month--and we are currently running a special for our 2nd Birthday: Just $129 for an annual membership--which is $70 off! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
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On today's show, Jaime shares her infertility journey, including how she lost her baby girl, Emily, at 23 weeks gestation in December 2020 due to getting Covid while pregnant. Both Emily and Jaime's placenta tested positive for Covid. "It was an absolutely devastating loss," Jaime says. "Prior to losing her we had five early miscarriages. We finally brought home a baby this February - my son Brody is now four months old." Jaime says her journey is "to help promote awareness of Covid and Pregnancy to help prevent this from happening to others."
NOTE FROM ALI: Please guard your heart -- this is a sad and difficult episode. But it's so important, and I can't thank Jaime enough for sharing her story.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; unexplained infertility; miscarriage; RPL; Covid; IVF; still birth; IVF success
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month--and we are currently running a special for our 2nd Birthday: Just $129 for an annual membership--which is $70 off! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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On today's show, Jaime shares her infertility journey, including how she lost her baby girl, Emily, at 23 weeks gestation in December 2020 due to getting Covid while pregnant. Both Emily and Jaime's placenta tested positive for Covid. "It was an absolutely devastating loss," Jaime says. "Prior to losing her we had five early miscarriages. We finally brought home a baby this February - my son Brody is now four months old." Jaime says her journey is "to help promote awareness of Covid and Pregnancy to help prevent this from happening to others."
NOTE FROM ALI: Please guard your heart -- this is a sad and difficult episode. But it's so important, and I can't thank Jaime enough for sharing her story.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; unexplained infertility; miscarriage; RPL; Covid; IVF; still birth; IVF success
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month--and we are currently running a special for our 2nd Birthday: Just $129 for an annual membership--which is $70 off! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Lilliana Vazquez, host of E! News, style expert and founder of The LV Guide, about the six years she spent battling infertility. Lilliana gets super candid about all the things: how she met her husband, how her first retrieval got messed up, how it's difficult to talk about infertility in her Latin community, how IVF is "a thief," being your own health advocate, the importance of getting a second opinion, how infertility almost "broke" her marriage, and finally, how she had her baby boy, Santi. "In my head, I had told myself, 'This one IVF round is going to lead to a beautiful, healthy baby,' which I think a lot of women do," she says. "It's very expensive, it's emotionally taxing, it's a huge sacrifice, and then to get that news, you're like—this was supposed to be my baby."
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; egg retrievals; relationship issues; advocating; the anxiety of motherhood after infertility
EPISODE SPONSORS:
PINK STORK www.pinkstork.com
For PinkStork, wellness is personal. As The Wellness Brand for Women®, they feel called to support all women on their wellness journeys. Our bodies are wonderful and complex, but they don’t always act the way they should. Whatever your ailment, Pink Stork is here to support you—physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Founded by CEO Amy Suzanne after her own health struggles, Pink Stork is women-owned and women-run with over 80% female employees. Their diverse team cares deeply about offering clean, natural products and the women who trust them every day.
The best part? Infertile AF listeners get a special discount. All you have to do is go to pinkstork.com and use CODE InfertileAF15 for an exclusive discount on your purchase
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
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Today, Ali is talking to Lilliana Vazquez, host of E! News, style expert and founder of The LV Guide, about the six years she spent battling infertility. Lilliana gets super candid about all the things: how she met her husband, how her first retrieval got messed up, how it's difficult to talk about infertility in her Latin community, how IVF is "a thief," being your own health advocate, the importance of getting a second opinion, how infertility almost "broke" her marriage, and finally, how she had her baby boy, Santi. "In my head, I had told myself, 'This one IVF round is going to lead to a beautiful, healthy baby,' which I think a lot of women do," she says. "It's very expensive, it's emotionally taxing, it's a huge sacrifice, and then to get that news, you're like—this was supposed to be my baby."
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; egg retrievals; relationship issues; advocating; the anxiety of motherhood after infertility
EPISODE SPONSORS:
PINK STORK www.pinkstork.com
For PinkStork, wellness is personal. As The Wellness Brand for Women®, they feel called to support all women on their wellness journeys. Our bodies are wonderful and complex, but they don’t always act the way they should. Whatever your ailment, Pink Stork is here to support you—physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Founded by CEO Amy Suzanne after her own health struggles, Pink Stork is women-owned and women-run with over 80% female employees. Their diverse team cares deeply about offering clean, natural products and the women who trust them every day.
The best part? Infertile AF listeners get a special discount. All you have to do is go to pinkstork.com and use CODE InfertileAF15 for an exclusive discount on your purchase
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today, Ali is talking to Lilliana Vazquez, host of E! News, style expert and founder of The LV Guide, about the six years she spent battling infertility. Lilliana gets super candid about all the things: how she met her husband, how her first retrieval got messed up, how it's difficult to talk about infertility in her Latin community, how IVF is "a thief," being your own health advocate, the importance of getting a second opinion, how infertility almost "broke" her marriage, and finally, how she had her baby boy, Santi. "In my head, I had told myself, 'This one IVF round is going to lead to a beautiful, healthy baby,' which I think a lot of women do," she says. "It's very expensive, it's emotionally taxing, it's a huge sacrifice, and then to get that news, you're like—this was supposed to be my baby."
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; egg retrievals; relationship issues; advocating; the anxiety of motherhood after infertility
EPISODE SPONSORS:
PINK STORK www.pinkstork.com
For PinkStork, wellness is personal. As The Wellness Brand for Women®, they feel called to support all women on their wellness journeys. Our bodies are wonderful and complex, but they don’t always act the way they should. Whatever your ailment, Pink Stork is here to support you—physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Founded by CEO Amy Suzanne after her own health struggles, Pink Stork is women-owned and women-run with over 80% female employees. Their diverse team cares deeply about offering clean, natural products and the women who trust them every day.
The best part? Infertile AF listeners get a special discount. All you have to do is go to pinkstork.com and use CODE InfertileAF15 for an exclusive discount on your purchase
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
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On today's show, Meg, aka @creating.crawfords, tells us all about her infertility journey, her heart condition, and the spinal injury she endured—all of which have made it so that she is unable to carry a baby. Meg talks about her miscarriage, trying for another year and half, the car accident that left her with chronic pain and in a neck brace, and how she and her husband pivoted to both surrogacy and donor eggs. Then, Meg explains how they found both their egg donor and their surrogate through social media — and how the surrogate is due with their baby in July.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; unexplained infertility; miscarriage; chronic pain; surrogacy; donor eggs; donor egg transfer; IVF; IVF success
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month--and we are currently running a special for our 2nd Birthday: Just $129 for an annual membership--which is $70 off! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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On today's show, Meg, aka @creating.crawfords, tells us all about her infertility journey, her heart condition, and the spinal injury she endured—all of which have made it so that she is unable to carry a baby. Meg talks about her miscarriage, trying for another year and half, the car accident that left her with chronic pain and in a neck brace, and how she and her husband pivoted to both surrogacy and donor eggs. Then, Meg explains how they found both their egg donor and their surrogate through social media — and how the surrogate is due with their baby in July.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; unexplained infertility; miscarriage; chronic pain; surrogacy; donor eggs; donor egg transfer; IVF; IVF success
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month--and we are currently running a special for our 2nd Birthday: Just $129 for an annual membership--which is $70 off! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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On today's show, Meg, aka @creating.crawfords, tells us all about her infertility journey, her heart condition, and the spinal injury she endured—all of which have made it so that she is unable to carry a baby. Meg talks about her miscarriage, trying for another year and half, the car accident that left her with chronic pain and in a neck brace, and how she and her husband pivoted to both surrogacy and donor eggs. Then, Meg explains how they found both their egg donor and their surrogate through social media — and how the surrogate is due with their baby in July.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; unexplained infertility; miscarriage; chronic pain; surrogacy; donor eggs; donor egg transfer; IVF; IVF success
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month--and we are currently running a special for our 2nd Birthday: Just $129 for an annual membership--which is $70 off! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
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Today Ali is talking to Jade, an amazing friend she met through Fertility Rally, and who works as a school counselor. Jade explains her entire infertility journey, including her hysteroscopy, "huffing" essentials oils, what happened when her doctor found uterine polyps, multiple failed IUIs, her laparoscopy and the discovery of endometriosis, and how all of this affected her relationship with her husband, Justin. Jade is about her have her first baby any day now, and she talks about her experience with IVF, panic attacks, what it felt like to finally be told she was pregnant, and of course, the anxieties that come with pregnancy after infertility. At one point, Jade asks, "Why am I setting myself up to get slapped in the face again and again?"
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; hysteroscopy; essentials oils; uterine polyps; failed IUIs; laparoscopy; endometriosis; IVF; panic attacks; pregnancy after infertility
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month--and we are currently running a special for our 2nd Birthday: Just $129 for an annual membership--which is $70 off! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
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Today Ali is talking to Jade, an amazing friend she met through Fertility Rally, and who works as a school counselor. Jade explains her entire infertility journey, including her hysteroscopy, "huffing" essentials oils, what happened when her doctor found uterine polyps, multiple failed IUIs, her laparoscopy and the discovery of endometriosis, and how all of this affected her relationship with her husband, Justin. Jade is about her have her first baby any day now, and she talks about her experience with IVF, panic attacks, what it felt like to finally be told she was pregnant, and of course, the anxieties that come with pregnancy after infertility. At one point, Jade asks, "Why am I setting myself up to get slapped in the face again and again?"
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; hysteroscopy; essentials oils; uterine polyps; failed IUIs; laparoscopy; endometriosis; IVF; panic attacks; pregnancy after infertility
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month--and we are currently running a special for our 2nd Birthday: Just $129 for an annual membership--which is $70 off! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
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Today Ali is talking to Jade, an amazing friend she met through Fertility Rally, and who works as a school counselor. Jade explains her entire infertility journey, including her hysteroscopy, "huffing" essentials oils, what happened when her doctor found uterine polyps, multiple failed IUIs, her laparoscopy and the discovery of endometriosis, and how all of this affected her relationship with her husband, Justin. Jade is about her have her first baby any day now, and she talks about her experience with IVF, panic attacks, what it felt like to finally be told she was pregnant, and of course, the anxieties that come with pregnancy after infertility. At one point, Jade asks, "Why am I setting myself up to get slapped in the face again and again?"
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; hysteroscopy; essentials oils; uterine polyps; failed IUIs; laparoscopy; endometriosis; IVF; panic attacks; pregnancy after infertility
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month--and we are currently running a special for our 2nd Birthday: Just $129 for an annual membership--which is $70 off! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
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Today Ali is talking to her very dear friend Taylor, who you might know from IG as @infertileandimpatient, and who Ali met when she joined Fertility Rally (@fertilityrally). Taylor has been through a ton, and today she tells Ali everything that happened leading up to the miracle birth of her twin girls, Quinn and Charlie. She talks about being blinded by miscarriage after miscarriage, being told by doctors that she had "bad luck," her diagnosis of a balanced translocation, the discovery of chronic endometritis, how she set a goal to make 10 embryos, and then how, in her words, making embryos became kind of an obsession. She also talks about pregnancy after infertility, being in the NICU with the twins, and the "survivor guilt" that comes along with having babies after infertility and loss.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; balanced translocation; chronic endometritis; IVF; miscarriage; recurrent miscarriage; pregnancy after infertility and loss; twin pregnancy; identical twins
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month--and we are currently running a special for our 2nd Birthday: Just $129 for an annual membership--which is $70 off! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
https://redcircle.com/infertile-af/donations
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Today Ali is talking to her very dear friend Taylor, who you might know from IG as @infertileandimpatient, and who Ali met when she joined Fertility Rally (@fertilityrally). Taylor has been through a ton, and today she tells Ali everything that happened leading up to the miracle birth of her twin girls, Quinn and Charlie. She talks about being blinded by miscarriage after miscarriage, being told by doctors that she had "bad luck," her diagnosis of a balanced translocation, the discovery of chronic endometritis, how she set a goal to make 10 embryos, and then how, in her words, making embryos became kind of an obsession. She also talks about pregnancy after infertility, being in the NICU with the twins, and the "survivor guilt" that comes along with having babies after infertility and loss.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; balanced translocation; chronic endometritis; IVF; miscarriage; recurrent miscarriage; pregnancy after infertility and loss; twin pregnancy; identical twins
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month--and we are currently running a special for our 2nd Birthday: Just $129 for an annual membership--which is $70 off! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
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Today Ali is talking to her very dear friend Taylor, who you might know from IG as @infertileandimpatient, and who Ali met when she joined Fertility Rally (@fertilityrally). Taylor has been through a ton, and today she tells Ali everything that happened leading up to the miracle birth of her twin girls, Quinn and Charlie. She talks about being blinded by miscarriage after miscarriage, being told by doctors that she had "bad luck," her diagnosis of a balanced translocation, the discovery of chronic endometritis, how she set a goal to make 10 embryos, and then how, in her words, making embryos became kind of an obsession. She also talks about pregnancy after infertility, being in the NICU with the twins, and the "survivor guilt" that comes along with having babies after infertility and loss.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; balanced translocation; chronic endometritis; IVF; miscarriage; recurrent miscarriage; pregnancy after infertility and loss; twin pregnancy; identical twins
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 325 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month--and we are currently running a special for our 2nd Birthday: Just $129 for an annual membership--which is $70 off! Join at link in bio on IG @fertilityrally or at fertilityrally.com
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
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Mathilde Froustey is a principal dancer at the San Francisco Ballet and one of the best dancers in the world. Born in Bordeaux, France, Mathilde started dancing at the age of 9 and trained at the Marselle National School of Ballet and the Paris Opera Ballet School. Today, even though she says, "In the dance world, infertility is a taboo subject," she comes out to Ali about her personal struggles with infertility and more, including battling an eating disorder, being body shamed while going through IVF, and life in general in the highly competitive world of professional dance. “No one talks about this in the dance world,” Mathilde says. Well, they do now.
Fertility Rally is the all-inclusive community for anyone who has gone through infertility, is going through infertility, or who are building modern families in “non-traditional” ways. The space is for anyone seeking support, information, inclusion, humor, kick ass virtual and IRL events, and fun discounts on the journey of infertility and parenthood. To start your Free 7-Day Trial or join now, go to fertilityrally.com
Today we are partnering with Proov, the first 5 minute, at-home progesterone test to confirm ovulation. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code INFERTILEAF20, and you’ll get 20% off your first order.
This episode, I'm partnering with NYU Langone Fertility Center. Join the thousands of families who've placed their trust in the experts at NYU Langone Fertility Center. When you're ready to explore your options, they're ready to help you build your family. For more information, check out their website fertilityny.org, Instagram @Fertility_NY, or call 212-263-8990.
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Mathilde Froustey is a principal dancer at the San Francisco Ballet and one of the best dancers in the world. Born in Bordeaux, France, Mathilde started dancing at the age of 9 and trained at the Marselle National School of Ballet and the Paris Opera Ballet School. Today, even though she says, "In the dance world, infertility is a taboo subject," she comes out to Ali about her personal struggles with infertility and more, including battling an eating disorder, being body shamed while going through IVF, and life in general in the highly competitive world of professional dance. “No one talks about this in the dance world,” Mathilde says. Well, they do now.
Fertility Rally is the all-inclusive community for anyone who has gone through infertility, is going through infertility, or who are building modern families in “non-traditional” ways. The space is for anyone seeking support, information, inclusion, humor, kick ass virtual and IRL events, and fun discounts on the journey of infertility and parenthood. To start your Free 7-Day Trial or join now, go to fertilityrally.com
Today we are partnering with Proov, the first 5 minute, at-home progesterone test to confirm ovulation. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code INFERTILEAF20, and you’ll get 20% off your first order.
This episode, I'm partnering with NYU Langone Fertility Center. Join the thousands of families who've placed their trust in the experts at NYU Langone Fertility Center. When you're ready to explore your options, they're ready to help you build your family. For more information, check out their website fertilityny.org, Instagram @Fertility_NY, or call 212-263-8990.
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Mathilde Froustey is a principal dancer at the San Francisco Ballet and one of the best dancers in the world. Born in Bordeaux, France, Mathilde started dancing at the age of 9 and trained at the Marselle National School of Ballet and the Paris Opera Ballet School. Today, even though she says, "In the dance world, infertility is a taboo subject," she comes out to Ali about her personal struggles with infertility and more, including battling an eating disorder, being body shamed while going through IVF, and life in general in the highly competitive world of professional dance. “No one talks about this in the dance world,” Mathilde says. Well, they do now.
Fertility Rally is the all-inclusive community for anyone who has gone through infertility, is going through infertility, or who are building modern families in “non-traditional” ways. The space is for anyone seeking support, information, inclusion, humor, kick ass virtual and IRL events, and fun discounts on the journey of infertility and parenthood. To start your Free 7-Day Trial or join now, go to fertilityrally.com
Today we are partnering with Proov, the first 5 minute, at-home progesterone test to confirm ovulation. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code INFERTILEAF20, and you’ll get 20% off your first order.
This episode, I'm partnering with NYU Langone Fertility Center. Join the thousands of families who've placed their trust in the experts at NYU Langone Fertility Center. When you're ready to explore your options, they're ready to help you build your family. For more information, check out their website fertilityny.org, Instagram @Fertility_NY, or call 212-263-8990.
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Today, Ali is talking to Jaycee Gossett, a founding teacher and VP of training at The Class. The Class is a workout that strengthens your physical, mental, and emotional well-being through an innovative combination of fitness and mindfulness. Jaycee is a rockstar in the wellness world and today she’s going to tell Ali all about her infertility journey—which she is still in the midst of. She talks about her diagnosis of unexplained infertility, doing six IUI, doing three rounds of IVF but making it to the transfer stage, and how she and her husband have navigated everything so far.
