No Trigger Warnings

Listen to women of advanced maternal age share their journeys trying to conceive. Sometimes trying to conceive turns into trying to adopt, or trying to heal and move on, or trying to come grapple with the emotions and logistics of using donor oocytes, sperm or embryos. Sometimes it means needing a gestational carrier, like myself. Infertility can be caused by damage to sperm, oocytes or both. It can be due to physical and anatomical abnormalities and/or hormonal irregularities in both sexes, such as PCOS in women and low testosterone in men. Infertility can present itself as repeat implantation failure, repeat pregnancy loss and still births, high-risk pregnancies... this is not an exhaustive list. Infertility, whether due to age or something else, can lead to serious trauma-related mental health disorders such as complex PTSD, perpetual grief, depression and anxiety. Infertility robs you of the ability to feel joy or peace by casting a dark shadow over your life. When you reach the age where the time you've been alive now affects the health of your gametes, causing age-related sperm and oocyte damage, you are put into a new age bracket: Advanced Parental Age. You are often given abysmal odds, little hope of success and made to feel like an absolute crazy person for wanting to have a baby at "your age". If you are struggling to conceive with advanced maternal age, please know that you are not alone. “Get A Womb” is a podcast created by myself, an older mom, and I am also on this journey. I am the author of No Trigger Warnings Blog where I write articles on supplements, methods, protocols, research… all things TTC with AMA! www.notriggerwarnings.com - Subscribe so you get the information YOU need to know! If you would like to share your story, whether you have been successful yet or not, no matter the way in which you are conceiving, please contact me at ttc40plus@gmail.com Instagram: @no.trigger.warnings