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

On episode 77, Shirley lives in Pontania, California and has a 32-year old son and two daughter’s with her wife. Shirley is a mother of three who was pregnant when she was 20, 47 and 49. At 20, she lived with her parents, and her mother was very abusive. She describes her life as a mess back then. It was very traumatic how she got pregnant. She found out when she was three months along and moved out immediately. She knew if she stayed, her mother would marry her off, and she didn’t want that to happen. She didn’t intend to keep the pregnancy. She missed the window to terminate the pregnancy, a ..read more

On episode 76, Sarah is from Dallas, is a personal trainer living in Miami, Florida with her husband of twenty years with their three-month-old daughter. She moved to Miami 23 years ago to attend college and never left. She fell in love with the sun, the beach and married a lifeguard when she was 28 years old. She wasn’t ready to have kids after their wedding. Her husband already had a son who is 26 today. He told Sarah when they got married it was up to her if she wanted to have kids or not. He was open to having more kids if that’s what Sarah wanted. She wasn’t ready and enjoyed her freedom ..read more

On episode 75, Tara grew up in a very small town in Massachusetts. She moved away to attend college at Northeastern in Boston. She moved out to Denver, Colorado almost 11 years ago when she was looking for a job after she completed her MBA. She met her husband in Denver and created their family there. She and her husband, Mitch have two children together. She conceived her first child at 40 naturally, Saylor, who is six. She had her son Jensen, at 44 who just turned two in December and was conceived using an egg donor.  FREE GUIDE TO NAVIGATING THE DONOR EGG PROCESS Fun Fact: Tara and Jea ..read more

On episode 73, Laura lives in Boston with her husband and two children. She wasn’t an athlete growing up, but at 26, all of her girlfriends got married. The following year she set out to make it a special year for her. It was the first time she felt powerful in deciding what was next her life. She didn’t think getting married was an option, so she decided to train for a marathon. It changed everything in her life. She was a distance runner and worked for a series of non-profit organizations. She met her husband in her mid 30’s while training for the Boston Marathon. They married when she was 4 ..read more

On episode 72, Kezia is from Edmonton Alberta, Canada. She was born and raised in Canada. She had her first daughter at 32 when she wasn’t actively trying. Kezia works for herself. She facilitates writing workshops for women who are in recovery. Kezia has been sober from drugs and alcohol for three years since November 2023. She helps women channel their emotions and experiences through writing. It is similar to the infertility journey—you feel alone. When women realize there are people out there that may speak your language and share stories that resonate for you, it can feel a lot less daunt ..read more

On episode 71, Orla is from Western Ireland living in the UK with her husband Stuart and their two children: Lockann is four years old and her rainbow baby, Aibhlinn is 11 months old. Her four angles are Regan, Rylie (twins) Quinn and Callen. She is also a dog mom to Molly who was three in January.  Three doctors told Orla they didn’t think she could ever have children. She was diagnosed with endometriosis, stage three in her early thirties. She had so much pain with endometriosis that she begged to have a hysterectomy. The doctor didn’t want to do it because he wanted to give her a chanc ..read more

On episode 69, Carmen is a functional nutritionist in Vancouver, Canada who helps exhausted career-driven moms lose weight. She is recently a newly single mom with two young boys. Energy and weight loss are the two main things that she focuses on in her practice as a nutritionist. Before she was even ready for kids, she watch a documentary called The Business of Being Born by Ricki Lake that planted a seed for her future prenatal and birth care. When she found out she was pregnant with her first, she went down the rabbit hole to research everything she could on midwife care and homebirth. She ..read more

On episode 68, Janice is 46 from western North Carolina. She is a registered nurse and has been in psychiatric nursing the last eight years. She has just recently became international board-certified lactation consultant. She is looking to find a remote nursing position from home, so she can stay home with her new baby. She started having babies when she was just twenty. At the time, she didn’t know anything about home birth or natural birth. Janice had a friend that was also pregnant at the same time. She introduced her to Spiritual Midwifery, a book by Ina May Gaskin. It inspired her to take ..read more