Season one has come to an end! Lucy and Yaelle answer all of your questions, reflect on the season and talk about what is to come in season two! The pod will be back in a few short weeks.

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Liz shares her IVF Journey with us today and talks about what it’s like to be a poor responder with a low AMH reading when going through fertility treatments. Liz shares how her and her husband would get through back-to-back rounds resulting in no embryos, Liz also talks about the lead up to her best and final IVF round. She also shares where she is today.

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In today's episode Lucy & Yaelle get the opportunity to talk with Jen Robertson a fertility coach and IVF warrior about miscarriage, early pregnancy loss and grief. A topic that is not talked about enough.

Jen and Yaelle both share their detailed experiences of their own pregnancy loss and the impact of others words and actions. In the second half of the episode Jen shares some tips on navigating the next season upon us, Christmas.

TW: The first half of this episode may be too triggering and confronting, if you are not in the right head space, please skip ahead to 41min20seconds

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Lucy and Yaelle have a very open and honest conversation about how they navigated triggers and different events like Baby Showers, Birthdays, Christmas and Mother's Day during their trying to conceive journeys, they also talk about the guilt that followed them both for having some of these thoughts and feelings We hope this episode makes you feel less alone.

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The amazingly talented Embryologist Simone joins the podcast to talk all things surrounding eggs, sperm, IVF, ICSI, Egg freezing and much more, Simone helps answer all of your questions including, what is proven more successful IVF or ICSI? Why can’t I wear perfume to our egg collection, but embryo transfer it seems to be, okay? What is a collapsed embryo? Simone also breaks down and explains the IVF funnel and how the numbers game actually works, we talk gender selection and a whole lot more.

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Our first international guest Kelsi join's us from California America . Kelsi talks us through her IVF journey which endured heartbreaks and many different challenges along with way, including a devasting ectopic miscarriage, a zero fertilisation round, early ovulation during an IVF round and what ultimately lead her to explore donor eggs which had its very own challenges. Kelsi reflects on her journey and talks about where she is today.

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In today's episode Lucy & Yaelle are joined by their shared fertility specialist & OB Dr Charley Zheng , who is in the hot seat to answer all of your fertility and IVF questions like; can stress actually affect fertility? why is unexplained infertility so common? fresh vs frozen embryo transfer? Egg freezing, IVF and AI!? And so much more.

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Joanna joins us to share her journey, come along to hear her IVF story which includes 10 IVF cycles resulting in over 150 eggs collected. Joanna explains what lead her and her husband to make the decision to fly aboard during COVID lockdown to explore donor egg. We believe this will be an impactful episode to anyone who is currently exploring or considering donor egg.

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In today's episode Dani joins us to talk about her 6-year ongoing fertility journey, Dani discusses all she has endured along the way including diagnosis, surgeries, devastating reoccurring losses and cross country moves. Dani and her husband are still searching for answers to bring a baby home in their arms.

Trigger Warning: Domestic violence and abortion mentioned.

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Lucy and Yaelle talk about what is involved in a basic and standard IVF cycle, they start from the day you sign the consent to go ahead with IVF treatment and work all the way through.

They cover everything you can expect from appointment types and timing to tips and tricks when injecting and much more.

This episode is especially helpful for anyone who is thinking about or starting their first IVF/egg freezing cycle.

We hope this will help people get a better understanding of what to expect when starting and hopefully take away some of the stress and anxiety from the unknown.

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