Sara and Brady Hand discuss their journey with infertility and pregnancy loss. Their story began with male-factor infertility and quickly became more complex after Sara was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve. Their first round of IVF resulted in only one viable embryo, which led to a miscarriage. They continued to search for answers—including traveling to […]
Episode 134: Infertility, IVF Abroad, and Embryo Adoption Read More »
Describe the process of getting pregnant. Was it easy for you? Was it hard? Did you have to go through fertility treatment? Getting pregnant was incredibly difficult. I told them at 16 that it would most likely be difficult due to my PCOS. I was put on birth control from 16 to about 20 when my
My name is Destiny Segler. I am 32 years old and from Texas. My husband and I have two boys, Carson and Camden and one on the way who is also a boy and due in July. Last year, we were pregnant with a sweet baby boy named Callum. He had beautiful big lips and
In the summer of 2023, my husband left for deployment when I was 24 weeks. His deployment was set to be close to a year long. This was my 4th pregnancy. My other pregnancies I had pre eclampsia 2x and gestational hypertension. I went into this pregnancy expecting to again go earlier because of my
Stephanie is the mother of 6 children. In this episode, she shares her story of loss, healing, and the emotional complexities that come with being a mother after stillbirth. In 2023, after a healthy and uneventful pregnancy, Stephanie lost her daughter at 40 weeks and 1 day. Stephanie opens up about navigating the grief of
Episode 133: Stillbirth, Postpartum Experience, and Mental Heath After Loss Read More »
So our story starts with a perfect pregnancy at 39+3 I noticed that I haven’t felt Ru move in a while so we went to the hospital to find out our baby girl had sadly passed away. I got induced on Tuesday 30th July 2024 in the morning and after 7 hours of labour our perfect
In January 2023, I found out I was 8 weeks pregnant with our son and first born. It was a smooth pregnancy overall with no red flags along the way. Ollie Bear did a lot of traveling while in the womb over his 9-month span of life. He was destined to be a little flower child. We
My husband and I always knew we wanted kids, preferably more than one as we are both only children (or ‘lonely children’ as I thought it was called when I was young). We didn’t really feel financially stable enough to try to have children until I was about 30 years old but then we were
My name is Emmalee, and on March 3rd 2024 we lost our son at 33 weeks. My husband and I have a toddler and in the fall of 2023, our family was unexpectedly growing. We found out we were pregnant with our second child in August of 2023. Shortly after finding out about our baby,
Today, I am talking with Laura. She is a registered nurse and fertility expert who blends clinical knowledge with deeply personal experience. After being diagnosed with PCOS while working as a fertility nurse, Laura endured years of fertility treatments, including multiple IUIs, IVF cycles, and pregnancy loss. Her journey to motherhood included three surgeries, failed