Infertility and Beyond

In today’s episode we are talking to a beautiful young lady named Jayde.

Jayde is 34 years old and already has a 12-year-old son, however she had her worries around trying for baby number 2 given she is a little older and what specialists would say as approaching that “geriatric pregnancy age”.

Much to her surprise last year she was fortunate enough to fall pregnant quite quickly and the first 12 weeks of her pregnancy were absolutely bliss!

Unfortunately, this blissful feeling was short lived as Jayde received some unfathomable news after completing the NIPT test, and their greatest fears were then confirmed through a CVS test where they were told their little girl had Edwards Syndrome and was incompatible with life.

Jayde was referred to an abortion clinic and talks about how traumatic her termination for medical reason truly was. She felt extremely unsupported and unheard and feels like there is a big gap in the health care system for families going through this.

Thank you for being so brave and sharing such a raw and vulnerable story.

LINKS: 

Instagram Support pages: 

@thetfmrdoula

@timetotalktfmr

@tfmrmamas

Facebook : TFMR Pink Elephants

Web :  Children by choice - Sands.org.au

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In episode 20 we chat to Candy Farmer about her experience battling through secondary infertility. 

Candy who has had a really rough ride trying to fall pregnant in later years was fortunate enough to have her first child when she was 17, where she did it tough as a single mum until she met her amazing partner Joel and started on her next TTC journey at age 31

They were trying without trying for 3 years, fell pregnant and then has a miscarriage around 7 weeks. They have spent a total of 7 years TTC all up and when they were blessed with their second miracle they were told the devastating news that she had a molar pregnancy (we will explain more in this episode) and as if loosing your baby wasn’t enough – Candy would also have to be closely monitored for cancer and almost needed to do chemo!

Fortunately Candy is now 7 months pregnant with a healthy bubba and in this episode She explains how raw and emotional the rollercoaster is- pregnancy after loss and that some days it doesn’t even feel like its real- which im sure most of our listeners will agree! Thank you Candy for sharing your story, I know I really learnt a lot!

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Today we talk to the Co-owner of the Brisbane based Maia Mother’s Clinic, Emma Morris.

She is a nutritionist who is passionate about women’s health and supporting mother’s through their preconception, conception and post-partum journeys.

Emma has her own fertility journey which started back in 2019. The start to this journey came to a quick holt when she fell unwell and learned she was suffering from breast implant illness.

Her breast implants were removed, and she felt like a new woman however she wanted to give her body the recovery it needed and held off trying to conceive until February 2020.

Emma has PCOS and was suffering from very irregular cycles therefore she tested her hormones through the DUTCH hormone test and tailored a supplement, herb and lifestyle protocol to help her adrenals as this was where her body was struggling the most.

As the next few months went by, her cycle began to get more regular and she conceived her beautiful baby girl in June 2020.

Together with the knowledge of nutrition, supplements and herbs alongside healthy habits, Emma was able to heal her reproductive system and avoid Fertility intervention all together.

LINKS:

Trimester Zero Course

https://www.maiamothers.com.au/your-trimester-zero

Nutritionist Consultation with Emma

https://www.maiamothers.com.au/nut-nat-services

Maia Mother’s Collective Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/maiamothers.collective/?hl=en

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In todays episode we are speaking to one of our good friends Lucinda who is also the Co-owner of Core Crystal Co.

Lucinda’s trying to conceive journey felt like it started with a bang when her and her partner fell pregnant quite quickly, which was an absolute blessing. Unfortunately this pregnancy resulted in a miscarriage early on and left the pair devastated.

Going through the grief of a miscarriage as well as going through the disappointment of month after month not falling pregnant again, was the start of a passion and business venture for her. That business being Core Crystal Co, where you can learn all things Crystals, Manifestation, Self-care and Spirituality.

After recovering from her loss Lucinda’s cycle had not returned so she started working with a Homeopath. After many months this led her to get her cycle back and fall pregnant with her rainbow baby Indy. Indy’s start to life was a grand entrance 7 weeks premature which was a rollercoaster within itself.

Fast forward and Lucinda is pregnant with her second baby girl which was conceived when she was putting her own manifestation guidance to practice. Her second conception was so different from the first and Lucinda talks us through what she did different and gives us tips on how you can positively position your mind you are trying to conceive after trauma.

Instagram: @corecrystal.co

www.corecrystalco.com.au with discount code I&B15

Welcome back darlings!! We are so excited to be back with our I&B Community for Season 2 of the poddy, which is going to be filled with so many amazing eps just you wait!

The first cab off the rank, we have your hosts catching up on all thing’s life updates, we discuss all the last-minute changes that 2021 through our way and Sacha talks about her struggles with pregnancy after loss.

THEN we touch on some of Season 2’s episode details and reveal some of our amazing guests that you can expect to hear from.

Sacha also talks about her naturopath’s amazing hormone balance blend, which has worked wonders for women’s health specifically in terms of dealing with PCOS, helping to balance hormones, reducing PMS and supports clear glowing skin. AMAZING!

