On episode 90, we have two ladies on to discuss their experiences with the pregnancy after loss over 40. We have returning guest from episode 48, Jamey. Jamey had a 10-year IVF journey that includes two miscarriages and many other losses along the way to her pregnancy at 41 with her daughter using embryo adoption. Jenna, from episode 44 had four daughters with four losses before her fifth daughter at 43. The goal of this show is to normalize loss over 40 because loss is a part of so many of our journeys and we are definitely not alone. Jenna, from Sheboygan, Wisconsin has five girls with her h ..read more

On episode 89, Alice Grist is an author of books, creator of cards, oracles and tarot decks. She lives in the UK with her husband and three children. Her eldest daughter is almost 12, second daughter is eight years old, and her youngest son is eight months old. As a younger woman, she didn’t actually think she wanted children. She says she wasn’t one of those little girls who fantasized about babies. In her late 20’s, she did a past life regression just out of curiosity to see what came up. She found it to be very lovely that took her back to a past life. It was all about a job in a past life ..read more

On episode 88, Kerra lives in small town Graham, Texas and has a blended family with her husband and six boys.  Her oldest son is 25-years-old and youngest is two-years old. Kerra is the director of a pregnancy and life resource center. In her free time, her and her husband have a podcast and lead worship at their church. Kerra got pregnant with her high school sweetheart when she was just 18 years old, so she was four months pregnant at her high school graduation. She looks back and thinks about the support she had with her family and her church which is what carried her through. It real ..read more

On episode 87, Kristen is from Rochester Hills, Michigan. She moved to Barcelona, Spain, after graduating with a masters in Spanish and met her husband there. They married when she was 27. She was there for about five years when they decided to move to the United States. Her husband was a dentist in Spain, so he had to go back to school in order to practice dentistry in the U.S. Starting a family wasn’t on the radar in Spain. They didn’t think about starting a family until his schooling was completed. That was completed by the time she was 33, and there was nothing stopping them from trying to ..read more

On episode 86, Lorraine was born and raised in Azusa, California. She lives there with her 15-month old healthy boy and husband. Lorraine was engaged to another man in her 30’s. They were not actively trying to conceive, but she knew something wasn’t quite working. She realized that when she was in her mid 30’s. At 37, she had a consultation with the fertility doctor. Then her fiancé was diagnosed with colon cancer, and everything changed. Her fiancé passed away after an 11-month battle. Cancer was something she never thought she could be strong enough to handle. She took the next few years to ..read more

On episode 85, Judy is a registered social worker, a trauma therapist and specializes in addiction. She lives in Eastern Ontario, Canada with her husband, 17-year-old step-son, 10-year-old and three-year old daughters, and a dog and a cat. Judy was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at 12 years old and PCOS at 16 years old. Doctors told her she could never have children. She tried to have a baby in her 20’s but nothing happened. Judy did a lot of therapy, a lot of work on herself, and she took care of her body. She went to a spin class three times a week. She saw Chinese herbalists who recommended ..read more

On episode 83, Katie is from northern West Yorkshire in the UK and has almost a two-year old with her husband. Katie works as a sales director in the aerospace industry full time. Katie’s journey started when she was 34 when she found out that she had breast cancer and recently gotten back together with an ex-boyfriend who she had been with for two years. Her Australian boyfriend looked after her while she went through her cancer treatments before she started her treatment. Knowing that chemotherapy was going to affect her fertility, they said she could do one round of IVF. Then she could deci ..read more

On episode 82, Jen lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband, Dave and their three children: Allie, her 11 year-old daughter, Taylor, her 8 year old daughter, and Dylan, her 8 month old son. She is a pediatric physical therapist. She specializes in treating babies and toddlers and young children with various conditions. Jen had always wanted children. She always babysat, was a camp counselor, always loved babies and loved working with children. Jen had an amazing mother and was excited to be a mom someday. Jen’s journey to motherhood began when she was 28, four and half years after s ..read more

On episode 80, we have three ladies on to discuss their experiences with the IVF process. We have returning guest from episode 50, Sonia. Sonia had a 6-year IVF journey to her pregnancy at 44 with her daughter using donor eggs. Nisha had a 2-year IVF journey to her pregnancy at 43 with her first transfer of one embryo that led to twin girls. Adriana is a first-time guest sharing her 7-year journey to motherhood. IVF has NOT worked for her ,and her journey continues. The goal of this show is to share their experiences of the IVF process, so you can be more confident if IVF is right for you. Son ..read more

On episode 78, Melodie lives just outside of Portland, Oregon with her partner Devin and their daughter, Birdie as a geriatric psych nurse. She also plays in a band occasionally, but that has been put on hold since 2020 and the birth of her daughter. She had waited a long time to meet someone, but had never really wanted children, even in her thirties. She had even spoken to her doctor about having her tubes tied, but the doctor said she was too young and might change her mind. She was so annoyed because she was so sure she didn’t want kids. She met Devin at 41 about six months later, and she ..read more