Jaycee also tells Ali about something really cool that’s happening this week at The Class:
The Fertility Series, which includes conversations, meditations, and no-impact workouts that emotionally and mentally support you where medicine, society, and well-meaning loved ones fall short. 1 in 3 teachers at The Class have faced fertility challenges and will share their stories, because no-one is alone on this journey. The meditations will help you move energy, regulate the nervous system, and calm the mind for phases when movement is not advisable or stillness is needed. There will also be a toned-down, no-impact version of The Class without jumping and extreme twisting
FIND OUT MORE AT THECLASS.COM
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IUIs; unexplained infertility; IVF; silent endometriosis; Receptiva DX test; assisted reproductive technology; self-care.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 300 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
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Today, Ali is talking to Jaycee Gossett, a founding teacher and VP of training at The Class. The Class is a workout that strengthens your physical, mental, and emotional well-being through an innovative combination of fitness and mindfulness. Jaycee is a rockstar in the wellness world and today she’s going to tell Ali all about her infertility journey—which she is still in the midst of. She talks about her diagnosis of unexplained infertility, doing six IUI, doing three rounds of IVF but making it to the transfer stage, and how she and her husband have navigated everything so far.
Jaycee also tells Ali about something really cool that’s happening this week at The Class:
The Fertility Series, which includes conversations, meditations, and no-impact workouts that emotionally and mentally support you where medicine, society, and well-meaning loved ones fall short. 1 in 3 teachers at The Class have faced fertility challenges and will share their stories, because no-one is alone on this journey. The meditations will help you move energy, regulate the nervous system, and calm the mind for phases when movement is not advisable or stillness is needed. There will also be a toned-down, no-impact version of The Class without jumping and extreme twisting
FIND OUT MORE AT THECLASS.COM
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IUIs; unexplained infertility; IVF; silent endometriosis; Receptiva DX test; assisted reproductive technology; self-care.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 300 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
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Today, Ali is talking to Jaycee Gossett, a founding teacher and VP of training at The Class. The Class is a workout that strengthens your physical, mental, and emotional well-being through an innovative combination of fitness and mindfulness. Jaycee is a rockstar in the wellness world and today she’s going to tell Ali all about her infertility journey—which she is still in the midst of. She talks about her diagnosis of unexplained infertility, doing six IUI, doing three rounds of IVF but making it to the transfer stage, and how she and her husband have navigated everything so far.
Jaycee also tells Ali about something really cool that’s happening this week at The Class:
The Fertility Series, which includes conversations, meditations, and no-impact workouts that emotionally and mentally support you where medicine, society, and well-meaning loved ones fall short. 1 in 3 teachers at The Class have faced fertility challenges and will share their stories, because no-one is alone on this journey. The meditations will help you move energy, regulate the nervous system, and calm the mind for phases when movement is not advisable or stillness is needed. There will also be a toned-down, no-impact version of The Class without jumping and extreme twisting
FIND OUT MORE AT THECLASS.COM
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IUIs; unexplained infertility; IVF; silent endometriosis; Receptiva DX test; assisted reproductive technology; self-care.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 300 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
Support this podcast at:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infertileaf
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Today, Ali's badass friend Samantha Busch @samanthabusch returns! It's been over two years since we did our first podcast episode, in March 2020. SO. MUCH. HAS. HAPPENED. Samantha and Ali catch up on ALL the things, including how she switched clinics and did another egg retrieval, how she had another loss--a pregnancy that ended devastatingly with two blighted ovums, finding the right gestational carrier, how it felt when her book, “Fighting Infertility,” came out, and how she and Kyle navigated the next phase together. She also talks about her baby girl, who is due via gestational carrier ANY MOMENT NOW! Always real AF, Samantha talks about how excited she is, but also how she is "so guarded" as well—understandably. If you want to hear her entire story, catch up on part one before listening to this ep.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; miscarriage; blighted ovum; gestational carriers; surrogacy and surrogates; the anxiety of motherhood after infertility; intended parents; the book "Fighting Infertility."
EPISODE SPONSORS:
PROOV
Today’s episode is sponsored by Proov, a women’s health company dedicated to providing information and solutions on key fertility hormones so they can reach their goals faster. The best part is that they’re giving Infertile AF listeners a special discount code. Go toproovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first Proov order of $25 or more.
Famlee Fertility
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ConceiveAbilities
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FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
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John Smothers is 71-year-old businessman, and today he's telling us about the difficulties he and his wife had building their family in the late 70s and early 80s, when ART hadn't really been developed yet, and it was all very "hush hush." It took John and his wife, Gayle, 7 years to have their first child, due to Gayle's endometriosis. But the trauma of infertility lived on. When Gayle died of breast cancer in 2018, one of the last things she said to him was, “Do whatever you can to help those couples.” He began investigating ways to improve the collection of human sperm, and today, John has helped create ProteX, the first and only product designed specifically for semen collection to aid in fertility treatment.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IUIs; IVF; endometriosis; breast cancer; semen samples; sperm motility; sperm health; assisted reproductive technology.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
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BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Today, Ali is talking to her good friend and the very FIRST Fertility Rally member, Maiclaire Smith, about the long and winding road she took to get to her baby son, Isaac. "Having Isaac doesn’t erase what we went through," she says. "The pain, the loss, the sacrifices that went along with three years of hell to get us our miracle baby. This is just a small part of what infertility looked like for us. This is $152,000 of medical intervention not covered by insurance to get us our precious boy. It’s been two years since I wrote my book, which just scratches the surface of our journey." In addition to all this, Maclaire talks about her diminished ovarian reserve, her multiple miscarriages, her 2 IUIs, her 2IVF cycle that yielded nothing, financial difficulties, literally putting all of her "eggs in one basket," doctors who didn't pay attention, switching clinics, facing what felt like discrimination as a bi-racial couple, and what it was like to go through IVF in her 40s. She also talks about how Isaac was a Day 7 embryo, and how rare it is for doctors to transfer Day 7 embryos these days. "So many clinics would have thrown him in the garbage, they never would've even let him have a chance to grow, and he is the most perfect child on the planet," she says. Check out her book, "Prequel to Parenthood."
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IUIs; IVF; DOR; failed cycles; anxiety; Day 7 embryos; switching clinics; financial difficulties; the anxiety of pregnancy after infertility.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
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BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Emma K. Belle is a life coach and mentor with a focus on Mental Health Recovery, Trauma Recovery and Emotional Awareness Learning. She's also a huge advocate for the infertility community, and an #infertility warrior herself. She heads up a Bipolar Disorder Recovery Online Support Group, and she also created TFMR Mamas, a group for those who have lost their babies to Termination for Medical Reasons. Today, Emma tells Ali about her fertility journey so far, including her "very chaotic and hectic young life," what she found out about her fertility when she went to freeze her eggs at age 35 and living with bipolar. She also talks about the traumatic loss of her daughter, Willow, who was diagnosed with Edward's Syndrome in utero, and the extremely unthinkable decision they made to terminate the pregnancy for medical reasons. Plus: Stick around after our interview for an update from Emma about where she is now (hint: It's good news!).
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BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Today Ali is talking to her friend and Fertility Rally member Jess L. about the infertility journey she and her wife, Ann, have been on so far. "In a same sex relationship, you know right away that you're gonna need help--reproductive assistance," Jess says, as she fills us in on everything that's happened so far, including choosing a sperm donor (known or anonymous?); the cost of sperm; her chemical pregnancy; going through multiples IUIs; more pregnancies that ended with no heartbeat; and where they are now.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IUIs; PCOS; sperm donation; same sex family building; same sex relationships; chemical pregnancy; miscarriage and D&C endometriosis; ICSI; RPL panels
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 300 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
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Today, Ali chats with Colorado lifestyle blogger Dani Wade, aka @dwbella. Dani fills Ali in on the four years she has spent so far battling infertility, and how her journey is not over yet. Still in the midst of her story, Dani tells Ali what has happened up until this point, including hormone fluctuations, failed IUIs, the "heartbreak of the process," and how she's had very tough conversations with her husband. Dani talks about "feeling like it was on all her, as the woman," the importance of taking a break, why she thinks "we would greatly benefit from having more diversity in our healthcare system," and where she is now.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IUIs; stress and anxiety; taking a break during infertility treatments; going through infertility as a woman of color, hormone fluctuations; surgery.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 300 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
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PREMAMA
Premama creates doctor-backed supplements that support every stage of your maternity wellness journey. Premama Fertility support for Her is the #1 selling over the counter fertility supplement for women trying to conceive. All Premama supplements are gluten-free, non-GMO, vegan or vegetarian, with no additives and no synthetic flavors. Discover why moms (and dads-to-be!) trust Premama wellness for their nutritional support from preconception to postpartum by visiting Premamawellness.com. You can get your first month supply free when you subscribe to any Premama product for a limited time!
MIRA
If you’re trying to conceive, listen up: According to Mira, you can get pregnant faster by tracking your ovulation and hormones using the Mira Fertility tracker. Mira is a super cute, palm-sized device that measures your actual hormone concentrations with 99% lab-grade accuracy. Order the Mira Starter Kit or the Mira Plus Bundle online at www.miracare.com using the promo code ALI to get 10% off.
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Today, Ali is talking to True Warrior Jewelry founder Melissa Randazzo about her long and complicated battle with infertility and endometriosis. Melissa tells Ali about how she'd never heard of endo before, and what happened when her insides were "black, covered in scar tissue, and all my organs were attached to themselves." She also talks about the healing power of crystals and how they helped on her journey, having her fallopian tubes removed, and going through multiple rounds of IVF. Melissa also discusses the anxiety of being pregnant after loss, and the complicated birth stories for both of her two children, ultimately leading to a hysterectomy. "Nobody can understand what you're going through with infertility unless you've been through it yourself," she says. Check out her jewelry at www.truewarriorjewelry.com
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; endometriosis; stress and anxiety; blocked fallopian tubes; fallopian tube removal; IUI; the healing power of crystals; pregnancy after infertility and loss, rainbow babies; hysterectomy.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 300 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
And save the date for Fertility Rally Live on 4/23!
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75 off.
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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On this episode, Ali talks to Emmy Award-winning journalist and NFL Network reporter Sara Walsh about her infertility journey and what finally led to her "miracle twins." Sara opens up about her four miscarriages; how working in a male-dominated industry drove her to keep her journey a secret; having a devastating loss while out of town for work; why advocating for oneself is so important; and when she started to feel "suicidal and falling apart." She also talks about hosting a big event at the Plaza Hotel in NYC the day of her IVF retrieval; feeling guilt-ridden to her husband and her parents about not being able to have kids; her "IVF Hail Mary;" and why, even once she was pregnant, she "never allowed (herself) to have the happiness."
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; infertility trauma; IUIs; medicated cycles; egg retrievals; failed cycles; miscarriage; anxiety and depression; guilt; suicidal thoughts; the anxiety of pregnancy after infertility; going through infertility in a male-dominated industry.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
PREMAMA
Premama creates doctor-backed supplements that support every stage of your maternity wellness journey. Premama Fertility support for Her is the #1 selling over the counter fertility supplement for women trying to conceive. All Premama supplements are gluten-free, non-GMO, vegan or vegetarian, with no additives and no synthetic flavors. Discover why moms (and dads-to-be!) trust Premama wellness for their nutritional support from preconception to postpartum by visiting Premamawellness.com. You can get your first month supply free when you subscribe to any Premama product for a limited time!
PROOV
Proov’s Predict and Confirm kit allows women to predict ovulation and confirm high quality ovulation to help them get pregnant faster. And now, the free Proov Insight app takes your hormone knowledge one step further by providing numeric hormone levels, info about what they mean, and personalized action plans to help you reach your fertility goals faster! Proov also offers an entire suite of at-home hormone tests and hormone supporting products to empower you with the right information on your journey. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first order of $25 or more.
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app. Use code INFERTILEAF for $75.
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On this episode, Ali talks to fellow infertility warrior Bre, about her "roller coaster" infertility ride. Bre talks about what happened when her partner, who is 21 years older than her, had a reverse vasectomy. She also talks about how infertility affected her relationship, how she and her husband were "looked at differently every step of the way" trying to have their own child, and how the judgement "became almost too much to bear." She also talks about finally having her son, and why she has no problem speaking to women sometimes on the street about her miracle baby.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; medicated cycles; vasectomy; vasectomy reversal; relationship issues; the anxiety of pregnancy after infertility.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
MIRA
If you’re trying to conceive, listen up: According to Mira, you can get pregnant faster by tracking your ovulation and hormones using the Mira Fertility tracker. Mira is a super cute, palm-sized device that measures your actual hormone concentrations with 99% lab-grade accuracy. Order the Mira Starter Kit or the Mira Plus Bundle online at www.miracare.com using the promo code ALI to get 10% off.
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app.
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 300 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
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Today, Ali is talking to proudAF egg donor mama Dani Repsch, who chronicles her infertility journey from IUIs to medicated cycles to donor eggs and beyond. Dani goes into detail about choosing a donor, grieving her genetics, failed cycles, becoming pregnant, and why she and her husband think it's so important that they tell their young son, Nathan, that he was conceived with donor eggs from the jump. She also talks about what happened with their four embryos after Nathan was born (hint: She's pregnant with another baby right now).
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; infertility trauma; IUIs; medicated cycles; egg retrievals; Clomid hot flashes; egg donors; sperm donors; finding a donor; chemical pregnancy; miscarriage; anxiety and depression; the anxiety of pregnancy after infertility; the difference between closed donors and known donors; depression and grief.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 300 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app.
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Nidhi is an IVF and Surrogacy Warrior, and today she tells Ali the long, complicated story of having her three babies under the age of four. Nidhi talks about a host of issues that contributed to her infertility journey, including uterine polyps, an ovarian cyst, and much more. She talks about multiple rounds of IVF, why they skipped IUI entirely, the effects of infertility on her marriage, how her Indian culture came into play while she was going through treatment, how going through transfers almost "felt like an addiction," why she became a fertility coach, and where she and the family are now.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; infertility trauma; IVF; IUIs; uterine polyps; ovarian cyst; egg retrievals; infertility triggers; surrogacy; the anxiety of pregnancy after infertility; depression and grief.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 300 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app.
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Today, Ali is talking to Dr. Loree Johnson, @drloreejohnson, a therapist specializing in reproductive health, grief, infertility and pregnancy loss. Loree talks about going through six rounds of IVF and so much more, including finding out in the second trimester that their baby had chromosomal issues—and making the devastating decision to terminate for medical reasons. Loree talks about the grief of that decision, how infertility affected her marriage, and why taking a break to travel was so important to them. Then Ali and Loree discuss trauma, EMDR, black maternal health, and the disparities in health coverage for women everywhere.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; unexplained infertility; stress and anxiety; IUI; TMFR; chemical pregnancy; tubal blockage, ruptured uterus, pregnancy after infertility and loss, rainbow babies.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 300 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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What an episode! On today's show, Ali and her dear friend Alex Slate, aka @rockabyemaybe about her years-long journey to finally becoming pregnant and staying pregnant—and simultaneously expecting another baby via her beloved surrogate. It's an incredible story, featuring Alex's experiences with and thoughts on her five devastating pregnancy losses, her IUIs, moving to IVF, the Canadian healthcare system vs. the U.S. healthcare system, dealing with anxiety and stress throughout it all, and so much more. Alex also discusses when they decided to use a surrogate, and what happened when both she and the surrogate became pregnant at the same time (she and her surrogate are about 8 weeks apart).
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; unexplained infertility; stress and anxiety; IUI; surrogacy; the Canadian health care system; pregnancy after infertility and loss.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 300 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Today, Ali is talking to her good friend Kate Knapton, founder of Jojii And Co., about her infertility journey, which ultimately led to having her two children through embryo adoption. Kate talks about finding out her husband had "zero sperm," what happened after his micro-TESE procedure, feeling "so defeated," getting lost in Google rabbit holes and all the anxiety of #TTC. She discusses why they chose to go the embryo adoption route instead of using her eggs with donor sperm, the logistics of adopting an embryo, and grieving their genetics. Kate also discusses pregnancy after infertility, secondary infertility, and why she started Jojii and Co., her jewelry line for #infertilitywarriors.
See Kate's super rad jewelry at https://jojiiandco.com/
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; male factor infertility; micro-TESE; anxiety; donor eggs; donor sperm; embryo adoption; pregnancy after infertility and loss; secondary infertility; snowflake babies.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 300 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
DR. TARA BRANDNER @tarabfertility
Dr. Tara Brandner works as an experienced doctorate nurse practitioner and fertility coach with patients worldwide. Tara has combined her experience as a healthcare professional and personal struggle to help couples navigate their family-building path. She offers a variety of services to fit your needs including a one-time visit, 1:1 coaching, and the Confident Fertility Academy. To find out more or to schedule a FREE discovery call with Dr. Brandnter, go to tarabfertility.com or direct message her on IG @tarabfertility
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Today, Ali is talking to IVF mama and fertility coach Ceire about her dream of always having four kids—and how, of course, that dream did not go as planned. Ceire talks about her unexplained infertility and how while doing IVF, she hid all of her fertility treatments from family, friends and co-workers because of shame and her unconscious beliefs of what family-building should look like. She talks about having her twin girls through IVF, a surprise natural pregnancy, and the battles she got into her husband over having a fourth child. She also talks about restricting my diet to veganism, detoxing from endocrine disruptors, and running on autopilot, missing the joy in front of her kids.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; being raised Irish Catholic; unexplained infertility; anxiety; pregnancy after infertility and loss; having twins; veganism; orthorexia; fertility coaching.
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BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Episode 1: Laughing Through Infertility with Karen Jeffries from Hilariously Infertile
It's said that laughter is the best medicine, but does that apply to a fertility journey? This episode's Baby or Bust guest Karen Jeffries certainly thinks so. With an avid social media following and successful book, Karen joins host and reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Lora Shahine to discuss humor's crucial role in her IVF experience, online community, and book Hilariously Infertile.
