IVF Before and After Podcast

Welcome back to the IVF Before & After Podcast. Today, Kay shares with you the motivation to dream of being pregnant, of having a baby in your arms and having a healthy body in mind. Kay goes on to discuss why having that positive mindset and sticking to your dream and vision is essential to a successful IVF treatment. Hop in to learn more.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Dream. Do you dare to dream of being pregnant with having a baby in your arms? Everyone has a dream, everyone has a cottage to make that dream come true. Let's make a version of your ideal treatment, pregnancy along with the future version of your life together with your baby and your family.

Stop setting yourself at second best. The main set is not even set the IVF is only hope and it may or may not work. Our body system has been designed and another way for you to be strong and take on the IVF. Always see yourself as a winner or number one and you will always have success or that winning coming your way.

Your dream doesn't stop you, your mindset does. You set your mindset in a place you forget what everyone will be saying to you, don't mind if it's negative. Have that mindset that is always positive and you will always succeed in your life and even in your business life.

Let's together create that mindset of having a baby by IVF every day you need to work on you. If you work on yourself, you will always have success in everything you do. Dreams can come true. Let the magic come into you, believe, have faith.

Question every treatment, every treatment plan that they put your way as your own, as it's unique to you. Having done all this is sure that you will have success in your life.

All problems have solutions that you just need to find them.

BEST MOMENTS

• “We dream too small or are we scared to dream as a dream may never come true.”
• "Everyone has a dream, everyone has a cottage to make that dream come true."
• “Your dream doesn't stop you, your mindset does.”
• “All problems have solutions that you just need to find them.”
• “Dreams do come true.”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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ABOUT THE HOST

IVF Before and After were founded by Kay Dempsey. She created IVF Before and After, after many years spent researching and practising every possible way to conceive with IVF. Kay has created a global community with the use of podcasts she will share the stepping stones to empower your mindset, fuel your body organically and support you along your fertility journey.

CONTACT METHOD

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Welcome back to the IVF Before & After Podcast. Today, Kay shares a personal story of grief and reflect backs on her own IVF experience. The clinic doesn't tell you how to deal with the grief. Your whole entire life changes and it tests your relationship. It takes it to the breaking point. There is a sad process after the happy process of IVF that we just can't really understand. But always remember dreams can come true for some of us.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• You're excited and you can't wait to start your very own family. You're told it's normal for someone 'your age' to struggle to conceive and you should just 'relax'. After a year you go back to the hospital and you can see all the excited couples with their bumps whilst you wait to see if you can even get IVF. This is the first time you will really feel truly saddened. As you will be assessed and have to wait over two years to hear if you're even eligible for IVF. It's devastating.
• I remember the doctor telling us we have a 5% chance of getting pregnant as long as the egg was top quality. This news was hard to hear and difficult to take. This is followed by your treatment plan your medication and your bill...You have to administer injections into your stomach twice a day and go in for regular blood tests.
• There's then the moment when you're waiting to find out and your whole life stops. The blue line isn't there and it's like your fight for your family is over. Then if you've got frozen embryos you can start another round of IVF. But you're left with that feeling of dread of going through it all over again.

BEST MOMENTS

"We were scared but positive. But we ended up living our life around the injections we had to take"

“When you've not been successful with IVF your life is a struggle with overwhelming sadness. No one prepares you for the devastating impact IVF has on your life.”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

http://ivfbeforeandafter.com/

ABOUT THE HOST

IVF Before and After was founded by Kay Dempsey. She created IVF Before and After,  after many years spent researching and practicing every possible way to conceive with IVF. Kay has created a global community with the use of podcasts she will share the stepping stones to empower your mindset, fuel your body organically and support you along your fertility journey.

CONTACT METHOD

www.instagram.com/ivfbeforeandafter/

https://twitter.com/IVFBEFOREAFTER

www.facebook.com/IVF-Before-and-After

Welcome back to the IVF Before & After Podcast. In today's episode, Kay discusses grief, how to deal with it, what to expect, and the challenges you will face during your IVF journey.

VALUABLE RESOURCES

http://ivfbeforeandafter.com/

ABOUT THE HOST

IVF Before and After was founded by Kay Dempsey. She created IVF Before and After, after many years spent researching and practising every possible way to conceive with IVF. Kay has created a global community with the use of podcasts she will share the stepping stones to empower your mindset, fuel your body organically and support you along your fertility journey.

