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Sara’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/surrornsara?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== 

Meghan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meghan.bestlife?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== 

 Quick clarification/correction: During this episode, I mistakenly mixed up my wording regarding mitochondrial donation. The donated genetic material discussed is mitochondrial DNA, not nuclear DNA. My apologies for the confusion, and thank you for the grace as we continue learning and having these important conversations around IVF and reproductive medicine. 💛 

Someone can carry a baby and feel zero “that’s mine” energy. Another person can donate eggs and feel totally at peace never knowing what happened next. That contrast is exactly what we dig into with our guests Sara and Meghan, and it’s the kind of honesty we wish more people heard before they form opinions about IVF, surrogacy, or egg donation.

Sara is on her second gestational carrier journey, and she shares what it looks like to move through transfer prep, meds, and the day-to-day reality of being pregnant for intended parents. Meghan brings a rare perspective as an egg donor who stepped into the fertility world through clinical training, then later became a mom to triplets after IUI. We talk about the practical side of the process, but we also go straight for the big questions: Do you feel attached? Should donor identity be open? What does “genetic connection” mean to the kids created this way, especially now that consumer DNA testing can connect families whether anyone plans for it or not?

Then Meghan drops a story that stops us in our tracks: she also donated a kidney to save a coworker’s teenage son. That launches a deeper conversation about altruism, risk, health screening, recovery, and the kind of boundaries you have to set when you’re a lifelong giver. We also touch on emerging reproductive tech like mitochondrial donation and why the ethics can get complicated fast.

If you’re researching surrogacy, egg donation, IVF, or how intended parents and carriers build healthy agreements, you’ll leave with clearer language, better questions to ask, and a stronger sense of what your non-negotiables might be. Subscribe, share this with someone who has opinions about IVF, and leave a review with the moment that challenged your perspective most.

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