From PCOS diagnosis to IUI to IVF, Karen's fertility journey was full of ups, downs, tears, and—intentionally—laughter. Together with host Dr. Shahine, Karen reflects on moments from her family-building experience with unapologetic honesty. With laugh-out-loud stories, this episode will inspire you to choose comedy as a tool for self-care and empowerment.
Today, Ali is talking to Jamie B., a.k.a. Glitter Enthusiast, about the long and winding infertility journey to having her twin boys. Jamie talks about her three IUIs, moving onto IVF, miscarriage, failed transfers, and feeling like everywhere she went, everyone was pregnant. She also talks about being in the "jail of your own anxiety," how being pregnant after infertility is like "waiting for a miscarriage," how watching "The Bachelor" helped while she was grieving, and the importance of therapy. Jamie then discusses the unique style of art she's created, inspired by her own infertility journey, in which she uses sterile IVF needles to create art and decor—much of which winds up in the nurseries of babies who've been wanted so badly for so long.
For more on Jamie, check out @glitterenthusiast and https://glitterenthusiast.com/
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
Miscarriage; infertility; anxiety and grief; IUIs; IVF; failed transfers; unexplained infertility; pregnancy after infertility and loss; marriage; therapy.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
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BABY OR BUST
Dr. Lora Shahine's new podcast, BABY OR BUST, features fertility experts and patients who are busting myths, shattering stigmas, and providing best practices to help anyone trying make their baby dream come true. Check it out here: https://babyorbustpodcast.com/
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Welcome to the Season Four Premiere! Today, Ali is talking to Amanda Knox, who, as many of you know, is the American who spent almost four years in an Italian prison following her wrongful conviction of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, a fellow exchange student with whom she shared an apartment. In 2015, Knox was definitively acquitted by the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation, and today, she is a mother to her baby girl, Eureka, a journalist, and the host of her own podcast, Labyrinths.
And just so you know, this is not a podcast about the aforementioned. Today, Ali and Amanda are talking about Amanda’s own fertility journey, her devastating miscarriage, becoming a mother after loss, the criminal justice system's effect on family building, and the advocacy work she is doing today for wrongfully convincted women (and men) everywhere.
They also talk about Amanda's four years in prison, and how she was terrified she would never become a mother, even comtemplating suicide. Also covered: How Amanda found love after being "vilified in the press," the anxiety of pregnancy after miscarraige, and how, during her third trimester, she thought she was going to die.
For more on the work that Amanda is doing, check out sentencingproject.org and her podcast, Labyrinths.
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
Miscarriage; infertilty; the criminal justice system; wrongful convictions; advocacy work; anxiety and grief; pregnancy after infertility and loss; marriage; trauma.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 300 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
MY VITRO
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KNOWELL
Fertility, PMS symptoms, cycle regulation, mood, metabolism, skin and hair health are all dictated by hormone balance. Knowell’s daily supplement provides the nutrition support you need to feel your best. Use code IAFKNOWELL for 10% off at KNOWELL.COM
VERACITY
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FAMLEE
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Chelsea and her wife have been trying to grow their family since January 2020. LIke so many others, they were derailed by COVID, and today, she tells Ali all about the rest of her story, including seven failed IUIs, being diagnosed with unexplained infertility, and their first failed round of IVF. She also talks about using three different sperm donors because there was a donor sperm shortage in 2020--and the first two we chose ran out of vials. After their second round of IVF, Chelsea is now pregnant--and she discusses their future plans, as well as the anxiety that comes along with pregnancy after infertility.
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; same sex couples; same sex family building; IUI; IVF; donor sperm; unexplained infertility; failed transfers; anxiety; pregnancy after infertility and loss; two moms.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
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BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Today's story talks about stillbirth. It's not an easy one, but it's real. And Ali is forever grateful to her guest, Christa, for sharing her first hand experience with infertility, IVF, and the devastating loss of their son, Zeke, who was born still at 27 weeks. Christa, a nurse, talks about how finding out that she and her husband were both genetic carriers for the same disorder, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, a hormone disorder, "rocked her world," how IVF was twice as expensive as she was expecting, and the toll fertility and other things took on her marriage. She also talks about the anxiety of pregnancy after infertility, "always waiting for the other shoe to drop," and the worst day of her life, when she had to deliver her stillborn son. She also gives tips on what to do if you know someone who's gone through stillbirth or infant death.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; IVF; financial difficulties; infertility trauma; guilt and anxiety; pregnancy after infertility; stillbirths; grieving the loss of a baby.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. We offer support groups, private Facebook groups, curated events, and an entire of more than 300 women available to support you, no matter where you are in your journey. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
BELI @beli.baby
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Today, Ali talks to licensed individual and couples therapist Marly Steinman about her four-year-long infertility journey, including many early losses, an egg quality issue, anxiety, and a lot of guilt. She talks about "sobbing eyes out in the bathroom" while giving herself a shot at a baby shower, financial frustrations, and feeling like it was her fault because her body "wasn't working." She also talks about her own surrogacy journey, welcoming her twins, Jack & Celine, via surrogacy in 2019, and why today, her work includes helping other intended parents navigate their own journeys through surrogacy.
MORE ABOUT MARLY:
As a licensed marriage & family therapist of 12 years, specializing in fertility issues, Marly decided to use her experience to help other parents navigate what felt like an impossible and uncertain process.
As a surrogacy consultant, Marly’s ambition is to help make parenthood possible for all. From helping you find the right surrogate and or donor, to building a team around you, and guiding you every step of the way, her goal is to facilitate the surrogacy journey, so intended parents can leave the stress behind and focus on what truly matters, growing their family.
See more at www.surrogacybymarly.com.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; infertility trauma; poor egg quality; miscarriage and loss; surrogacy; financial issues; the power of community; marital issues; guilt and anxiety; twins.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
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VIOS Fertility Institute, @viosfertility
Vios is a different fertility clinic experience built on a foundation of patient-centered care, evidence-based medicine, and innovative technology. With clinic locations throughout Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis, the Vios Fertility Institute team understands the challenges of infertility. To learn more about Vios Fertility Institute and schedule your first appointment, visit ViosFertility.com.
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Today, Ali talks Aaron and MJ, who are married and also co-authored the book, "Men and Miscarriage: A Dad's Guide to Grief, Relationships and Healing After Loss." Aaron and MJ get allll into it, including how men don't know how to express their feelings around miscarriage, infertility and loss; their devastating loss of a baby at almost 17 weeks due to Sirenomelia, also known as mermaid syndrome; and how, when they went to terminate the pregnancy for medical reasons, they were faced with very outspoken anti-choice protestors. They also talk about the PTSD of infertility, their five or six total losses, and how they feel today, with three healthy boys.
Topics covered in this episode:
Infertility; marital issues surrounding loss, grief and infertility: Sirenomelia or mermaid syndrome; termination for medical reasons or TFMR; miscarriage; recurrent miscarriage, recurrent pregnancy loss; PTSD; Chron's Disease; fertility support.
Episode sponsors:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally
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BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Today, Ali talks to the Today Show's Sheinelle Jones about her own fertility journey and her devastating miscarriage—and her new documentary, "The Stories We Tell: The Fertility Secret," which airs tonight on MSNBC.
Episode sponsors:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally
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PREMAMA
Premama creates doctor-backed supplements that support every stage of your maternity wellness journey. Premama Fertility support for Her is the #1 selling over the counter fertility supplement for women trying to conceive. All Premama supplements are gluten-free, non-GMO, vegan or vegetarian, with no additives and no synthetic flavors. Discover why moms (and dads-to-be!) trust Premama wellness for their nutritional support from preconception to postpartum by visiting Premamawellness.com. You can get your first month supply free when you subscribe to any Premama product for a limited time!
PROOV
Proov’s Predict and Confirm kit allows women to predict ovulation and confirm high quality ovulation to help them get pregnant faster. And now, the free Proov Insight app takes your hormone knowledge one step further by providing numeric hormone levels, info about what they mean, and personalized action plans to help you reach your fertility goals faster! Proov also offers an entire suite of at-home hormone tests and hormone supporting products to empower you with the right information on your journey. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first order of a Predict & Confirm kit, Confirm PdG tests, Balancing Oil and Luteal Love.
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Not all of these stories end with babies. And this is one of those stories. Today, Ali talks to Jody, @childless_and_confident, who, after being diagnosed with early menopause at 37 or 38, decided she did not want to pursue fertility treatments to have children. Instead, she pivoted to embrace a life without children. "I need to help people find a path that shows them that there are great things to experience, and there's great happiness to pursue, and just because you don't have a child doesn't mean your life isn't complete," she says.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; early menopause; NOT pursuing IVF or ART; societal pressures of having children; embracing a childfree life; relationship and marriage issues; what to say to someone who asks why you don't have children; how adoption in Australia is "deeply expensive,"; egg donation; grief; living out "Plan B Fabulous."
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally
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BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Today's guest, Stephanie, has been through it all during her infertility journey, including unexplained infertility, a daughter who ended up in the NICU and had to have brain surgery; a natural pregnancy that had to be terminated for medical reasons, and 10 IVF transfers. Ten! You read that correctly. Now about to give birth again, Stephanie recalls everything she's been through--and why she wants to help people everywhere by sharing her incredible story.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; infertility trauma; IVF; brain surgery; NICU babies; NICU trauma; egg retrievals; Trisomy 21; termination for medical reasons; infertility triggers; infant and baby loss; pregnancy loss; the anxiety of pregnancy after infertility; natural pregnancy; relationship and marriage issues; breast cancer; the "random crapshoot" of infertility.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally
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BELI @beli.baby
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Today, Ali talks to entrepreneur, creative director of Poppington, author (of the children's book, "Dusko Goes to Space") and infertility advocate Raquel Horn about the years-long fertility journey she went through with her fiance, music mogul Damon Dash. Raquel and Damon have been through a tremendous amount as they've tried to expand their family, from going vegan, embracing acupuncture and doing IUIs, to going through IVF and experiencing the heartbreaking late term pregnancy loss of their baby daughter--after Raquel's baby shower was on TV. Raquel is an open book about her entire roller coaster of a journey, including how they grieved, when and why they decided to try again, and what it was REALLY like to finally become pregnant with and become parents to baby Dusko, their now one-year-old son.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; infertility trauma; IVF; IUIs and unsuccessful IUIs; acupuncture; normalizing the infertility conversation; blasting taboos; uterine polyps; holistic care; Clomid; egg retrievals; mock cycles; infertility triggers; pregnancy arthritis; Covid; late term loss; baby loss; the anxiety of pregnancy after infertility; baby blues; postpartum anxiety.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally
No one should go through infertility alone. Join the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com. Doors open the 1st of every month. See more on our IG @fertilityrally
PREMAMA
Premama creates doctor-backed supplements that support every stage of your maternity wellness journey. Premama Fertility support for Her is the #1 selling over the counter fertility supplement for women trying to conceive. All Premama supplements are gluten-free, non-GMO, vegan or vegetarian, with no additives and no synthetic flavors. Discover why moms (and dads-to-be!) trust Premama wellness for their nutritional support from preconception to postpartum by visiting Premamawellness.com. You can get your first month supply free when you subscribe to any Premama product for a limited time!
RECEPTIVA DX
The ReceptivaDX test can help couples struggling with unexplained infertility. It can help identify endometriosis before an embryo transfer, and has the potential to save women the stress, anxiety, and cost of multiple failed IVF attempts. Learn more at receptivadx.com or download the ReceptivaDX app.
ELAN HEALTHCARE
Ovofolic from Elan Healthcare is an inositol combination that helps manage PCOS. It helps regulate the menstrual cycle, improve ovulation, improve mood and sleep, balance hormones and overcome insulin resistance in women with PCOS. Infertile AF listeners get 20% off using the code ‘ALISON20’ at checkout. https://elanhealthcare.ca/discount/ALISON20
PROOV
Proov’s Predict and Confirm kit allows women to predict ovulation and confirm high quality ovulation to help them get pregnant faster. And now, the free Proov Insight app takes your hormone knowledge one step further by providing numeric hormone levels, info about what they mean, and personalized action plans to help you reach your fertility goals faster! Proov also offers an entire suite of at-home hormone tests and hormone supporting products to empower you with the right information on your journey. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI25, and you’ll get 25% off your first order of a Predict & Confirm kit, Confirm PdG tests, Balancing Oil and Luteal Love.
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Today, Jacqueline, who has always wanted to tell her story on a fertility podcast, is checking that goal off her list. She starts by telling Ali about her husband's battle with kidney cancer, and the very interesting, very lucky way his cancer was discovered. Then she explains how male factor infertility came into play (in the form of low sperm count), what happened when she went through IVF, the extreme anxiety of pregnancy after IVF, and, after having two babies, the moral dilemma of having more embryos on ice.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; infertility trauma; IVF; IUI; hyperstimulation; kidney cancer; male factor infertility; low sperm count; normalizing the infertility conversation; traumatic pregnancy; the anxiety of pregnancy after infertility; self-care; frozen embryos.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY @fertilityrally
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BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Tara Brandner is a nurse practitioner, an infertility warrior and a full-time fertility coach. Like so many of you, she's endured a long road through infertility, followed by infertility treatments and a traumatic pregnancy. Today, she talks to Ali about all the things, including feeling lonely and confused, making a shift to a "not healthy mental space", why she left a clinic after her doctor said something really rude to her; her unexplained infertility; finally being diagnosed with endometriosis; why it's important for everyone to feel like they can trust their doctor and their clinic; the fear of pregnancy after infertility, and how she was life-flighted after a massive bleed at 32 weeks.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; infertility trauma; IVF; IUI; fertility coaching; miscarriage and loss; endometriosis; the power of community; traumatic pregnancy; anxiety during pregnancy after infertility; self-care.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY, @fertilityrally
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VIOS Fertility Institute, @viosfertility
Vios is a different fertility clinic experience built on a foundation of patient-centered care, evidence-based medicine, and innovative technology. With clinic locations throughout Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis, the Vios Fertility Institute team understands the challenges of infertility. To learn more about Vios Fertility Institute and schedule your first appointment, visit ViosFertility.com.
BELI, @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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This is the story of two sisters who each have their own infertility journeys—but they are also very much intertwined. Both Emily and Katie had one child, and then, in 2019, their world was rocked when Emily was diagnosed with appendix cancer. After a surgery that took her ovaries, Katie donated her eggs to her sister, Emily, so she could try for her second kid. And then a lot more happened after that. Today, Ali gets the entire story from these two incredible sisters. Grab the tissues because this story is beautiful, and heartbreaking, and also a true testament of love and the incredible bond between two sisters.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Cancer, appendix cancer, IVF, failed transfers, miscarriage, recurrent pregnancy loss, anxiety and intense emotions, egg donation, egg donation between family members, fresh transfers, FETs, the intense bond of sisterhood, pregnancy after loss, being in the thick of infertility.
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FERTILITY RALLY
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BELI @beli.baby
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Today, Ali talks to Nicole, who is still in the middle of what she calls her "infertility puzzle," -- with no baby yet. Nicole shares what she's been through so far, including not being able to get pregnant naturally, starting with IUI because she wasn't yet ready for IVF, a chemical pregnancy, getting those "big, fat, negative" pregnancy tests and the devastation of her two unsuccessful transfers. She also talks about how difficult it is to explain infertility to your parents and family, how she handled her emotions being "all over the place," why she found it so important to take a break from treatment, and asking herself, "Am I gonna ever get pregnant?"
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Endometriosis, IUI, IVF, failed transfers, chemical pregnancy, anxiety and intense emotions, taking a break, questioning one's body
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Ashley has been a surrogate to three babies and has three kiddos of her own, and today, she talks to Ali about what it's really like to be a surrogate: Why does someone do it, What are the logistics, Where does one even begin? She also talks about the difference being a surrogate for a same sex couple and a couple that has gone through infertility. Then, she answers frequently asked questions about the surrogacy process--some of which may surprise you.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Surrogacy; becoming a surrogate or a gestational carrier; the anxiety of pregnancy after loss; surrogacy via agency and not via agency; same sex family building; surrogacy after infertility; intended parents.
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On this episode, Ali talks to her friend and InCircle Fertility co-founder Sophie about navigating the "maze" of infertility. Sophie explains how her struggle with anorexia in her 20s may have played a role in her ability to have a baby, how she didn't hear a heartbeat at her first baby's second ultrasound, that "slow motion, underwater feeling" when the ultrasound tech's face drops, how the loss of embryos was as hard as her miscarriages, and her two D&Cs. Sophie also gets into her endometrial function test, a hysteroscopy that was supposed to happen but never did, how unsexy sex is when you're trying to conceive, and the pressures and complications of secondary infertility.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Anorexia and Eating Disorders
- Relationship Issues and Unsexy Sex
- Embryo Loss
- Miscarriage and D&Cs
- Endometrial Function Test
- Hysteroscopy
- Secondary Infertility
- Infertility and Mental Health
- Fertility Coaching
- The Importance of Finding Community
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This fall's topics include infertility and mental health, male factor infertility, endo, environmental toxins, IVF abroad, recurrent miscarriage, late term loss, surrogacy, donor conception, pregnancy and motherhood after infertility and much more. The best part? If you can't make it live, your ticket gives you access to all sessions for 30 days after the event—so you can watch it all at your leisure!
FIRST REPUBLIC
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So whether you’re opening a Personal Line of Credit or planning for your retirement, you can count on First Republic to be there for you, every step of the way. Visit FirstRepublic.com today to learn more. That’s FirstRepublic.com. Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender.
VIOS Fertility Institute, @viosfertility
Vios is a different fertility clinic experience built on a foundation of patient-centered care, evidence-based medicine, and innovative technology. With clinic locations throughout Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis, the Vios Fertility Institute team understands the challenges of infertility. To learn more about Vios Fertility Institute and schedule your first appointment, visit ViosFertility.com.