CONTACT METHOD

www.instagram.com/ivfbeforeandafter/

https://twitter.com/IVFBEFOREAFTER

www.facebook.com/IVF-Before-and-After

Welcome to another episode of the IVF Before & After Podcast. In this episode, Kay shares with us about what she considers the worst part of going through IVF; the isolation. Kay talks about this common occurence, how it might affect those of us going through IVF through how it made her feel.

Subscribe to this podcast and hear Kay’s IVF story from start to finish.

VALUABLE RESOURCES

http://ivfbeforeandafter.com/

ABOUT THE HOST

IVF Before and After was founded by Kay Dempsey. She created IVF Before and After,  after many years spent researching and practising every possible way to conceive with IVF. Kay has created a global community with the use of podcasts she will share the stepping stones to empower your mindset, fuel your body organically and support you along your fertility journey.

CONTACT METHOD

www.instagram.com/ivfbeforeandafter/

https://twitter.com/IVFBEFOREAFTER

www.facebook.com/IVF-Before-and-After

Welcome to another episode of the IVF Before & After Podcast. In this episode, Kay talks about the 'after'. She gives a glimpse into how having twins has changed her everyday life and takes us through examples of this such as morning systems& routines or going to do a weekly shop.

Subscribe to this podcast and hear Kay’s IVF story from start to finish.

VALUABLE RESOURCES

http://ivfbeforeandafter.com/

ABOUT THE HOST

IVF Before and After was founded by Kay Dempsey. She created IVF Before and After,  after many years spent researching and practising every possible way to conceive with IVF. Kay has created a global community with the use of podcasts she will share the stepping stones to empower your mindset, fuel your body organically and support you along your fertility journey.

CONTACT METHOD

www.instagram.com/ivfbeforeandafter/

https://twitter.com/IVFBEFOREAFTER

www.facebook.com/IVF-Before-and-After

Welcome to another episode of the IVF Before & After Podcast. In this episode, Kay will discuss the anniversary of Steptoe& Edwards pioneering research, discovery and success with IVF treatment. She talks about the criticisms, praise and awards they received as a result of their scientific progress.

Subscribe to this podcast and hear Kay’s IVF story from start to finish.

VALUABLE RESOURCES

http://ivfbeforeandafter.com/

ABOUT THE HOST

IVF Before and After was founded by Kay Dempsey. She created IVF Before and After,  after many years spent researching and practising every possible way to conceive with IVF. Kay has created a global community with the use of podcasts she will share the stepping stones to empower your mindset, fuel your body organically and support you along your fertility journey.

CONTACT METHOD

www.instagram.com/ivfbeforeandafter/

https://twitter.com/IVFBEFOREAFTER

www.facebook.com/IVF-Before-and-After

Welcome to another episode of the IVF Before & After Podcast. In this episode, Kay goes through typical pre-treatments and investigative procedures taken before embarking on your IVF journey.  

Subscribe to this podcast and hear Kay’s IVF story from start to finish.

VALUABLE RESOURCES

http://ivfbeforeandafter.com/

ABOUT THE HOST

IVF Before and After was founded by Kay Dempsey. She created IVF Before and After,  after many years spent researching and practising every possible way to conceive with IVF. Kay has created a global community with the use of podcasts she will share the stepping stones to empower your mindset, fuel your body organically and support you along your fertility journey.

CONTACT METHOD

www.instagram.com/ivfbeforeandafter/

https://twitter.com/IVFBEFOREAFTER

www.facebook.com/IVF-Before-and-After

Welcome to another episode of the IVF Before & After Podcast. In this episode, Kay gives you a quick guide to asking the right questions and deciding which clinic will suit you and your partner best.

Discover how to choose the right fertility clinic for you and the key questions to ask both yourself and your clinic before undergoing the routine checks and IVF treatment.

Subscribe to this podcast and hear Kay’s IVF story from start to finish.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

A quick guide to help you:

1. If you are over 35 or have been trying to get pregnant for over 6 months chat with your GP.
2. Check what treatments are available on the NHS as you will need to meet certain criteria to qualify for treatment.
3. Discuss the criteria with the GP for your local area.
4. If you cannot receive treatment, it’s worth considering treatment from a private clinic or abroad.
5. Private clinic’s do cost, however, the waiting list is much shorter. Once you find a clinic look up their HFEA status.

Questions to ask:

• Which clinics are available close to your home as during your treatment you’ll be visiting the clinic a lot.
• What treatments do they offer and what is the success rate for your age range?
• How long are the waiting lists?
• What are the full costs involved? Including the medication, the scans etc.
• Does the clinic have personalised treatment plans, individually for you?

