Alina is starting IVF... TOMORROW! (Well, tomorrow as we recorded this episode.)

It's a mixed bag of feelings. Grief, that she has to do it at all. Gratitude, that she CAN do it. Excitement to be finally, finally taking steps toward having a rainbow baby.

There's a short follow-up at the end with the results from her first egg retrieval -- it didn't go great. Stay tuned for her next steps and more on her IVF journey.

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Things we talk about in this episode:

- ALAIL: Interviews with Quinn's Stepdad: Part 1, Part 2

- ALAIL: TFMR is Baby Loss, an Interview with Hadley's Mom Jill

- Empty Arms Bereavement Support

- ALAIL: Consolation Prize

- ALAIL: Grief Needs a Witness, with Dr. Denise Mandel

- ALAIL: There Are No Silver Linings, with Dr. Denise Mandel

- @griefwithDrDenise

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As Long As I'm Living is a podcast about life, love, and laughter after infant loss. Judith and Alina are rebuilding Happier Ever After one day at a time despite excruciating grief and trauma and offering support to grievers of all flavors, but especially those who have lost a baby to SIDS, infant death, birth accidents, stillbirth, TFMR, ectopic pregnancy, or miscarriage.