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Today, Ali talks to Michelle, who went through IVF in the late Nineties, about how much things have changed between now and then. At 31, Michelle was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure and told, "You might as well go straight to donor eggs." But she didn't--and today she shares everything she went through, including IUIs, frozen embryo transfers, "assisted hatching," a psychic surgery, and more. Michelle now works for Donor Concierge, www.donorconcierge.com and Tulip, www.tulipfertility.com, helping people build their families through donor conception.
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This fall's topics include infertility and mental health, male factor infertility, endo, environmental toxins, IVF abroad, recurrent miscarriage, late term loss, surrogacy, donor conception, pregnancy and motherhood after infertility and much more. The best part? If you can't make it live, your ticket gives you access to all sessions for 30 days after the event—so you can watch it all at your leisure!
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Today, Ali hears all about Rachel's long and winding road to motherhood, including her diagnosis of Asherman's Syndrome and the "missed miscarriage" she suffered at the beginning of her fertility journey. Rachel goes on to talk about all the things, including the frustrations of starting IVF in March 2020 right as the world was shutting down, a pregnancy that included placenta previa, and why, at one point, her doctor said to her, "Rachel, this organ, your uterus, is not serving you well, and I don't think you should ask any more of it." Listen until the very end, because Rachel's story also includes a surprise twist ending!
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FERTILITY RALLY LIVE
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This fall's topics include infertility and mental health, male factor infertility, endo, environmental toxins, IVF abroad, recurrent miscarriage, late term loss, surrogacy, donor conception, pregnancy and motherhood after infertility and much more. The best part? If you can't make it live, your ticket gives you access to all sessions for 30 days after the event—so you can watch it all at your leisure!
FIRST REPUBLIC
With a best-in-class banking app that allows you to bank anywhere, anytime, and a dedicated personal banker when you need one-on-one service, First Republic is uniquely positioned to offer the best of both worlds. With this combination of personal attention and convenience, it’s no wonder that First Republic Bank has a client satisfaction rating, two times the industry average.
So whether you’re opening a Personal Line of Credit or planning for your retirement, you can count on First Republic to be there for you, every step of the way. Visit FirstRepublic.com today to learn more. That’s FirstRepublic.com. Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender.
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Nicola Salmon is a self-proclaimed "Fat-positive fertility coach, a Fat Activist and Author of, "The Person’s Guide to Getting Pregnant.” Today, she talks to Ali about her own personal fertility journey, from being diagnosed with PCOS at the age of 16 to facing lifelong discrimination from doctors because of her weight. She talks about having her two sons, the anxiety she faced during pregnancy, and how "it is so exaggerated the way that weight impacts fertility." Nicola's goal is to support people and help them advocate for themselves. She talks about the importance of "weight-inclusive" fertility care, helping people believe and understand that they are worthy of that care, and why "the majority of clinics will not support fat people, and it's shocking."
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FIRST REPUBLIC
With a best-in-class banking app that allows you to bank anywhere, anytime, and a dedicated personal banker when you need one-on-one service, First Republic is uniquely positioned to offer the best of both worlds. With this combination of personal attention and convenience, it’s no wonder that First Republic Bank has a client satisfaction rating, two times the industry average.
So whether you’re opening a Personal Line of Credit or planning for your retirement, you can count on First Republic to be there for you, every step of the way. Visit FirstRepublic.com today to learn more. That’s FirstRepublic.com. Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender.
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Becky Fawcett is a mama of two via adoption, an #infertilitywarrior, a three time #miscarriage survivor and the founder of @helpusadopt — which gives grants to people who are building their families through adoption. It is an AMAZING org that you’ll hear about today, as Becky talks to Ali about her nine-year infertility journey -- and how she ultimately ended up with two amazing children through adoption. Ali and Becky have a no-bullshit convo about all things adoption, finding a birth mother, being on a different page from your partner, infertility, miscarriages, the ignorant things people say to adoptive parents, how much everything costs, and more.
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FERTILITY RALLY
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BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
VIOS Fertility Institute, @viosfertility
Vios is a different fertility clinic experience built on a foundation of patient-centered care, evidence-based medicine, and innovative technology. With clinic locations throughout Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis, the Vios Fertility Institute team understands the challenges of infertility. To learn more about Vios Fertility Institute and schedule your first appointment, visit ViosFertility.com.
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On this episode, Ali is talking to Jon Waldman, author of the book, "Swimming Aimlessly," which takes a deep dive into the six year infertility journey he went through with his wife. "It was a space that needs to be filled," he says of writing the book. "There isn't a lot of talk about what men go through." Jon talks about mental health, inner turmoil, and going through a miscarriage alongside his wife, as well as what happened when they traveled to do IVF. He also shares resources, both on social media and elsewhere, for guys who are going through their own infertility struggles.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY
No one should go through infertility alone. Find out more about the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com and on Instagram at @fertilityrally. We offer 24/7 Community, Content and Curated Events. Give yourself or a fellow infertility warrior the gift of support while navigating your journey. EVERYONE is welcome. Come and join our family--you will be so happy you did.
FIRST REPUBLIC
With a best-in-class banking app that allows you to bank anywhere, anytime, and a dedicated personal banker when you need one-on-one service, First Republic is uniquely positioned to offer the best of both worlds. With this combination of personal attention and convenience, it’s no wonder that First Republic Bank has a client satisfaction rating, two times the industry average.
So whether you’re opening a Personal Line of Credit or planning for your retirement, you can count on First Republic to be there for you, every step of the way. Visit FirstRepublic.com today to learn more. That’s FirstRepublic.com. Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender.
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Dacia James Lewis is a Hollywood choreographer and author of the book, "The Game of Life: Releasing the Weight When God Says Wait." Today, she tells Ali about her infertility journey and how, although she's been trying to have a baby for several years, it hasn't yet happened. Dacia says, "I want people to know that there's somebody still waiting with them. There's somebody still praying with them. There's somebody still going through this journey that they can relate to." Dacia also talks about her faith, her husband's varicocele, why they're choosing to not do IUI or IVF, what it feels like to go through infertility as a woman of color, and why she decided to write a book.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY
No one should go through infertility alone. Find out more about the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com and on Instagram at @fertilityrally. We offer 24/7 Community, Content and Curated Events. Give yourself or a fellow infertility warrior the gift of support while navigating your journey. EVERYONE is welcome. Come and join our family--you will be so happy you did.
FIRST REPUBLIC
With a best-in-class banking app that allows you to bank anywhere, anytime, and a dedicated personal banker when you need one-on-one service, First Republic is uniquely positioned to offer the best of both worlds. With this combination of personal attention and convenience, it’s no wonder that First Republic Bank has a client satisfaction rating, two times the industry average.
So whether you’re opening a Personal Line of Credit or planning for your retirement, you can count on First Republic to be there for you, every step of the way. Visit FirstRepublic.com today to learn more. That’s FirstRepublic.com. Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender.
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Today Ali is talking to her friend Elizabeth King, who she met through Instagram, and who is a Certified Fertility Health Coach, Birth & Bereavement Doula and New Parent Educator. Elizabeth tells Ali about her journey to becoming a mother over 40 to her three littles. Along the way: Freezing her eggs when she was single in her 30s, meeting her husband at 39 and feeling ashamed, guilty and broken when she wasn't getting pregnant on her own. She also discusses her fibroid surgery, her two miscarriages, the two babies she got pregnant with naturally, and the third baby she had after doing an IUI. Today, Elizabeth is a fertility coach, so she shares the tools she's learned for anyone going through infertility or using ART to build their families.
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FERTILITY RALLY
No one should go through infertility alone. Find out more about the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com and on Instagram at @fertilityrally. We offer 24/7 Community, Content and Curated Events. Give yourself or a fellow infertility warrior the gift of support while navigating your journey. EVERYONE is welcome. Come and join our family--you will be so happy you did.
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Today, Ali talks to cult-fave jewelry designer Stephanie Gottlieb @stephaniegottlieb about the journey to having her two babies, which includes marrying her high school sweetheart, her devastating chemical pregnancy, "skinny PCOS," and the pure rage she felt at certain points during her journey. She also talks about the importance of great bedside manner and a confident doctor, what happened when they did IVF, and why she felt like she "had this dirty secret for a full year" before she told anyone what was going on.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY
No one should go through infertility alone. Find out more about the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com and on Instagram at @fertilityrally. We offer 24/7 Community, Content and Curated Events. Give yourself or a fellow infertility warrior the gift of support while navigating your journey. EVERYONE is welcome. Come and join our family--you will be so happy you did.
BELI @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Today, Ali talks to Nicole about dealing with cancer and infertility at the same time. Nicole explains how she went to a chiropractor who found a bump under her jawline--and just hours later, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, which meant doing chemo every other week for two months. At the same time, Nicole was battling PCOS and an infertility journey--all the while wondering how the cancer treatment might interfere with her family building story. She also talks about her Christian upbringing, finding out she was pregnant on Valentine's Day 2020, and what happened when she was diagnosed with another cancer, chronic myelogenous leukemia, or CML.
EPISODE SPONSORS
FERTILITY RALLY
NO ONE should go through infertility alone. Find out more about the Worst Club with the Best Members at www.fertilityrally.com and on Instagram at @fertilityrally. We offer 24/7 Community, Content and Curated Events. Give yourself or a fellow infertility warrior the gift of support while navigating your journey. EVERYONE is welcome. Come and join our family--you will be so happy you did.
VIOS Fertility Institute, @viosfertility
Vios is a different fertility clinic experience built on a foundation of patient-centered care, evidence-based medicine, and innovative technology. With clinic locations throughout Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis, the Vios Fertility Institute team understands the challenges of infertility. To learn more about Vios Fertility Institute and schedule your first appointment, visit ViosFertility.com.
TWO PLUS
TwoPlus Fertility is a comfortable and easy to use at-home device that increases the chances of a sperm meeting an egg when you're trying to conceive. When you try naturally, less than 1% of sperm reach the egg. Twoplus Fertility's goal is to fix that. For more, visit twoplusfertility.com and use code "IAF30" for a 30% discount across all products.
BEL, @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
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Today, Ali talks to Claire, who reached out via email, about her roller coaster infertility journey. Included: Four IUIs, IVf, how it all took a toll on her marriage (but also made them stronger), her fresh embryo transfer, her diagnosis of Stage 3 Endometriosis, how her bible study helped her get through it all, and what her husband said when her surgeon said to him, "Claire’s tubes look terrible. They are tortuous. Do you want me to remove them?” We also talk about her miracle pregnancy, and how the PTSD of pregnancy after infertility is very, very real.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY
Fertility Rally www.fertilityrally.com and on Instagram at @fertilityrally, offers 24/7 Community, Content and Curated Events. Give yourself or a fellow infertility warrior the gift of support while navigating your journey. EVERYONE is welcome. NO ONE should go through this alone. Come and join our family--you will be so happy you did.
PROOV
The Proov product family has grown to now include LH tests to accurately predict ovulation, FSH tests to better understand your ovarian reserve, and Balancing oil, formulated with 2500 mg of natural progesterone. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code ALI35, and you’ll get 35% off their PdG test kits and Balancing Oil.
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Sarah and Cody met freshman year in high school and have been dating since they were 14. Today, they're telling us all about their family building journey, including how it started taking over their day to day lives, the five medicated cycles they did, and how Sarah was shocked by how much she didn't know about her own body before going through infertility. They also talk about experiencing a missed miscarriage, an ectopic pregnancy, and a chemical pregnancy, and how they all "hurt like hell." They are still in the midst of their story, so they tell us about their first round of IVF and where they are now--about to do their second round, and not sure what's going to happen next. Follow them on IG at @sarahrogersjohnson for more.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY
Fertility Rally www.fertilityrally.com and on Instagram at @fertilityrally, offers 24/7 Community, Content and Curated Events. Give yourself or a fellow infertility warrior the gift of support while navigating your journey. EVERYONE is welcome. NO ONE should go through this alone. Come and join our family--you will be so happy you did.
TWO PLUS
TwoPlus Fertility is a comfortable and easy to use at-home device that increases the chances of a sperm meeting an egg when you're trying to conceive. When you try naturally, less than 1% of sperm reach the egg. Twoplus Fertility's goal is to fix that. For more, visit twoplusfertility.com and use code "IAF30" for a 30% discount across all products.
BELI
@beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men.
HEIRLOOM
Heirloom is a new way to send your videos in the mail. Just upload up to 10 min of video to the website and Heirloom sends physical books to you or your loved ones in just 48 hours. Visit sendheirloom.com to build your video book today and use InfertileAF code to get $10 off your order.
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Today, Ali talks to Bailey, who is in her mid-20s, and who says, "I don't see a lot of women out there who are going through exactly what I'm going through." A few years ago, Bailey was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve and POI. And although she's not actively trying to conceive right now, she is going through fertility preservation. She and her husband want to have a family, and doctors have told her that she'll likely go through menopause when she's about 30, so she has so far gone through four rounds of IVF to try and freeze as many healthy embryos as possible. Bailey talks about night sweats, her hair falling out in clumps, feeling like her hormones were out of whack--and how it felt to get her rare diagnosis. She also talks about feeling isolated, how this has affected her relationship and her sex life, and what happened when she asked her twin sister if she would possibly donate her eggs.
EPISODE SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY
Fertility Rally www.fertilityrally.com and @fertilityrally, offers 24/7 Community, Content and Curated Events. Give yourself or a fellow infertility warrior the gift of support while navigating your journey. EVERYONE is welcome.
HEIRLOOM
Heirloom is a new way to send your videos in the mail. Just upload up to 10 min of video to the website and Heirloom sends physical books to you or your loved ones in just 48 hours. Visit sendheirloom.com to build your video book today and use InfertileAF code to get $10 off your order.
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Today, Ali talks to Susan Ruediger, Founder and CEO of The CMT Research Foundation, about her family building journey. Susan was diagnosed with CMT, a genetic nerve disease that affects the nerves outside the spinal cord and brain, when she was 2 years old. Today she tells us about how this progressive disease affected her family building journey--and ultimately lead to her decision to do IVF. She's also going to talk about the miscarriage she had, the effects of the disease on her body, which she says sometimes feels like "walking on hot broken glass," and the important work she's doing at the CMT Research Foundation.
SPONSORS:
FERTILITY RALLY www.fertilityrally.com and @fertilityrally, offers 24/7 Community, Content and Curated Events. Give yourself or a fellow infertility warrior the gift of support while navigating your journey. EVERYONE is welcome.
VIOS Fertility Institute, @viosfertility
Vios is a different fertility clinic experience built on a foundation of patient-centered care, evidence-based medicine, and innovative technology. With clinic locations throughout Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis, the Vios Fertility Institute team understands the challenges of infertility. To learn more about Vios Fertility Institute and schedule your first appointment, visit ViosFertility.com.
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Ali talks today to fellow journalist and Brookyn mom Amy Gallo Ryan about her long and painful infertility journey, which includes IUIs, feeling brushed off by doctors because she was "too young," even though she knew there was a problem; unexplained infertility; a chemical pregnancy; a "pseudo sac;" and an ectopic pregnancy. Amy talks about the isolation she felt when she was navigating not being able to sustain a healthy pregnancy, how she couldn't find the right people to talk to, and how family building difficulties affected her relationship with her husband. She also discusses her seven rounds of IVF—and what her family looks like now.
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Today, Ali is talking to Melissa and Erik, aka on IG @livechildfree. Four years after making the decision to live childless, Melissa and Erik tell Ali all about the infertility journey that led to this point. Included: Lots of negative pregnancy tests, IVF, and an operation for Erik that had so many complications that he nearly lost his life and was in the hospital for 25 days. Melissa talks about how at one point, she finally asked herself, "How many more years of my life do I want to give to this heartache and this roller coaster ride?" They explain how they grieved after making that decision--and how today, they are living a full, amazing life that they never imagined.
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Medfertil is a once-a-day prenatal dietary supplement for couples planning to or struggling to conceive. This prenatal is enriched with vitamins and minerals scientifically proven to increase your chances of fertility. The Medfertil for men and women combo package is on sale now. If you are planning for a healthy pregnancy and want to start Medfertil today, go to elanhealthcare.ca and use code ALISON15 for an extra 15% OFF
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On today’s episode, Ali talks to her friend Arden Cartrette, bereavement doula & trauma support specialist, about everything she went through to have her baby son, Cameron. Arden, who you might know on IG as @themiscarriagedoula, works with women to get through miscarriage and grief--and she goes there—and tells it like it is—like no other.
Arden talks about what she calls her “morbidly beautiful," miscarriages, how she still realy struggles with the PTSD of the blood and the miscarriage itself, and why she calls herself the most "fertile infertile" person ever. She also talks about how pregnancy after loss can be a scary and miserable time, and why, when Cameron was born, she refused to open her eyes.
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BELI for WOMEN @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men. Again, that's code ALI15 at belibaby.com.
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TODAY, Ali is talking to Hannah Johnson, Chief Strategy Officer at VIOS and mom of two, about her "reverse infertility journey," starting with the two egg retrievals she did as a volunteer, in the name of science. Hannah also discusses her diagnosis of PCOS, her first devastating miscarriage, how she and her partner handled the trauma differently, the shame and guilt she felt, the lack of education young women receive today when it comes to reproduction (and what she's doing to change that) and how she has become a better and more empathetic advocate for patients after experiencing loss herself.
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VIOS Fertility Institute, @viosfertility
Vios is a different fertility clinic experience built on a foundation of patient-centered care, evidence-based medicine, and innovative technology. With clinic locations throughout Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis, the Vios Fertility Institute team understands the challenges of infertility. To learn more about Vios Fertility Institute and schedule your first appointment, visit ViosFertility.com.