VALUABLE RESOURCES

http://ivfbeforeandafter.com/

ABOUT THE HOST

IVF Before and After was founded by Kay Dempsey. She created IVF Before and After,  after many years spent researching and practising every possible way to conceive with IVF. Kay has created a global community with the use of podcasts she will share the stepping stones to empower your mindset, fuel your body organically and support you along your fertility journey.

CONTACT METHOD

www.instagram.com/ivfbeforeandafter/

https://twitter.com/IVFBEFOREAFTER

www.facebook.com/IVF-Before-and-After

Welcome to another episode of the IVF Before & After Podcast. In this episode, Kay shares how eating a fertile diet in preparation for pregnancy and to boost fertility is one of the most powerful health changes you can make.

Kay explains how you cannot improve the egg quality, but you can improve the body in which the egg develops. It's beneficial to have a balanced diet when receiving IVF treatment including protein, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fatty acids. For fertility and IVF, the food you eat is just as important as nurturing and feeding your food cells.

Learn the secrets to maintaining a balanced diet through the IVF treatment cycle and how you too can give yourself and your baby the best possible chance.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• You need to look at pre-conception and a nutritional plan for 12 weeks prior for all partners concerned. With IVF stimulation medication the sperm takes 85 days to mature. However, do not remove everything from your food intake, but assess what you eat in excess and attempt to reduce
• If you're cutting out certain foods such as wheat and gluten, make sure you take nutrients to replace them.
• Remember when you start thinking of the IVF journey begin taking a folic acid supplement

BEST MOMENTS

 

• “You cannot improve the egg quality, but you can improve the body in which the egg develops.”

 

• “Eating a natural fertility diet helps to protect the egg and the sperm and help to balance your hormones and keep a healthy reproductive system.”

 

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

http://ivfbeforeandafter.com/

ABOUT THE HOST

IVF Before and After was founded by Kay Dempsey. She created IVF Before and After,  after many years spent researching and practising every possible way to conceive with IVF. Kay has created a global community with the use of podcasts she will share the stepping stones to empower your mindset, fuel your body organically and support you along your fertility journey.

CONTACT METHOD

www.instagram.com/ivfbeforeandafter/

https://twitter.com/IVFBEFOREAFTER

www.facebook.com/IVF-Before-and-After

Welcome to another episode of the IVF Before & After Podcast. In this episode, Kay explains how IVF can bring couples great joy - the baby you have longed for - but also how the process can pile on the pressure. Note this is a good podcast for the other half to listen too...

Kay dives into this episode by explains that the dynamic of a couple's relationship, holds the key as to why some struggle to conceive, and that additional pressure is enforced when conception doesn't happen right away.

Understand how hard the relationship between parents to become very clinical when IVF treatment begins and how it’s easy for couples to punish their relationships to the extreme during this stressful time. Learn how women become neurotic as their main focus and the only goal during this time is on the baby.

Kay shares some important tips on how to deal with your relationship and reduce stress during IVF. Discover the simple steps to calming yourself and creating the time and space to talk to each other.

Subscribe to this podcast and hear Kay’s IVF story from start to finish.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The female always feels they are taking on more of the responsibility and has to give up more as the IVF treatment goes on. This results in stress, stress on the relationship.
• All the women are focusing on is the IVF and the baby, they hear you but they are not listening. The fun stops and the resentment sets in, the women are taking all the negative result that she is the failure, but it's your fault too...

Tips:

1. Bring your attention to the exact moment you are in. Not to what's been said previously or what will be said in the future.
2. Take a few deep breaths, feel the exhale and repeat this three times.
3. Become one with your breath and focus, but not what's going on around you, focus only on your partner and approach them, hold their hand and feel their movement.
4. Tell them to breathe also and relieve the stress.
5. You will now be calmer, together, as one.

BEST MOMENTS

 

• “It’s rare couples that couples sing from the same hymn sheet as it's described.

 

• “When going through IVF the ‘white coat syndrome sets in’ along with the never-ending agony.”

 

• “A word of warning to men, it doesn't matter what you say or do...it will never be the right thing.”

• “Build your relationship to be strong. Strong enough to be able to go through IVF.

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

http://ivfbeforeandafter.com/

ABOUT THE HOST

IVF Before and After was founded by Kay Dempsey. She created IVF Before and After,  after many years spent researching and practising every possible way to conceive with IVF. Kay has created a global community with the use of podcasts she will share the stepping stones to empower your mindset, fuel your body organically and support you along your fertility journey.

CONTACT METHOD

www.instagram.com/ivfbeforeandafter/

https://twitter.com/IVFBEFOREAFTER

www.facebook.com/IVF-Before-and-After