DNA Today: A Genetics Podcast

#121 Infertility Series: Baileys on Reciprocal IVF Part 2


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This episode is part of DNA Today’s ongoing infertility series. The series was launched hearing from Genetic Counselor Lauren Isley, she shared about artificial reproductive technologies and infertility genetic counseling.

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Last episode we heard from Katie and Christina Bailey. They were sharing their journey to parenthood through reciprocal In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). We continue this conversation on this episode, so if you haven’t heard the first part of our discussion, you are going to want to listen to the previous episode where Christina and Katie Bailey talk about the beginning of their story with IVF.

The Baileys have a large following of nearly 100,000 on Instagram, so you can check them out @BabyBaileyMamaDrama.

On This Episode We Discuss:

Conceiving a Second Time

Genetic Testing During Pregnancy

Talking to Kids About Their Conception

Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing Finding Biological Relatives

Decision to Make Family’s Story Public

Cost of IVF

Future Kids and Names

Advice for People Going Through Fertility Treatments

If you are interested in more details about the cost, the Baileys provided a breakdown here. The Bailey’s story was also summed up here. Join nearly 100,000 others in following them on Instagram and Youtube both at @BabyBaileyMamaDrama. You can also check out their blog, babybaileymamadrama.wordpress.com.

DNA Today’s infertility series continues on the next episode! New episodes are released on the first Friday of the month with some bonus episode thrown in there. See what else we are up to on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and iTunes. Questions/inquiries can be sent to [email protected].

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