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Today Ali is talking to her incredible friend Alex Fain, who is the guy behind @pursuingfatherhood on IG. Alex is one of the few very vocal guys in this infertility community; he's spoken at Fertility Rally Live, and he's been very open about he and his wife, Laurin's, infertility journey. Alex talks about his male factor infertility, how they used donor sperm to conceive their baby girl, Delaney. He also discusses what it felt like to find out he "had no sperm," how he was "embarrassed and emasculated and ashamed by the whole thing," how hard it was to choose a donor, the perils of using expired home pregnancy tests, how it felt to finally get a positive pregnancy test, having a hard time grieving his genetics, how losing his dad suddenly when he was 19 added even more weight to infertility, how DNA doesn't make a family, and how you can be a "really good parent without being biologically connected to your kid."
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BELI for WOMEN @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men. Again, that's code ALI15 at belibaby.com.
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Today, Ali is talking to Lindsey Halliday, who is sharing her story about the infertility journey that she and her partner, Bea, who is transgender, are currently going through. They two have been married since 2010, and in 2016, Bea came out to Lindsey, as Lindsey says, "kind of out of nowhere." Ali and Lindsey talk about how they navigated this as a couple, and what one can do when a loved one comes out at trans. They also talk about Bea deciding to freeze their sperm, what happened when Lindsey and Bea started doing IVF, how they got through two pregnancy losses, how money factors into the equation, and where they are now.
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MIRA
The Mira fertility tracker measures actual fertility hormone concentrations with 99% accuracy. Mira will help you to achieve your fertility goals, regardless if that means trying to conceive, learning your cycles or trying to avoid. Order the Mira Starter Kit or the Mira Plus starter Kit online at miracare.com with promo code ALI and get $25 off. See more at https://try.miracare.com/ and @mirafertility
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Today, Ali is talking to Elena Ridley, a proud Donor Egg Mama and one of the OG members of the infertility Instagram community. Elena tells Ali her entire story, starting with meeting her husband in high school, the horrible motorcycle accident that delayed their family building plans, and what went wrong when they did start to try. She also talks about IUIs, why she started posting about infertility back in 2013, when not many people were doing it, her endometriosis, and making the decision to use an egg donor—who she happened to meet through social media. They also discuss relationship issues, what to consider when choosing an egg donor and how she bonded with the one they chose, the birth of her baby girl, Georgia, and what she thinks about epigenetics.
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CIRCLE SURROGACY
With a database of hundreds of bright, generous young women, and an experienced egg donation team, Circle Surrogacy & Egg Donation can partner with you to find the perfect egg donor match so you can have the family of your dreams. With over 25 years of experience and a 99.3% success rate, Circle Surrogacy & Egg Donation is ready to help make parenthood possible for you. Learn more a circlesurrogacy.com and follow them on social media @circlesurrogacy
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Today, Ali is talking to a phenomenal woman who you will no doubt recognize from her various TV and movie roles. Her name is Missi Pyle, and she has appeared in such movies as Dodgeball, Galaxy Quest, Big Fish, 50 First Dates, Anchorman, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Artist and Gone Girl. Her list of TV credits is absolutely insane too, including roles on Friends, Frasier, Two and a Half Men, My Name is Earl, Grey’s Anatomy, Family Guy, Mom and most recently, Mr. Mayor. Missi shares the extraordinary story about how she ended up as the mother to her now 5 1/2 year old daughter. And she and Ali get into all of it, including how Missi had a bear as the best man in her wedding; her three devastating miscarriages; at one point finding herself $35K in debt, not working much and living in Montana; pregnancy number four at age 42; and the call she got from an adoption agency that changed everything.
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On this Season Three Finale, Ali talks to Venus Morris Griffin, mother of seven, six of whom were conceived via artificial insemination. Venus tells Ali all about her extraordinary life, which includes a lifetime of abuse, having to use ART because of her husband's male factor infertility, and how she was ostracized by the Catholic community when they found out her children were conceived via ART. She also talks about her now ex-husband being sentenced to 45 years in prison, how she told the children they were donor conceived, becoming a super successful real estate agent, and the book she's writing that chronicles it all. (For the record, Ali thinks Reese Witherspoon should option the book and star in the mini-series of Venus' life).
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VIOS Fertility Institute, @viosfertility
Vios is a different fertility clinic experience built on a foundation of patient-centered care, evidence-based medicine, and innovative technology. With clinic locations throughout Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis, the Vios Fertility Institute team understands the challenges of infertility. To learn more about Vios Fertility Institute and schedule your first appointment, visit ViosFertility.com.
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Today, Ali talks to her friend Heidy Best, a fellow Chicagoan and Fertility Rally member, about her four miscarriages, genetic testing, battling secondary infertility, the shitty sex education they both got as young women, and how Heidy and her husband dealt with loss after loss and loss after loss after loss. She tells Ali about having her amazing son, Oliver, the heartbreak of not being able to give him a sibling (yet), and what's next for her, now that she has two embabies on ice.
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BELI for WOMEN @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men. Again, that's code ALI15 at belibaby.com.
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Dr. Sunita Osborn is a clinical psychologist and the author of two books on miscarriage, "The Miscarriage Map: What To Expect When You're No Longer Expecting," and "The Miscarriage Map Workbook." Today, she tells us about her infertility journey, including two miscarriages, being "such a dick" and aggressively playing baby games at her best friend's baby shower, how to rekindle intimacy after infertility, how the differences in women and men grieving can affect a relationships—and how she came to the ultimate decision to stop trying for a baby after all.
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Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com ( https://belibaby.com/ ) and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men. Again, that's code ALI15 at belibaby.com ( https://belibaby.com/ ).
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Amber Bailey is a brilliant environmental scientist, a dear friend of Ali's through Instagram and Fertility Rally, and an #infertilitywarrior. Today, the two talk about her long road to pregnancy, including how infertility really harmed her mental health, the importance of talking to your embryologist, the two PGS tested normal embryos that tragically died during thaw, her three back-to-back retrievals, her three tragic losses, the benefits of finding a therapist that specializes in infertility, the benefits of couples therapy, what happened when she starting taking Prozac, and how she feels now that she's about to have her first son.
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EXTEND FERTILITY
Extend Fertility began offering egg freezing at 40% below the national average cost. By 2017, they were the largest egg freezing practice in the nation. Today, they've expanded to offer a full range of infertility services, including IVF, in a small practice environment that is more personal, higher quality and data driven. To make an appt or see more, go to extendfertility.com.
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Stephanie Cartin is the badass CEO of Entreprenista, the Co-Founder of Socialfly and an Infertility Warrior who is dedicated to sharing her story to spread awareness, promote self-advocacy and inspire hope. On today's episode, she talks about getting diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, going through IVF, her very complicated high-risk pregnancy, what happened when she found she had a twin-to-twin transfusion, the surgery she had to try and save both babies, and how she got through it all with the help of connecting to others via social media.
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BELI for WOMEN @beli.baby
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy. To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men. Again, that's code ALI15 at belibaby.com.
VIOS Fertility Institute @viosfertility
Vios is a different fertility clinic experience built on a foundation of patient-centered care, evidence-based medicine, and innovative technology. With clinic locations throughout Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis, the Vios Fertility Institute team understands the challenges of infertility. To learn more about Vios Fertility Institute and schedule your first appointment, visit ViosFertility.com.
Fertility Rally @fertilityrally www.fertilityrally.com
Fertility Rally offers 24/7 Community, Content and Curated Events for anyone navigating infertility, ART or building their modern families. Give yourself or a fellow infertility warrior the gift of support while navigating your journey. EVERYONE is welcome!
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On this episode, Ali is talking to Allie Egan, the founder and CEO of skincare line Veracity and former CEO of women's fashion brand Cynthia Rowley. Allie is not only a badass entrepreneur and businesswoman, she's a fertility warrior, and today, they're discussing everything she went through to have her son, including a diagnosis of the autoimmune disease Hashimoto's, how Allie and her husband did not tell a soul they were doing IVF, her pregnancy of "unknown location," how to grieve after loss, the anxiety of pregnancy after infertility, and so much more.
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BELI for WOMEN
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy.
To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men. Again, that's code ALI15 at belibaby.com.
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Kellee Stewart is a powerhouse in so many ways—she's an an actor, a writer, a producer and an advocate for proactive fertility health and knowledge, On Wednesdays, Kellee hosts "Warrior Wednesday" IG Lives, featuring the truthful and empowering stories of infertility told from a Black women’s experience—and featuring some guys, too. Today, Ali and Kellee are talking about how Kellee froze her eggs after a long term relationship ended, the misconception that black women are fertile, finding doctors that don't brush you off, the movie Kellee wrote about infertility—which she wrote and is starring in and films this summer—and so much more. Make sure to give Kellee a follow at @kstew222 and check out her site, https://www.warrior-wednesdays.com/
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Today, Ali talks to Sarah Kuhn, the badass founder of Juna, an app that provides nutrition and workouts for women in TTC, pregnancy and motherhood. Sarah's path to her three kids has not been easy, including not one but two ectopic pregnancies, having one of her tubes removed, another crushing miscarriage, "unsexy" sex, a roller coaster of emotions, the intense anxiety that comes with pregnancy after infertility, and so much more.
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BELI for WOMEN
Beli is formulated with the right nutrients to help boost your fertility, increase egg quality and support IVF to increase your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy.
To get started with Beli, go to belibaby.com and use code ALI15 for 15% off your first month of either Beli Women or Beli Men. Again, that's code ALI15 at belibaby.com.
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Lindsay Fischer is the best-selling author of "The House on Sunset" and "The Two Week Wait Challenge," and today, she's telling Ali her entire infertility story. Included: How trauma therapy helped her heal from an abusive relationship, the importance of self-care, and what happened when her husband did an at-home semen analysis. Lindsay also talks about IUIs, her horrible experience with Clomid, a retrieval that went horribly wrong, and the anxiety she felt—and the constant dehydration she suffered—when she finally did become pregnant with her twins.
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EXTEND FERTILITY
Extend Fertility began offering egg freezing at 40% below the national average cost. By 2017, they were the largest egg freezing practice in the nation. Today, they've expanded to offer a full range of infertility services, including IVF, in a small practice environment that is more personal, higher quality and data driven. To make an appt or see more, go to extendfertility.com ( https://extendfertility.com/ )
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Today, Ali is talking to Roohi Jeelani, MD, FACOG at Vios Fertility Institute. Roohi is a superwoman: An icon in the infertility community, a reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist, an outspoken advocate, a mother, a wife, and an industry disrupter. Roohi uses her ginormous social media following—almost 100,000 followers—to empower her patients and the #ttccommunity at large. She talks to Ali about the moment she knew she wanted to become a fertility doctor, being diagnosed with PCOS at the age of 12, her own infertility journey—including IUIs and IVF, and the power of social media. Roohi is currently going through treatment to try to have her third child, and she explains how "sometimes doctors make the worst patients" — and how she gets through the dreaded two week wait.
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Fertility Rally Live--featuring big name speakers, 16 breakout sessions, and tons of giveaways, is happening on 4/17/21. Get your tickets at fertilityrally.com
VIOS Fertility Institute, @viosfertility. Vios is a different fertility clinic experience built on a foundation of patient-centered care, evidence-based medicine, and innovative technology. With clinic locations throughout Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis, the Vios Fertility Institute team understands the challenges of infertility. To learn more about Vios Fertility Institute and schedule your first appointment, visit ViosFertility.com.
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A few years ago, Rachel went to the hospital with a terrible stomach bug, though she was going into surgery for a laparoscopy, and possible appendicitis, and woke up with a diagnosis of Stage Three Ovarian Cancer and a full hysterectomy. Today, she tells Ali all about her life-changing experience, including how the hysterectomy thrust her into menopause and rendered her infertile. "Infertility crept up on me. No one talked to me about it," she says. "I felt overlooked by everyone because I was young. They didn't give me access to any resources." Now 26, Rachel explains what options she has when she does begin trying to conceive, how she still struggles to find community, and why she calls her infertility her "dirty little secret."
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Kimberly and Mark, aka @bombprooffamily have been through a lot since they first got together via Match.com. Today, Ali welcomes her first couple on the show to talk about all of it, including multiple pregnancy losses, going into "full denial" when they didn't hear a heartbeat, infertility, secondary infertility and unexplained infertility, how they coped, and more. They also talk about being angry and sad, and how Mark wrote the children's book, "Whirlwinds to Rainbows" as a tribute to his bombproof wife--and strong women everywhere.
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Abbe Feder is an actress, an infertility advocate, creator of the podcast "Maculate Conception," and co-founder of InCircle Fertility (@incirclefertility), which provides coaching, education, support and guidance to anyone navigating the shitshow of infertility. Today, Ali is talking to her amazing friend about her years-long journey, including multiple IUIs, multiple unsuccessful transfers, two pregnancy losses, a surrogate who changed her mind, PTSD, switching doctors, heartbreak after heartbreak, and so much more. Abbe also recalls the very difficult decision she and her husband made to reduce her pregnancy when she was pregnant with triplets, and how that third baby became her "angel baby," who brought them their healthy twins.
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Meet Lauren, an #infertilitywarrior who has gone through a ton so far throughout her fertility journey, including a near-fatal pulmonary embolism from being on birth control when she was 19; discovering her husband's male factor infertility, four IUIs and medicated cycles, and lots of "glimmers of hope and heartbreak." After IVF and some devastating failed embryo transfers, depression and a diagnosis of endometriosis, Lauren and her husband decided to pursue adoption, which is where they find themselves now—feeling hopeful for the future, but still guarding their hearts. Follow them on IG @thehopefulkampffers
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Today, Ali is talking to Alexie, who had her daughter through IUI before tragedy struck at home: When her daughter was 16 months old, Alexie's husband died unexpectedly. Alexie talks about navigating grief as a young widow and co-founding a self-care gift shop, Crying Out Loud, after connecting with other women who had also lost their partners at a young age. Alexie also talks about getting back into the dating scene in her mid-30s, finding new love, and how today, she and her partner are going through IVF, using both her partner's sperm and donor sperm, still unsure what the outcome will be.
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It’s the 100th Episode! Today Ali interviews her husband, Vince, about his version of their infertility story. Over some Coors and White Claws, they start with how the met and fell in love in high school, what happened when they moved to New York in 2003, and how their lives changed when they decided to have kids. They also discuss how, after Ever was born with no problem in 2009, their world was rocked when they found themselves going through unexpected secondary infertility, two failed IUIs and four miscarriages. Their marriage, they admit, almost didn’t last. They wrap it up with questions from the IG community.
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Suzie Welsh Devine is a Fertility and IVF Nurse, and the founder and CEO of Binto, and she has dedicated her career to reinventing the way women take care of their health. "It's very odd to be in the patient seat now," she says, explaining how she's gone from IVF nurse to IVF patient. Suzie talks about being in the midst of her infertility journey, including uterine polyps, endometriosis, loving your body but also hating it, her miscarriage last summer at seven weeks, her most recent transfer, and where she and her husband are now.
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Today, Ali talks to Aimee, the founder of @iwassupposedtohaveababy about Infertility in the Jewish community. Inspired by the questions, "Why in the Jewish community is this so closeted?" and "Why is no one talking about this?" Aimee, a member of the Orthodox Jewish Community, started her organization in 2019 to help others in her community feel less alone. Aimee explains how in the Modern Orthodox Community, she tries "to straddle the modern world while still upholding the ideals and basic tenets of the religion," and also talks about her unexplained secondary infertility, how she lost 4 pregnancies at 16 or 17 weeks, and how, finally pregnant with her final two babies—twins—she suffered from panic attacks and PTSD. "Hearing, 'There's no heartbeat,' just changes you," she says.
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Today's episode features a conversation with Jamie, an Atlanta-based realtor who is in a same sex marriage with Kathy, who is 30 years her senior. Jamie explains to Ali how she and Kathy met and fell in love when Jamie was in her early 20s, what happened when they started to try to have children, and where they are now. Jamie's story includes her diagnosis of PCOS, 10 IUIs with 2 or 3 different sperm donors, pursuing fostering and adoption, an ectopic pregnancy, a miscarriage around 7 weeks, and finally, a healthy baby girl, born in December 2020.
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Today, Ali is talking to L'Oreal, a Chicagoan with a journalism background who has written about her infertility in such publications as Self and Hello Giggles. L'Oreal talks about "being in the messy middle right now" —and how, even though she doesn't know how her story is going to turn out, she wants to share anyway. She discusses how isolating infertility can be, especially in the black community,
how having a "plan" rarely works out, her history of fibroids, how infertility has affected her marriage, and how IVF is a full-time job. L'Oreal also explains the shame that black women feel and their hesitation to speak about infertility, how the face of infertility is usually a "thin white woman," and how medical treatment is different, depending on what you look like.
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On today's episode, Ali is talking to her hilarious friend Millie Brooks, an actress, an infertility warrior and advocate, and an all around stellar human. Millie talks about meeting her husband, what happened when they started to try to have kids, how an "unexplained infertility" diagnosis rocked their world, and how switching doctors and finding Dr. Aimeee, "The Egg Whisperer" changed the course of their treatment and their lives. Currently pregnant with their first child through IVF, Millie talks about the anxiety that comes along with pregnancy after infertility, how many more embryos they have on ice, and how the infertility community has helped her get through some of her lowest times.
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Today, Ali is talking to Ellen about addiction and infertility. Currently sober for almost four year, Ellen talks about how not being able to "drink like a normal person" became a problem, especially once she started navigating the rocky waters of infertility. Ellen talks about taking Clomid, the awkwardness of timed IUIs, getting black out drunk every night and how her husband hired a divorce lawyer, ready to end their relationship. She also talks about going to rehab, how the baby onesie she brought with her helped her get through her in-patient stay, and how, later, and thanks to IVF, she finally became pregnant with twins.