Shop and read about this product here:

https://www.tiamiers.com.au/shop

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Monique’s journey started a little differently about 10 years ago when she completely lost her period. Little did she know that at the time, her adrenals were working in overdrive and her body was constantly running on fight or flight, she was over exercising and under eating. But this was just the beginning to Monique’s 9 year long journey with no menstrual cycle, which led her down the path of finding out she had leaky gut, SIBO and was an undiagnosed celiac.

Monique tells us how she holistically healed her gut, re-balanced her hormones, got her period back and went on to fall pregnant naturally and give birth to her beautiful baby boy.

Monique is passionate about leading a lo tox and has developed the ultimate natural beauty and Wellness guide for thriving skin and happy hormones. The ebook is a curation of hormone friendly beauty products and wellness tips. It features everything from natural makeup must haves, high performing (and hormone friendly) skincare for your unique skin type and a whole bonus section on home and wellness. It’s truly jam packed with incredible info to help women on all stages of their journey.

Monique has just recently opened up a clinic called Maia Mother’s Collective, which offers support to woman through their pre-conception, pregnancy and motherhood journeys.

Services include; Nutrition & Naturopathy, Counselling, Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine, Massage, Skin & Beauty consults and Maia Mother meetups. No matter what stage you are at on your journey this clinic has something for you! Go and check them out.

SHOW LINKS:

Maia Mother’s Collective website https://www.maiamothers.com.au

Maia Mother’s Collective Instagram https://www.instagram.com/maiamothers.collective/?hl=en

The Beauty Journal Instagram page (talking all things natural beauty) https://www.instagram.com/moniquepeters___/?hl=en

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In episode 15 we speak with the amazingly talented Rachel Volp.

Rachel is an Acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine Practitioner who has a passion for the human mind and body.   Rachel is the proud owner of Vyne Health located in Varsity Lakes on the Gold Coast and her team offer acupuncture services, naturopathy as well pregnancy and fertility massage.

Rachel specialises in oncology and cancer related acupuncture, fertility and pregnancy as well as stress and anxiety.

Rach has taught me celebrate the small wins and to just focus on being present and putting one foot in front of the other, I am so excited that I get to share this little slice of my sanity and that you all get to experience Rach's fabulous aura of energy and her warm heart.

SHOW LINKS:

Vyne Health website - https://www.vynehealth.com.au

Vyne Health Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vynehealth/

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In episode 14 we talk with our special guest Tahnee Milner.

Tahnee came off the contraception pill in 2018 and at first her and her partner were not actively trying to conceive however after 6 months she still did not have a period. Tahnee sought the advice of a specialist where she was subsequently told she had PCOS, she was determined to gain her cycle back naturally and after 14 months she got her period back!

Unfortunately, from there Tahnee has had to do ovulation induction, had 4 miscarriages, 2 D&C’s, gone through genetic testing on products of conception and throughout all this stress temporarily separated from her partner due to the grief of miscarriage and everything else in between.

If all this wasn’t hard enough, Tahnee had to endure this all whilst living in Melbourne during the COVID-19 lockdown, known as one of the toughest lock downs in the world. Tahnee thank you for being so brave and sharing such a raw and real story with us.

Please head over to Tahnee’s pregnany to loss Instagram page and show your support for this phenomenally strong woman.

Page link > https://www.instagram.com/pregnancy_to_loss/

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In episode 13 we are chatting with the lovely Michaela Bradley who has an extremely unique story!

When Michaela was 15 she was experiencing very heavy periods and thought she could possibly have endometriosis, however her actual diagnosis is something that she never thought was possible. After a papsmear she was diagnosed with having 2 uteruses, after finding out she felt very ashamed and uneducated about the female anatomy to the point that she didn’t even feel comfortable telling her mum.

When she was having her really heavy periods it was essentially because she was experiencing two menstrual cycles and later come to realise that she even lost her virginity twice.

In 2017 when 21 years old she was then told that she had 2 cervix as well!

After some time of trying to conceive she started seeing a fertility specialist through the public system where she then found out she had low AMH and had an under active thyroid.

This story is different to any of our special guests we have had on so far and we have learnt so much, thank you so much for sharing Michaela.

LINKS

Acupuncturist

https://www.euneekyouhealth.com/the-euneek-story

Fertility Specialist

https://www.cityfertility.com.au/staff/dr-neil-astill/

Support groups

https://www.facebook.com/groups/711325678980727/?ref=share

https://www.facebook.com/groups/99936188865/?ref=share

In episode 12 we sit down and unpack all your questions.

You can bet there is a lot of banter and laughs throughout this session, but the specific topics you can expect to hear include:

PLUS SO MUCH MORE! This is an episode you don’t want to miss.

Please reach out to us via DM on our I&B Instagram if you want us to clarify anything we have discussed in this episode.

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