Infertility And Me: Stories of Infertility Survivors, IVF, & TTC

Aaliyah shares her journey of finding peace with her medical diagnosis of PCOS and becoming a mother. Born and raised in Washington state, she now resides in Virginia. Aaliyah is 24 years old. She is a mommy of one and has been married for five years. After her rude awakening with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), she decided enough was enough and started her journey to educate and advocate for women’s health, Mental health and Motherhood.

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In this BONUS episode, your host Monique brings awareness to the preservation of fertility in cancer patients. Cancer is devastating and for those who want to have children after radiation or chemotherapy it is their right to be able to do so with the help of their specialists. Join me as we briefly discuss the ways in which cancer warriors can preserve their fertility and one day become parents.

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Coach Sam from Wiltshire, UK joins us and offers deeply spiritual approaches and insight to help during infertility/fertility journey's. We discuss the importance of healing from past traumas and how to evolve spiritually so that emotional blockages do not interfere with conception. Sam has been a healer for almost twenty years and has been on her own journey of healing and deep transformation since her early thirties. Sam has worked successfully with women who have already attempted IVF and those who have suffered with PCOS and endometriosis, plus women who have no idea why they haven't been able to conceive. Sam says her purpose is to bring the gift of Fertility Healing into the world and it seems she has a natural gift for this.

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We are joined by Zaakirah Muhammad, who at 15 was diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) - secondary cancer, of the childhood eye cancer, retinoblastoma. She has overcome so much in her life, but she continues to persevere and be a voice of inspiration to others. At 6 months old, a Camera Saved Her Life. At 9 months old, she was taken into surgery to have her right eye removed due to a rare childhood eye cancer tumor that was detected by a photo her mom took. Her hearing slowly began to decline as she got older, but her other three senses kicked in and are functioning well.

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Kendall’s passion to advocate for others during their fertility journey stems from her own experiences as someone who has struggled with fertility challenges since early adolescence. She specializes in supporting individuals who experience challenges with fertility. Using a compassionate approach, she provides comfort and openness for people to share various thoughts and emotions that occur during their own reproductive journey.

Both personally and professionally, Kendall has gained understanding on the need for emotionally safe spaces for people to connect and seek comfort when trying to understand and process all that can occur when faced with limitations around the ability to conceive.

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Monique and Michael explore the various complexities of infertility and how it affects relationships. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, his new novel, What Is Missing, is—among other things—a love triangle, a father-son story, and an exploration of the subject of infertility. It may possibly be the first literary novel to take on the “uncharted ground” (The Wall Street Journal ) on which families can be built, or rebuilt, by IVF. 

The New Yorker has described the book as “a penetrating examination of how a life can be defined by contingency and surprise”, and novelist Julie Orringer has said that the book “asks the most urgent questions about biology and nurture, about filial and parental love, and about what we’re willing to suffer to find out who we are. This is a wise and necessary book, one I’ve been recommending ardently to everyone I know.”

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Nelly takes us on her unexpected path through twin pregnancy loss and stillbirth. Grief wears many disguises and eventually forces us to look it straight in the eyes when all we'd rather do is run as fast as we can away from it. Join me as we Connect & Heal Together with Nelly through the emotional, physical, and mental effects of stillbirth.

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In episode 10, fertility warrior, mentor and coach Jennifer, reminds us that "You don't have to sacrifice everything for fertility." Jennifer's unique and unconditional loving path to motherhood, proved that we "say goodbye to the picture in our head" of how we would conceive. Join me as we connect & heal through the lessons infertility teaches us while in the midst of our journey's.

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In this BONUS episode, I share bits of information concerning genetic conditions that affect fertility and make one predisposed to infertility. I briefly explain endometriosis, fibroids, PCOS, and POI. How cystic fibrosis causes low or absent sperm in semen and irregular or absent (annovulation) in women. Fifty-percent of infertility cases in the US are caused by genetic issues. You are not alone and it is not your fault. Join me as we connect and heal through science and knowledge.

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Infertility warrior, wife, twin mom, and blogger named Erin gives us a detailed account of her unexplained infertility journey. Erin and her husband conceived their fraternal twins on the first-try through IUI. After 5 years she decided it was time to try again for a third baby, but her path to family growth would not be without heartache. Join me as we connect and heal with Erin; getting real about the arduous journey of infertile family expansion. @mybeautifulblunder

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