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Today, Ali talks to Ruth Corden, "Finding the Funny" podcast host, infertility advocate and IVF warrior who is now living Childless Not By Choice. Ruth talks about her 8 year infertility journey, including miscarriage, loneliness, mental health, her siblings, (including her sister Ange, who she hosts the podcast with, and brother, Late Late Show James), and how she loves being an aunt to their children. Ruth also talks about feeling like a failure, what happened when she found out her husband had secretly been using drugs while they were going through it all and how infertility seeps into every single area of your life.
"Let's be honest, when I die, there isn't gonna be anybody at my funeral talking about how many kids I pushed out of my vagina," Ruth says. "They're gonna be talking about what kind of person I am and the way I treated people and how kind I was and what I did for my neighbor. Nobody's gonna stand around going, 'Oh god, well, she didn't have any kids, so she completely failed at life."
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Today's guest is Amanda Warsavsky, whose infertility story includes her mother's infertility diagnosis (and a sister born through IVF), being blown off by a doctor at the age of 25 even though she knew there was something wrong, discovering she has PCOS, and the 7 failed IUIs she had before having her baby daughter. Amanda also talks about the devastating decision she made to terminate her pregnancy at 19 weeks because her baby son had a myriad of health issues. And now, how at almost 32 weeks pregnant, she is still not able to fully relax. Amanda is also talking about her new site, we-know.com, a place where people can go to ask questions and crowdsource advice on everything from travel to food to infertility.
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Today, Ali is talking to Ariel Taylor, aka @carried.with.love, about her 4th surrogacy journey, the surrogacy journeys that came before—and why she wanted to become a surrogate in the first place. Ariel talks about becoming a young mother, how she explains to her biological daughter that she’s carrying someone else’s baby, the tragic loss of one of her intended parents’ babies, and how surrogacy is different in Canada from the United States. She also talks about infertility as trauma, surrogacy advocacy and education, and common myths surrounding surrogates.
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On today's episode, Ali talks to Marilyn B. Gomez about her six-year-long journey to motherhood, which lasted from 2009 to 2015. Marilyn, who hosts the Mama Vida Podcast @mamavidapodcast and makes cool infertility tees, hats, jewelry and more at @infertiletees, discusses her high points and low points, including how much holidays suck while #ttc; the guilt she felt about whether genetic testing means "playing god;" how therapy and visualization exercises helped her cope; how grieving differently from her husband drove them apart; and how, after she finally got pregnant with her daughter, Mila, she experienced the deep anxiety of pregnancy after infertility. Ali and Marilyn also talk about the difficult decision some people have to make when they've got more embryos on ice.
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Last week, Lena Dunham released an article in Harper's called, "False Labor: Giving Up on Motherhood" -- and it created a shitstorm in the infertility community, to say the least. Today, Ali and her friends Abbe and Sophie, infertility warrior-advocates and co-founders of InCircle Fertility, unpack the article that has the whole community talking.
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Today, Ali is talking to her good friend Regina Townsend, a librarian, an infertility warrior and the founder of Broken Brown Egg, a blog she started in 2009 was because she wanted to break silence around infertility and women of color. Today, Broken Brown Egg has grown exponentially, existing to "empower, inform, and advocate for those questioning or experiencing the impact of infertility, with an emphasis on the Black experience of it." As Regina always says, Infertility is bigger than babies—and today we're talking about all of it, including how, after years of TTC and heartbreak, including a disrupted adoption and a lot of other things, Regina and her husband Jahbari welcomed their gorgeous son, Judah.We also talk about how Target can be a real asshole, why, when you don't end up in jail, you've had a good day, and how growing up in the public schools of Chicago shaped our versions of being women and our knowledge of our reproductive systems.
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Today, Ali talks to her amazing friend Candace Wohl, who explains how 10 years of marriage, two brain surgeries and a 7 year battle with infertility have not been easy for her and her husband, Chris. Candace is a huge infertility advocate, creator of the blog Our Misconception, and star of MTV True Life documentary, “I’m Desperate to Have a Baby.” She gets into all of the highs and lows, including how her husband was diagnosed with a brain tumor shortly after they got married, how they learned early how to deal with a life crisis, why she had a "Goodbye, Uterus," party (complete with a uterus piñata and a tampon corsage) and how, after she had two babies via surrogate, she was able to induce lactation and breastfeed.
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Today, on the Season Three Premiere, Ali talks to Caroline, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of 26. Caroline talks about how she was in a race against time to preserve her fertility before she started her cancer treatments, how she was wheeled from one hospital during cancer treatment to another hospital to do her egg retrieval and how the intense pain of her tumor affected her sex life. She also talks about why she started Femunity.org, a community and crowdsourcing platform where women can ask questions and share their medical experiences, and where she is now in her family building journey.
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Today, Ali is talking to Kela Smith, creator of the Hormone Puzzle Society, a woman’s health hub for fertility, hormones, and coaching. Kela tells her own infertility story, how she finally had her two sons, and how she works with women who are struggling with infertility and hormone imbalance, coaching them to get pregnant naturally and eliminating their symptoms of hormone imbalance. For more, check out https://www.instagram.com/kela_healthcoach/?hl=en
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Jaclyn Misch is a former Miss Michigan who competed on the CBS reality show "Survivor" with her now husband, Jon. Today, she talks to Ali about being born with a very rare condition called MRKH Syndrome, and how it has affected her life and her ability to have children. They discuss her two IVF retrievals, what happened when she started sharing publicly about MRKH, and what happened when they decided to use a surrogate. See more of her story at @jaclynmisch
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This is the first time Ali has interviewed best friends on her show--but she was so smitten by the friendship between Nora and Ani, she couldn't resist. Today, the founders of @modamobofficial and @noranibaby are talking about their rough and respective infertility journeys--including 8 IUIs, 9 IVF treatments, gestational diabetes, awful progesterone injections and bloating, a blood clotting disorder and a baby in the NICU. Nora and Ani get into all the details, including fresh vs. frozen transfers, Ani's ectopic pregnancy, infertility as trauma, and how they got through the roughest times—even when one of them would be laying in the fetal position on the floor—together.
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Today, Ali talks to infertility advocate, all around bright light and her dear friend Monica (aka @my_so_called_Ivf) about IUIs, secondary infertility guilt, vaginas, marriage probs, dealing with stress and depression and what Jared Leto, Gwyneth Paltrow and Oprah have in common.
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Today, Ali talks to her friend Kim, who she met via Instagram in 2019, right after Kim had given birth to her third child, Meredith Samantha. On her IG page, mera_rula_of__the__sea, Kim chronicled Mera's very short, very sweet life after she was diagnosed in utero with a host of birth defects, including very little brain tissue. Kim tells the story of having her two kids before Meredith, bringing Mera home from the hospital, and how the entire family had to say goodbye to the sweet baby nine days later. Kim also explains how she has gracefully (and sometimes, not so gracefully) managed losing her baby daughter, and what is next for her family. For more on Mera's story and to find out about the nonprofit, Mera's Mission, which Kim launched to change the way parents experience grief after pregnancy and early childhood loss, follow @merasmission.
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Paige Dennis is a fashion designer, and an infertility warrior who describes herself as, "If Dolly Parton and Suzanne Sugarbaker had a baby." She's also the breakout star of "DeMarcus Family Rules," the Netflix reality show that chronicles the lives of Rascal Flatts bassist Jay DeMarcus and his beauty queen wife, Allison. Today, Paige tells Ali all about her infertility journey, including a pulmonary embolism that rocked her health, getting pregnant very easily but then suffering a miscarriage at nearly 12 weeks, and how and why she and her husband found a surrogate without going through a surrogacy agency. She also talks about the tragic loss of her first son due to an umbilical cord accident, and how now, as the mother of twins, she feels passionate about giving back to the infertility community.
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Partners-in-biz-and-Claw Ali and Blair Nelson, who started the Fertility Rally membership site on June 1, talk about their latest creation: Fertility Rally Live, taking place virtually on Saturday, October 24th! The event will be a one-day, action-packed infertility celebration, with more than 30+ speakers, exhibitor booths, tons of giveaways and plenty of surprises. Ali and Blair talk about how they came up with the name for Fertility Rally, the importance of community, why it's going to be an incredible and valuable event for anyone no matter where they are on their fertility journeys, and some other amazing things that have been happening in their lives this week (hint: Blair is pregnant!).
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Victoria Nino, aka @expectinganything, talks to Ali about her long path to mamahood, beginning with a diagnosis of Stage 3 endometriosis. After medicated IUIs that didn't work, they turned to IVF, but her low egg quality led her to research donor eggs. As she and her husband went down the donor egg path, she explains how they "grieved their genetics," why at one point they maxed out their credit cards to travel around the world, ("YOLO!"), the spiritual experience she had in Thailand, why going through the donor profiles was so intense, how she feels about epigenetics, and her baby daughter, Flo. She also talks about her new ebook, "Why I'm Glad My Eggs Didn't Work" -- and the second transfer that didn't work, bringing her to her knees with grief.
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Chloe Melas is an entertainment reporter for CNN, and today, she is getting realAF with Ali about her years-long infertility journey. They cover it all, including IUIs that didn’t take, the shock and heartbreak of IVF, a pregnancy “in an unknown location,” getting phone calls from doctors while on double dates, how it all affected her marriage (and her sex life!), and SO MUCH MORE.
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Wes, aka Detour to Dad, who's been very vocal about the difficult journey that he and his wife, Amanda have traveled to have a baby—including a diagnosis of "extremely low sperm count" that made him feel "emasculated" and like he'd been punched in the face." Today, Wes tells his story, from when he and Amanda met playing softball, to making the decision to use donor sperm and how he came to terms with that—and what's happening with them now.
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Today, Ali is talking to artist Jasmine Katatikarn, a fertility warrior who struggled to have a child for six years. After multiple IUIs and her 2nd IVF, she was told that she had a less than 1% chance of having a baby and to stop trying. However, Jasmine didn’t give up. Jasmine tells Ali about the devastation she went through, how she and her husband had a hard time talking about what they were both going through, why finding community is so important, and how she applied her artist's mindset to take control of her fertility journey.
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Fertility Rally
Fertility Rally is the all-inclusive community for anyone who has gone through infertility, is going through infertility, or who are building modern families in “non-traditional” ways. The space is for anyone seeking support, information, inclusion, humor, kick ass virtual and IRL events, and fun discounts on the journey of infertility and parenthood. To start your Free 7-Day Trial or join now, go to fertilityrally.com.
Today, Ali is talking to HGTV Good Bones star and all-around badass Mina Starsiak Hawk about her fertility struggles, including why she skipped IUI and went straight to IVF, how she deals with comments from judgy (and handsy) women, and how she and her husband decided to show everything, including the messy parts, on their TV show. We also get a surprise guest cameo by her husband Steve, who jumps on the call to talk about how infertility affected their relationship.
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Fertility Rally
Fertility Rally is the all-inclusive community for anyone who has gone through infertility, is going through infertility, or who are building modern families in “non-traditional” ways. The space is for anyone seeking support, information, inclusion, humor, kick ass virtual and IRL events, and fun discounts on the journey of infertility and parenthood. To start your Free 7-Day Trial or join now, go to fertilityrally.com
Peanut
This episode is sponsored by Peanut, a social network for women. Peanut provides a community for women who are moms and who are hoping to be moms build friendships, find support and learn from one another. Download Peanut for free in the app store or click https://www.peanut-app.io/.
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Monique Farook is a an infertility survivor, a former NICU Mom, a wife, and host of the podcast, "Infertility and Me." She and her husband began their journey to parenthood in 2012 when she was 29, and today, she tells Ali all about their long and bumpy road, from her unsuccessful IUI and uterine and cervical polyps to how she experienced prejudice at the fertility clinic. Monique also talks about why, when she started looking for people in the infertility community who looked like her, she couldn't find anyone—and how she felt when she finally had her son, who spent 129 days in the NICU.
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Fertility Rally
Fertility Rally is the all-inclusive community for anyone who has gone through infertility, is going through infertility, or who are building modern families in “non-traditional” ways. The space is for anyone seeking support, information, inclusion, humor, kick ass virtual and IRL events, and fun discounts on the journey of infertility and parenthood. To start your Free 7-Day Trial or join now, go to fertilityrally.com.
Care/Of
Care/of is a wellness brand that makes it easy to maintain your health goals with a customized vitamin plan that helps you feel your best today and supports you long-term. Care/of can make taking your vitamins and supporting your health goals attainable. Care/of is super transparent about the research and sourcing behind every one of their products with extensive info available on their website, and fun, informative content on their social pages. Care/of’s in-depth, 5-minute online quiz asks you questions about your diet, lifestyle, and health concerns to help address your specific wellness goals. For 50% off your first Care/of order, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter code INFERTILEAF50.
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Today, Ali is talking to Emily about the ups and downs of her years-long infertility journey, including 7 IUIs (all unsuccessful), "always ending up on the wrong end of the statistics," "a dreadful sex life full of stress and dashed expectations," her five pregnancies, a string of miscarriages, and the night she went to the hospital and her doctor told her, 'You have to abort this tonight unless you wanna die." It's a dramatic tale, but it ends with Hope—in more ways than one.
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Fertility Rally
Fertility Rally is the all-inclusive community for anyone who has gone through infertility, is going through infertility, or who are building modern families in “non-traditional” ways. The space is for anyone seeking support, information, inclusion, humor, kick ass virtual and IRL events, and fun discounts on the journey of infertility and parenthood. To start your Free 7-Day Trial or join now, go to fertilityrally.com.
Today, Ali is talking to Ashley, a single mom by choice, who wanted to share her story to inspire others and shatter any stigmas about choosing to have and raise a child on one's own. Ashley, a successful executive who is raising her now 10-year-old son in Los Angeles, talks about how she felt like a "unicorn" at the fertility clinic, the unique process of of choosing a sperm donor (and why she asked her friends at one point, "Why wouldn't I choose the hot one?") and what happened when she tried for a second child. It's yet another example of someone building a modern family the way they want to create it--and we're thrilled to include her story here.
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Fertility Rally
Fertility Rally is the all-inclusive community for anyone who has gone through infertility, is going through infertility, or who are building modern families in “non-traditional” ways. The space is for anyone seeking support, information, inclusion, humor, kick ass virtual and IRL events, and fun discounts on the journey of infertility and parenthood. To start your Free 7-Day Trial or join now, go to fertilityrally.com.
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Michelle Buteau is a brilliant and real AF comedian, actress and host best known for appearing on Netflix's "The Circle" and in the movies "Isn't it Romantic" and "Always be My Maybe." She's also a fierce infertility and surrogacy advocate, who Ali first met in early 2020 when they were both in Albany, NY for Surrogacy Lobby Day. Today, Michelle tells Ali all about the long road to having her twins, Hazel and Otis, including IUIs, several rounds of IVF, four devastating miscarriages, prolactinoma (a noncancerous tumor of the pituitary gland) and why exploring international adoption didn't go how they'd planned. She also talks about facing discrimination at her doctor's appointments (and how, when her white husband was with her, she was treated completely differently)—and finally meeting the surrogate who would help them welcome their healthy babes.
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Fertility Rally
Fertility Rally is the all-inclusive community for anyone who has gone through infertility, is going through infertility, or who are building modern families in “non-traditional” ways. The space is for anyone seeking support, information, inclusion, humor, kick ass virtual and IRL events, and fun discounts on the journey of infertility and parenthood. To start your Free 7-Day Trial or join now, go to fertilityrally.com
Circle Surrogacy
On today's episode, we're partnering with Circle Surrogacy, which is celebrating 25 years of making parenthood possible for heterosexual and LGBTQ+ individuals and couples. Circle partners with their surrogates, intended parents and egg donors until they achieve success together. Learn more at circlesurrogacy.com or by emailing info@circlesurrogacy.com
NYU Langone Fertility Center
Join the thousands of families who've placed their trust in the experts at NYU Langone Fertility Center. When you're ready to explore your options, they're ready to help you build your family. For more information, check out their website fertilityny.org, Instagram @Fertility_NY, or call 212-263-8990.
Pacific Fertility Center
This episode, I'm partnering with Pacific Fertility Center, which is located in the San Francisco Bay Area has welcomed more than 10,000 babies through IVF, IUI and egg donation. For more info, check out IG: @pacificfertilitycenter, email info@pacificfertility.com or call 415-834-3000
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Flora Sinha is a Board Certified Internist practicing in Southern California, and today she's talking to Ali about going through secondary infertility. Although she didn't have trouble having her first child, she tried for six months to have her second child before realizing IVF was in her future. Then, after undergoing multiple rounds, she and her husband made the difficult decision to stop pursuing parenthood any further. Find out all about what she went through, how she ultimately made that decision, and what she tells her 4 1/2 year old daughter now about why she doesn't have any siblings.
Fertility Rally is the all-inclusive community for anyone who has gone through infertility, is going through infertility, or who are building modern families in “non-traditional” ways. The space is for anyone seeking support, information, inclusion, humor, kick ass virtual and IRL events, and fun discounts on the journey of infertility and parenthood. To start your Free 7-Day Trial or join now, go to fertilityrally.com
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Emilia Bechrakis is a lawyer, a Manhattan mom and a television personality you probably recognize from the Bravo reality show, “ Million Dollar Listing New York, ” where she appears alongside her husband, real estate mogul Ryan Serhant. Today, she talks to Ali about falling in love with Ryan and getting married, and how when they started to try to have a baby, things didn’t exactly work out as planned. She also talks about her children’s book, “To the Moon and Back for You,” written after their daughter, Zena, was born via IVF.
Fertility Rally is the all-inclusive community for anyone who has gone through infertility, is going through infertility, or who are building modern families in “non-traditional” ways. The space is for anyone seeking support, information, inclusion, humor, kick ass virtual and IRL events, and fun discounts on the journey of infertility and parenthood. To start your Free 7-Day Trial or join now, go to fertilityrally.com
This episode is sponsored by kegg, the first 2-in-1 fertility tracker that assesses the key sign to the fertile window: cervical fluid. Go towww.kegg.tech and use promo code INFERTILEAF to get $20 off your intuitive fertility tracker.
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Amy Beckley, who has a PhD in pharmacology and an expertise in hormone signaling, had trouble conceiving for more than three years before turning to IVF to have her son. But when she decided she didn't know if she could handle the physical and emotional challenges of another round of IVF, she began tracking her own hormone levels, suspecting she had a problem with ovulation—causing her to lose pregnancy after pregnancy. Today, she talks to Ali about creating a game-changing fertility product called Proov in her basement, how she finally had another child, and why IVF is not the "Band-Aid" so many people make it out to be.
Fertility Rally is the all-inclusive community for anyone who has gone through infertility, is going through infertility, or who are building modern families in “non-traditional” ways. The space is for anyone seeking support, information, inclusion, humor, kick ass virtual and IRL events, and fun discounts on the journey of infertility and parenthood. To start your Free 7-Day Trial or join now, go to fertilityrally.com
Today we are partnering with Proov, the first 5 minute, at-home progesterone test to confirm ovulation. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code INFERTILEAF20, and you’ll get 20% off your first order.
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Andrea Syrtash is a dating and relationship expert, a published author, a television host and an on-air personality. She's also the founder of Pregnantish, an online magazine that helps people navigate the realities of infertility and fertility treatments. Today, she tells Ali all about the eight years and 18 fertility treatments she went through, including getting ghosted by two potential surrogates, before her cousin stepped in and offered to be her gestational carrier--resulting in her healthy baby girl.
Fertility Rally is the all-inclusive community for anyone who has gone through infertility, is going through infertility, or who are building modern families in “non-traditional” ways. The space is for anyone seeking support, information, inclusion, humor, kick ass virtual and IRL events, and fun discounts on the journey of infertility and parenthood. To start your Free 7-Day Trial or join now, go to fertilityrally.com
This episode, I'm partnering with NYU Langone Fertility Center. Join the thousands of families who've placed their trust in the experts at NYU Langone Fertility Center. When you're ready to explore your options, they're ready to help you build your family. For more information, check out their website fertilityny.org, Instagram @Fertility_NY, or call 212-263-8990.
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Mathilde Froustey is a principal dancer at the San Francisco Ballet and one of the best dancers in the world. Born in Bordeaux, France, Mathilde started dancing at the age of 9 and trained at the Marselle National School of Ballet and the Paris Opera Ballet School. Today, even though she says, "In the dance world, infertility is a taboo subject," she comes out to Ali about her personal struggles with infertility and more, including battling an eating disorder, being body shamed while going through IVF, and life in general in the highly competitive world of professional dance. “No one talks about this in the dance world,” Mathilde says. Well, they do now.
Fertility Rally is the all-inclusive community for anyone who has gone through infertility, is going through infertility, or who are building modern families in “non-traditional” ways. The space is for anyone seeking support, information, inclusion, humor, kick ass virtual and IRL events, and fun discounts on the journey of infertility and parenthood. To start your Free 7-Day Trial or join now, go to fertilityrally.com
Today we are partnering with Proov, the first 5 minute, at-home progesterone test to confirm ovulation. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code INFERTILEAF20, and you’ll get 20% off your first order.
This episode, I'm partnering with NYU Langone Fertility Center. Join the thousands of families who've placed their trust in the experts at NYU Langone Fertility Center. When you're ready to explore your options, they're ready to help you build your family. For more information, check out their website fertilityny.org, Instagram @Fertility_NY, or call 212-263-8990.
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Today, Ali talks to Nichelle Sublett, Mrs. North Carolina 2018, about the five painful years of infertility she endured—and why she chose to spread awareness about infertility after winning the pageant. Nichelle is finally pregnant with a baby boy, due at the end of August, and here she recalls her "horrible" path, including PCOS, five miscarriages, IVF, considering a surrogate, marital strain, and why, in the African-American community, infertility and pregnancy loss "just aren't talked about."
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Today, Ali talks to Jennifer "Jay" Palumbo, a stand-up comedian, OG infertility advocate and mom of two, about her long path to parenthood.
Included:
IVF and how Clomid made her act like The Hulk, the uterine polyp she named "Jackson Polyp," going through couple's counseling and how her pregnancy announcement in 2014 ignited a Twitter war.
Fertility Rally is the all-inclusive community for anyone’s who has gone through infertility, is going through infertility, or who are building modern families in “non-traditional” ways. The space is for anyone seeking support, information, inclusion, humor, kick ass virtual and IRL events, and fun discounts on the journey of infertility and parenthood. Think of it as 24/7 therapy—but unconventional and fun. (To be clear, we’re not licensed therapists, but we’ve both been there, and we know how you feel.)
To sign up, go to fertilityrally.com
This episode, I'm partnering with NYU Langone Fertility Center. Join the thousands of families who've placed their trust in the experts at NYU Langone Fertility Center. When you're ready to explore your options, they're ready to help you build your family. For more information, check out their website fertilityny.org, Instagram @Fertility_NY, or call 212-263-8990.
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Josephine Atluri is a meditation teacher and a badass mom of FIVE kids. Today, she talks to Ali about how she always wanted a big family, and how she and her husband built their modern family in many different ways, including international adoption, IVF and surrogacy. She also talks about how, due to a lack of control, she developed the eating disorder bulimia during her infertility journey, and how she overcame that and is healthy today.
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This episode, I'm partnering with Pacific Fertility Center, which is located in the San Francisco Bay Area has welcomed more than 10,000 babies through IVF, IUI and egg donation. For more info, check out IG: @pacificfertilitycenter, email info@pacificfertility.com or call 415-834-3000
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Paula Rallis is an amazing woman who flips houses, flies planes, interior decorates and runs a chic lifestyle blog (www.paularallis.com) and IG account, @paularallis. In this episode, she tells Ali all about how, after a year of trying to have a baby and being unsuccessful, she found out she was born with a very rare medical condition in which she has only half of her reproductive system. After going through IVF and even more heartbreak, Paula explains how she and her husband found a surrogate to carry their healthy baby girl.
On today's episode, we're partnering with Circle Surrogacy, which is celebrating 25 years of making parenthood possible for heterosexual and LGBTQ+ individuals and couples. Circle partners with their surrogates, intended parents and egg donors until they achieve success together. Learn more at circlesurrogacy.com or by emailing info@circlesurrogacy.com
I'm also partnering with Pacific Fertility Center, which is located in the San Francisco Bay Area has welcomed more than 10,000 babies through IVF, IUI and egg donation. For more info, check out IG: @pacificfertilitycenter, email info@pacificfertility.com or call 415-834-3000
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Today, Ali is talking to Amy, who, after 18 months of trying and more than 540 ovulation tests (yes, she counted!), finally had her son. Amy explains how a misdiagnosis of PCOS lasted for six years before she realized she didn't have it after all, the pressures she felt to have kids as an Indian woman, and why she and her husband didn't want to do anything invasive. She also tells us about inventing OOVA, a groundbreaking ovulation test for women that's now on the market.
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This episode, I'm partnering with Pacific Fertility Center, which is located in the San Francisco Bay Area has welcomed more than 10,000 babies through IVF, IUI and egg donation. For more info, check out IG: @pacificfertilitycenter, email info@pacificfertility.com or call 415-834-3000
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You might know journalist Amy Klein from Fertility Diary, the column she wrote in the New York Times about her infertility journey. Today, Ali is talking to Amy about everything she went through—including nine rounds of IVF, four miscarriages, two rabbis and one reproductive immunologist—before finally having her daughter in 2015. Amy also talks about finding (and affording) a clinic, baby envy, and when it's time to move on.
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A lot has happened to Whitney Port since you first met her on MTV's The Hills and The City. She married Timmy, the love of her life, became an entrepreneur, started a podcast, With Whit, and had a son named Sonny. Today, she talks to Ali about the miscarriage that "rocked her world"—and how it brought up feelings of guilt, confusion, heartbreak and even selfishness. She also talks about not being sure if they're going to have another kid — and if she'll ever let Sonny watch her live out her 20s on reality TV.
This episode is sponsored by Peanut, a social network for women. Peanut provides a community for women (who are trying to conceive) to build friendships, find support and learn from one another. Download Peanut for free in the app store or click https://www.peanut-app.io/.
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In honor of National Infertility Awareness Week, Ali and her Fertility Rally co-founder, Blair Nelson of Fab Fertility, talk about how they met and bonded right away, why this infertility community means so much to them, and what—and who—everyone can expect at the very first Fertility Rally, happening October 23-25 in Brooklyn. Make sure to follow @fertilityrally for updates, and sign up for the newsletter at www.fertilityrally.com.
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Today, Lia tells Ali all about her long and difficult journey to motherhood, including a pregnancy that ended tragically after her uterus ruptured at 31 weeks. She also talks about the two different and amazing surrogates who came into their lives, and how tragedy struck again, heartbreakingly, before they had their healthy baby girl. Lia also explains why she started Fly Bravely, a NYC consultancy dedicating to de-stigmatizing infertility and raising awareness for pregnancy and infant loss.
On today's episode, we're partnering with Circle Surrogacy, which is celebrating 25 years of making parenthood possible for heterosexual and LGBTQ+ individuals and couples. Circle partners with their surrogates, intended parents and egg donors until they achieve success together. Learn more at circlesurrogacy.com or by emailing info@circlesurrogacy.com
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Today, Ali talks to her friend Janna about going through infertility for six excruciating years. Her story includes full-blown IVF, mini IVF, IUI, lots of heartbreak, a devastating miscarriage and D&C and ultimately, the adoption of her now-almost one year old son, Zeke. She also describes that brutal moment when the nurse is looking at your ultrasound, gets quiet and says, 'I need to talk to the doctor...'"
Today we are partnering with Extend Fertility, https://extendfertility.com/, the largest egg freezing practice in the nation. Extend has now expanded to offer a full range of infertility services—including IVF—in a small practice environment that is more personal, data driven, and higher quality.
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Maddy Gutierrez describes herself as a "body positive Manhattan mom, Fashion Lover and Beauty Junkie," and today, she talks to Ali about all of those things, as well as her struggle with secondary infertility, which she's in the middle of right now. Maddy gets into the details of her journey, including having her now five-year-old son with no issues, going through multiple IUIs, how Covid-19 has affected her next steps, and the poor treatment she gets from doctors because she is a plus size woman.
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Today, Ali talks to Dr. Liz Kane, co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Natalist, where she develops pregnancy tests, ovulation kits and more to help people who are trying to conceive. Liz, who ran a research lab at Harvard, talks about the challenges of leaving academia to start a family, how her chronic migraines affected her fertility journey, the postpartum hemorrhage that threatened her life, feeling "betrayed by her body" and how she ended up using a surrogate for her second child, who is due very soon.
This episode is brought to you by The Oh Hell No Podcast, a show for young people transitioning into adult life or adults who are looking for motivation in getting to their next level. To subscribe and listen, go here: https://www.ohhellnopodcast.com/
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Today, Ali talks to Nathalie, an infertility warrior, mama of one and the founder of Fertilust, a fertility-inspired wellness and nutrition hub. Self-described as "a recovering workaholic and type A down to the blood type," Nathalie shares her story of unexplained infertility, silent endometriosis, several IVF cycles, pity parties, how changing her nutrition changed everything, and why this community is so important to her. Nathalie's story is not over yet: After a recent transfer that unfortunately didn't end with a pregnancy, she's not sure what's going to happen next…
Today we are partnering with Extend Fertility, https://extendfertility.com/, the largest egg freezing practice in the nation. Extend has now expanded to offer a full range of infertility services—including IVF—in a small practice environment that is more personal, data driven, and higher quality.
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Today, Ali talks to Cynara, who she met when they were both in Albany lobbying to make gestational surrogacy legal in New York. Cynara used a surrogate to have her daughter, Pearl, and today she chronicles her entire journey, including unexplained infertility, having eight miscarriages in 10 years, feeling broken, and having suicidal thoughts. As she says, "It was like, 'There's something wrong with me. I'm defective.' I was so hard on myself."
Today we are partnering with ConceiveAbilities, a leading surrogacy and egg donation agency that has been around for 24 years, with thousands of babies born. If surrogacy or egg donation is part of your journey, make sure to check out conceiveabilities.com. And make sure to tell them Infertile AF sent you!
We are also partnering with Extend Fertility, https://extendfertility.com/, the largest egg freezing practice in the nation. Extend has now expanded to offer a full range of infertility services—including IVF—in a small practice environment that is more personal, data driven, and higher quality.
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Today, Ali talks to Samantha Busch, wife of NASCAR champion Kyle Busch, star of Racing Wives, and Infertility Advocate. Samantha gets real about having their first baby through IVF, how infertility has affected her marriage, going through it all in the public eye, her devastating recent miscarriage, and how they're considering using a surrogate for their next child. Samantha also talks about her upcoming infertility memoir and her nonprofit, Bundle of Joy Fund, which has awarded 54 grants to couples going through IVF, with 25 babies born and 5 more on the way.
On today's episode, we're partnering with Circle Surrogacy, which is celebrating 25 years of making parenthood possible for heterosexual and LGBTQ+ individuals and couples. Circle partners with their surrogates, intended parents and egg donors until they achieve success together. Learn more at circlesurrogacy.com or by emailing info@circlesurrogacy.com
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Elyse Ash is an infertility warrior and the founder of Fruitful, a fertility mentor service that pairs mentees who are going through infertility with mentors who have come out the other side. Fruitful is "committed to making infertility suck less." Today, Elyse talks to Ali about everything she went through before finally having her baby, including endometriosis with no symptoms, ovarian cysts, and scrolling through Instagram and being "so jealous and heartbroken and wondering what it would look like when it was my turn."
Today we are partnering with ConceiveAbilities, a leading surrogacy and egg donation agency that has been around for 24 years, with thousands of babies born. If surrogacy or egg donation is part of your journey, make sure to check out conceiveabilities.com. And make sure to tell them Infertile AF sent you!
We are also partnering with Extend Fertility, extendfertility.com, the largest egg freezing practice in the nation. Extend has now expanded to offer a full range of infertility services—including IVF—in a small practice environment that is more personal, data driven, and higher quality.
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Maggie, aka @bean.and.biscuit, has two baby sons who were born one month apart. Today, she tells Ali the incredible story of how this happened, starting with several failed rounds of IVF, including one round that ended in a miscarriage. Maggie and her husband then turned to surrogacy, and the surrogate got pregnant with one of their healthy male embryos. And then, soon after—in a miraculous turn of events—Maggie got pregnant with a boy, too.
Today we are partnering with Proov, the first 5 minute, at-home progesterone test to confirm ovulation. Go to proovtest.com, enter the code INFERTILEAF20, and you’ll get 20% off your first order.
We are also partnering with Extend Fertility, extendfertility.com/, the largest egg freezing practice in the nation. Extend has now expanded to offer a full range of infertility services—including IVF—in a small practice environment that is more personal, data driven, and higher quality.
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Today's guest is Michael Frank, a brilliant author whose novel, "What is Missing," takes on infertility as one of its central subjects. The reason Michael knows so much about infertility is that he went through it with his wife, and as he tells Ali, "I found it personally to be one of the hardest things I ever lived through." Find out about their three miscarriages, how he dealt with feeling "powerless and quite lonely," and the Buddhist refrain that changed his perspective. Today's episode is brought to you by Beli Vitality for Men, which provides men with the right nutrients for optimal reproductive and sperm health. Use code InfertileAF to receive 25% off your first bottle at http://bit.ly/Belibaby
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Ali's guest today is Nicole Lawson, who went through years of infertility, including three devastating miscarriages, before choosing to go the surrogacy route. Today, she has two healthy daughters via surrogacy--and she tells Ali all about the entire process, including some of the fears and reservations she had. Nicole was so moved by the surrogacy process that she started her own agency, called Abundant Beginnings, in L.A.
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Not all of these stories end with babies. Today, Ali talks to Katy, who went through four years of infertility, including a failed IVF cycle and depression and anxiety, which left her feeling "stripped down" to her core. "I never thought the ending would be that i didn't have a kid," Katy says. But after a hysterectomy and some deep soul searching, Katy decided to stop trying, and now she is focusing on crafting a beautiful, childfree life, including her blog, chasingcreation.org.
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Today, Ali talks to Sarah Larson Levey, the founder and CEO of Y7 Studio. After talking about how Y7 yoga was a huge part of Ali's infertility story, they talk about Sarah's two devastating miscarriages, "being a complete hysterical fucking mess," the toll it took on her relationship, and how she managed this heavy emotional and physical stuff while building one of America's fastest-growing companies. Also: Sarah talks about how, even though she's five months pregnant now, it's still hard to fully relax.
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Kristyn is the founder of The Fertility Tribe, an incredible online community based on "redefining fertility together." Today, Kristyn tells Ali about how "nothing on the road to motherhood was easy" for her, from the "Clomid crazies" to her first failed frozen embryo transfer. Now a mother of toddler twins, she also talks about the 25 nights she spent pregnant in the hospital, her "traumatic" birth situation, and the things she wishes she knew before starting infertility treatments.
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In this Season Two kickoff, Ali talks to Keeley, a producer in London, about her unexplained infertility journey, resulting in eight rounds of IVF in England, Spain, and finally, Russia. Keeley talks about her "total shitshow" of a second transfer, undergoing one traumatic "pregnancy in an unknown location," making the difficult decision to use donor eggs, and how her husband has been a "total legend" through it all.
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Karen describes herself as part teacher, part mom, fully inappropriate and forever infertile. She is the creator of Hilariously Infertile, a brand that includes an Instagram with more than 66,000 followers, stand-up comedy gigs, and a book (see hilariouslyinfertile.com for more). Today, she talks to Ali about IUIs, Clomid, the dangers of Google searching, discovering leggings, and why when going through IVF, you should "set the bar low."
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Jasmin is an entertainment editor and writer whose New York Times essay about egg freezing, "Great Eggspectations," caught Ali's attention this spring. Today, she talks to Ali about how, since most of her friends were doing it, she jumped at the chance to freeze her eggs at 36 (but what she wishes she knew then). Also discussed: her possible endometriosis, the fortune teller who changed her life path, getting leftover IVF drugs from her friends, and how every six months, she pays money to keep her eggs on ice. Today's episode is sponsored by Extend Fertility, which offers egg freezing, IVF and more--with the goal of making fertility more accessible, and with services priced 20-40% lower than the national average. For more, visit extendfertility.com.
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Today, Ali talks to Dr. Dorette Noorhasan, the Medical Director and Co-Founder of CCRM Dallas-Fort Worth, about being an infertility specialist while going through her own infertility journey. Dorette discusses working with a surrogate as a single woman, the devastation when those two transfers didn't work out, needing a mental break, and how, after marrying her husband, they tried again with a surrogate. Dorette's memoir, "Miracle Baby: A Fertility Doctor's Fight for Motherhood," is out now.
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On today's episode, Ali talks to her childhood best friend, Michelle, about her years-long quest to have a baby. Included: Why she hates IUIs, getting a surprise diagnosis of PCOS, how to advocate when it comes to insurance, and how one night on a business trip in Hong Kong, her world came crashing down when she checked her medical portal. Michelle also details her six IVF cycles, how meditation finally helped her turn a corner, and why they named their frozen embryos Dwayne and Rerun. Today's episode is sponsored by Extend Fertility, which offers egg freezing, IVF and more--with the goal of making fertility more accessible, and with services priced 20-40% lower than the national average. For more, visit https://extendfertility.com
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Today, Ali talks to L.A.-based former nanny Angela, whose infertility journey started at 39 and includes two "missed" miscarriages, a stimulated follicle that turned into a cyst, and three IVF cycles with varying results. Angela says that at times, she felt like such a failure that she apologized to her husband, saying, "Why did you marry me? I'm broken." She also explains why she thinks it's important for everyone to get their embryos tested, regardless of risk factors, age and history. Today's episode is sponsored by Extend Fertility, which offers egg freezing, IVF and more--with the goal of making fertility more accessible, and with services priced 20-40% lower than the national average. For more, visit https://extendfertility.com.
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Joshua U. Klein is the Chief Clinical Officer at Extend Fertility, and he’s also Ali’s doctor, who worked with Ali and Vince on their one and only round of IVF—which brought them baby Sonny in Dec 2015. Four years later, Ali reunites with the Harvard Med School grad to unpack what they went through together, from Ali walking into his office as a "broken woman" to the emails she sent him at all hours of the day to what he’s doing now to make the fertility journey “less miserable."
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On today's episode, Ali talks to Debbie about her unexpected pregnancy at the age of 36, how she dealt with the heartbreak of losing that baby in the third trimester, starting to have kids again at the age of 39, and the eight rounds of IVF--and 450 shots--that lead to where she is today. "When I put my hands on my hips, I can still feel the soreness of those 21-gauge needles," she says, years later. This episode is sponsored by Binto, personalized supplements made for women by women, and delivered right to your door. For more, go to mybinto.com/infertileafand use PROMO CODE infertileaf for 20% off.
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Ali goes deep with her friend Sam, who was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure three years ago, at age 25. Faced with the fact that if she wants to have a biological children, she’ll have to do IVF, Sam discusses how she's dealing with the challenges of her diagnosis, including how hormone replacement therapy has put her into pre-menopause, how she tells (or doesn't tell) guys she dates about her situation, and the very special family member who has offered to donate her eggs to Sam.
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America is an actress, singer and mama who has gone through hell—and back again—to finally have her beautiful baby daughter. Today, she talks to Ali about her years-long struggle to have a healthy pregnancy and delivery, including multiple miscarriages, multiple stillbirths, and what happened when they decided to pursue surrogacy in India. America talks about going through a very dark time—at one point even contemplating suicide—and how she and her husband, Christian, came out the other side.
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Today, Ali talks to Holly about her unexplained infertility, including IUIs that didn't work, IVFs that didn't take, and an adoption that ultimately fell through. Holly, who's one of the strongest mamas Ali has ever met, discusses how she finally had her son--and how he was born with a very rare medical condition that has already required several surgeries and countless hospital visits. She explains that she wants to share her story because, after years of anguish, she promised she would pay it forward.
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Meg is the author of, “The Waiting Line: What to Do (and Not Do) When Someone You Love Is Struggling with Infertility.” Today, she talks to Ali about getting pregnant at age 37, back-to-back blighted ovums, the MTHFR gene, Hashimoto's disease, and finally having her son. Now in the midst of secondary infertility, Meg also reveals how she got ghosted by her doctor and the best and worst things to say to women who are struggling to have a baby. (Hint: "Have you thought about adoption?" is not okay.)
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Rebekah is a fellow NYC mama and infertility warrior who struggled to get pregnant in her mid-30s before going through "mini IVF." Today, the mom of three is focusing on supporting other women as a fertility coach, a doula and the creator of the website, https://its-conceivable.com/. Today, she talks to Ali about not wanting children when she was growing up, egg quality vs. egg quantity, why women need to advocate for themselves and the importance of going to Phish concerts.
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If you've been following the secondary infertility story of our beloved recurring guest, Stacy, you know that she’s gone through so much: multiple miscarriages, two IVF cycles, and sadness, disappointment and frustration that isn't quantifiable. Today, in parts 4 and 5, Stacy tells us what happened with her second retrieval (hint: it includes running down the freeway with a bag full of needles), the "whole new stress" she's been feeling, and the results of her first embryo transfer.
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You might know Bridget Marquardt from the reality series "The Girls Next Door," which depicted her life as one of Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner's girlfriends. Today, Ali—a Playboy mag editor for 10 years—talks to Bridget about freezing her eggs while living at the Mansion, being terrified of needles, the "emotional, financial and physical roller coaster" of infertility, the devastation she felt when none of her eggs survived the thaw, and where she and her fiance, Nick, are in their journey now.
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This is the story of Vanessa, a.k.a. "Mama," and Jory, a.k.a. "Mommy," who live in California and have two adorable toddlers, Axel and Lexa. Today, Vanessa tells Ali all about how she and her wife conceived their two children via at-home insemination (and why her wife carried one and she carried the other); the dumb things people say to her at the park (ie: asking her if she's the nanny to her redheaded son); why she jokes about wanting to have a "redo" pregnancy; and the benefits of babywearing.
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In 2017, Agnes Fischer wrote a book, "Eggs Unscrambled," the girlfriend's guide to everything you need to know about your reproductive organs, including freezing your eggs. Today, Agnes talks to Ali about avoiding pregnancy in her early 20s and early 30s, how women are conditioned to think they have to breed, "fertility treatment light," IUIs and IVF, her blog, "FrozenPlease.com," how her book became her "baby" and why today, she's passionate about fertility awareness.
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Today, Ali talks to Dara, a registered dietitian at the fertility clinic Reproductive Medicine Associates (RMA) of New York, about her own infertility struggles. Dara discusses having PCOS as well as toxic fluid in both her fallopian tubes, requiring surgery to block them off. Also covered: Feeling shameful about her chemical pregnancy, getting pregnant twice more through IVF, and the dietary advice she gives to women who are trying to have babies.
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Today, Naomi, a 24-year-old living in England, talks to Ali about being faced with the most difficult decision of her life: Having to decide what to do when, halfway through her pregnancy, doctors discovered that her son, Bear, had a congenital heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot. Naomi gets real about making the decision they did and why; telling her then four-year-old son, Tristan, why his brother wouldn't be coming home with them; and how the grief of having a stillborn baby affected her relationship with her partner.
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Today, Ali talks to Anna Victoria—the fitness entrepreneur and influencer behind the hugely popular Fit Body App—about the painful infertility road she's been traveling with her husband, Luca. Anna Victoria gets into some real talk, including two failed IUIs; how not being able to work out has affected her emotional and physical health, and the frustrations of being told by doctors that things look "perfect," even though she's still not able to conceive. Today's episode is sponsored by OOVA, a new fertility tracking system that can monitor and predict your cycles with groundbreaking precision. Find out more at www.oova.life, Instagram (@oova_miracle), and Facebook (facebook.com/OOVAInc).
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Today, Ali welcomes back her #ttcsister and recurring guest Stacy, who is taking us along as she straps into her secondary infertility roller coaster ride. When we last spoke to Stacy, she was in the middle of her very first IVF cycle. Now, she fills us in on how that first cycle and retrieval went, why she and Ari decided to do a second IVF cycle right away--and how she manages when things are "just totally out of our control."
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Today, Ali talks to Nichelle Sublett, Mrs. North Carolina 2018, about the five painful years of infertility she endured—and why she chose to spread awareness about infertility after winning the pageant. Nichelle is finally pregnant with a baby boy, due at the end of August, and here she recalls her "horrible" path, including PCOS, five miscarriages, IVF, considering a surrogate, marital strain, and why, in the African-American community, infertility and pregnancy loss "just aren't talked about."
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Amanda Rice is a self-proclaimed "cancer overachiever" who was diagnosed with—and beat—cancer three times before turning 40. She’s also the badass founder of Chick Mission, a nonprofit that gives young women who are diagnosed with cancer scholarships to freeze their eggs. Today, Amanda talks about getting brushed off by doctors, her bilateral mastectomy, "dress-up chemo,” an egg retrieval that went horribly wrong, overcoming depression and how creating Chick Mission has given her—and so many others—hope.
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Today we meet Shira, a brilliant lawyer, amazing mom, and Ali's friend from SoulCycle, who opens up about her intense, emotional struggle with infertility. Shira details everything she went through, including an unexpected diagnosis of endometriosis "everywhere," getting pregnant after two years of trying, and the brutal decision she and her husband had to make when they found out that one of their twins, while in utero, had almost no amniotic fluid. Warning: This one's a tearjerker.
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Ali’s guest today is Dr. Mark Trolice, an OB/GYN and reproductive endocrinologist who runs Fertility CARE in Winter Park, Florida. Marks gets real about the 10 years of infertility he and his wife experienced before adopting their five children. He calls infertility "a life crisis" and how not being able to help his wife caused him to "spiral down into an abyss of despair." Mark's book, "The Fertility Doctor's Guide to Overcoming Infertility," comes out this October.
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On today's episode, Ali talks to Elli, an American living in Paris, about how different infertility is in France versus the U.S. Case in point: The health care system in France covers fertility treatments (for free!) up to a woman's 43rd birthday. Elli talks about being on the Pill for 20 years, going down an internet rabbit hole, one very insensitive doctor she came across, being in a "really negative place," and finally, after years of trying, how she and her husband finally had a healthy baby boy.
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Today, Ali checks in with Stacy, her first recurring guest, as she goes through her secondary infertility journey. When we left off, Stacy had suffered three miscarriages and was about to start her very first IVF cycle. Now, she's 9 days into it, and she's sharing all the details, from waking up at 5:30am to do her injections to what happened when the hormonal and emotional side of everything kicked in, taking her by surprise. "I just have to be hopeful," she says. "That's the only way I can get through it."
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On today’s episode, Ali talks to Melissa, a friend from high school who reached out in the hopes that her complicated infertility story would help other people. In addition to severe endometriosis and other health issues that left her in and out of the hospital for years, Melissa gets candid about her seven cycles of IVF, the devastating double miscarriage she says "should be on an episode of Grey's Anatomy" and the decision she and her husband, Matt, made about using donor eggs to finally have their healthy, beautiful daughter.
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Continuing our celebration of Pride Month, this week's guest is Kristi, who had two children of her own before becoming a surrogate for a same-sex couple living in Israel. Kristi shares the intimate details of her surrogacy experience--before revealing that now, years later—and after undergoing a hysterectomy—she and her husband are using a surrogate of their own to try and have a third baby.
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Ali's guest today is Elshane, a fashion stylist by day, blogger by night and mama 24/7. Self-described as "If Carrie Bradshaw were a mom," Elshane, who has nearly 100,000 followers on her highly entertaining, extremely chic Elshane's World Instagram account, tells Ali all about her journey with secondary infertility. Included: Six unsuccessful IUIs, how she and her husband managed to laugh hysterically while doing her shots, and why she's proud to be a member of the IVF community.
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Happy Pride Month! Ali's guest today is Michael, one of the dads behind Two Dads U.K., whose mission is to raise awareness of same-sex parenting and help other same-sex couples and other single gay people realize that becoming a parent shouldn't just be a dream. Michael talks about coming out; building a family with his husband, Wes; the 3-4 years they researched surrogacy; the birth of their daughter, Talulah; and how they’re working hard to make LGBTQ parenting better, safer and more equal.
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Today, Ali talks to Stacy, who's in the midst of her infertility story—and who's agreed to be Ali’s first recurring guest, so that everyone can listen along as she goes through it in real time. On this first check-in with Stacy, we find out what’s happened so far, including the birth of her healthy daughter Noa, now 3; the three subsequent miscarriages that rocked her world; secondary infertility “guilt;” and what Stacy and her husband, Ari, have chosen to do next.
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It’s Ali's first guy on the pod: Today, she talks to Danny, a friend from high school, about the heartbreak he and his wife, Stacy, endured while trying to become parents. Danny tells the unfathomably tragic story of losing their newborn daughter when she was just one hour old, how it strengthened them as a couple, how it felt to finally get pregnant again, and how Stacy's diagnosis of cervical cancer was another unexpected blow. "Stacy is tough as nails," he says. "I admire her to no end."
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Today, Ali talks to Halina about her long journey to become a mom—including how some major life events shaped her world views. Halina opens up about how being an eyewitness on 9/11 traumatized her, life with PCOS, and years of battling an eating disorder. She describes the pain of losing one twin in utero, as well as a miscarriage that required blood transfusions. Today, the mom-of-two says, “It’s not that the pain goes away. The pain just gets easier to live with over time.”
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Today, Ali talks to Blair, the founder of Fab Fertility, a blog and Instagram account (@fabfertility) that provides resources and aims to empower women. Blair, who’s about to start her second IVF cycle, gets real with Ali about her own roller coaster, including giving herself an injection on a transatlantic flight, the miscarriage that caused her to “lose her shit,” giving up alcohol and going plant-based, and why, even though she hasn’t had her dream baby yet, she’s not even close to giving up.
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Ali's guest this week is Leah, an incredible woman whose story has so many twists and turns that it seems like a movie. But it's not. It's her real life. Her journey, which she is still in the midst of, includes blocked fallopian tube surgery, a tragic miscarriage and a diagnosis of Asherman's Syndrome. (Never heard of it? She hadn't either.) Through it all, she says: "There've been setbacks, but then there've been miracle moments where things aligned and it was a clear sign for me: 'Don't give up. Keep going.'"
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This week, Ali talks to her friend, Donna, about her years-long quest to become a mother, including doing countless rounds of IVF (she literally lost count), why she chose to keep it a secret from some of her closest family members, and how, even though she didn't end up having a baby after all, she's very happy that she tried. "Never, ever, in a hundred million years did it dawn on me that I wouldn't have children," Donna admits. She is sharing her story to help other women who are struggling.
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This week, Ali talks to Gail, one of her besties, about the years of infertility hell she went through before ultimately adopting her now-five-year-old twin boys, Dylan and Leo. Gail gets personal about how she and her husband, Erik, handled multiple rounds of IVF (including how he once gave Gail a shot in her bum in a bar bathroom), how it felt to hear they had a "zero" percent chance of getting pregnant on their own, and how they finally found a great adoption agency and an incredible birth mother.
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In this episode, Ali talks to Alison, an absolutely magnetic NYC-based doula, who went though years of infertility before making a career out of helping other women before, during and after pregnancy and delivery. Before answering listeners' questions about being a doula, Alison tells her own incredible story, touching on everything from miscarriages to abortion to infertility anger to IUIs and IVF. To find out more about her, go to http://www.doulaalison.com.
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In this episode, Ali talks to Kimberly, a single-mother-by-choice who, in her late 30s, wanted to have babies but hadn't found the right partner. Or, as she puts it, "I can't find Mr. Right, and I don't want to settle for Mr. Okay." Kimberly explains how she made the decision to do it on her own, how she navigated the complicated world of donor sperm (hint: it took a massive spreadsheet) and how today, she juggles working and raising three incredible, energetic boys (hint 2: she gets up at 3:45am!).
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In this episode, Ali talks to Jean, a talented actress and comedian (A.P. Bio, Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre) living in Los Angeles, about the years-long infertility roller coaster she and her husband endured. Included: Going through several miscarriages and a handful of failed IVF cycles, discovering the weirdness (and the free food!) of IVF and adoption seminars, why it's so hard going to other people's baby showers, and how adoption is so much more complicated than anyone ever explains.
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In this debut episode, InfertileAF host Ali Prato - a Brooklyn-based journalist and mom-of-two - talks about the four years of infertility hell she went through to have her second child, Sonny. Ali’s goal with this podcast is to create a community and a safe space for women to tell their stories, and here, she gets more personal than ever about her own journey. With a trademark mix of honesty and humor, Ali talks about her four miscarriages, her struggle with infertility depression, and the countless tear-drenched fights with her husband, Vince. She talks about how therapy and SoulCycle helped - but how seeing other knocked up women - in real life and in and certain diapers commercials - would cause her to spiral. Also covered: Clunky sex on demand, shooting up in a gas station bathroom, a trip to a psychic, and why the Beatles song, “Here Comes the Sun,” became her anthem.
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