Let's Talk IVF

Last year was the debut of the All About Fertility Expo in Sydney.

Founder Ella Mannix brought the first ever fertility expo to Sydney, to highlight the many different options available for those ttc. 

2020 promises to be bigger and better than last year, we checked in with Ella to get some updates on what to expect this year.

https://allaboutfertilityexpo.com.au/

In Australia the wait for donor oocytes in some fertility clinics is up to 3 years. The options for most people ttc is to ask friends or relatives, advertise themselves or use overseas companies to source oocytes for their long awaited child.

Genevieve Uys was an oocyte donor herself and has 9 donor children around the world. After her experiences donating oocytes, she found herself in a unique position to create her own company to assist more families complete their dream of having a baby.

Traveling donors has a database of oocyte donors and will work with fertility clinics to co-ordinate cycles and prepare all the necessary documentation.

IG : @traveling_donors 

IG : @just.vieve

www.travelingdonors.com 

https://web.facebook.com/Traveling.Donors/

This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr Michelle Perugini, Founder and CEO of Life Whisperer, which uses AI technology for embryo selection.

Using AI to select the best embryos for transfer and freezing is improving pregnancy results and assisting embryologists at clinics around the world.

Designed to be affordable for patients and with no set up fees or ongoing costs to the clinics, this technology is changing laboratory practice as we know it.

https://www.lifewhisperer.co/

What do you consider a family?

Generally, when you ask someone what is a family, they will typically think of parents with children and extended family members, who are biologically related to them.

However, a family can be made up of so much more than this ancient outdated definition.

Families share common values, goals, emotional bonds and responsibilities. Mostly family members contribute to the wellbeing of others in the family unit.

This topic comes up a great deal with clients, so I thought it would be a great idea to look at the definitions out there currently and highlight what makes a family!

This week I had the pleasure of talking with Dr Kaylen Silverberg.

Kaylen is a board certified reproductive endocrinologist, obstetrician and gynaecologist and the Medical Director of Texas Fertility Centre.

We talked about male fertility, what has changed, when should you have testing done, what can you do to prepare when ttc and the types of testing that you might expect.

Men largely feel marginalised in the process of ttc, so opening up the conversation about male factors is an important one.

Dr Lynn Westphal is CMO at Kindbody, a new model for fertility health care.(

They have mobile clinics (the fertility buses) positioned in high traffic areas so women can potp in for a chat and organise a fertility assessment.

Their primary group of patients is women seeking to freeze their oocytes, however they offer IVF cycles and a full range of fertility services.

Lynn set up one of the first cyropreservation programs for oncology patients back in 1998 at Stanford University.

With such an incredible wealth of fertility experience, the conversation with Lynn was enlightening.

https://kindbody.com/

This week I wanted to discuss a common pattern that we all use from time to time, projection. I don’t mean the obvious ones, such as getting stuck in traffic and coming home grumpy. Or having a tough meeting and taking your frustration out of your work colleagues … I am talking about the sneakier projections, the ones that build up over time. Once you get to know the clues, you will be able to spot these projections much sooner and take evasive action!

So, let’s jump right into the podcast ….

Perception is Projection is a common term used today to describe how we interact with others and project onto them, what we are refusing to acknowledge in ourselves.

‘Our outer world is indeed a reflection of our inner world’

This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Shona Baxter. Shona always knew that she wanted to be a mother, unfortunately she did not find the right partner to take this journey with, so she decided to do it on her own!

Choosing a clinic, picking out the sperm donor and then having 2 very different cycle types, which gave her 2 beautiful children.

Every pathway to parenthood is different, starting a family on your own is a brave decision, with the love, support and determination, Shona now has the family that she always dreamed about.

Shona is also having her own expo in June 2020 - Single Mum by Choice Expo  www.smcx.com.au

After Jill Slevin went through her own fertility challenges, she understood how immensely hard it was and found help with EFT tapping.

EFT tapping therapy (Emotional Freedom Technique) provides clients the safe space to work on any unresolved or current emotional issues, traumatic experiences, phobias, fears and health issues resulting in increased health and emotional wellbeing, clearing psychological blocks to conception and the opportunity to feel calmer and more positive on their fertility journey to getting pregnant.

EFT Tapping is a science proven therapy that helps to reduce stress in the body, relieve anxiety, overcome any challenging emotions that any fertility journey presents and to help women let go of any psychological blocks to conception. 

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Kellie Harriden shares her story, 8 very long years of fertility treatment.

Kellie underwent numerous IVF cycles which failed, she describes her feelings and thoughts as she went through all the decisions that ultimately led her to India.

In India, Kellie used a surrogate to achieve her dream of having a baby, during the process there were many hopes, fears and feelings of despair.

Ultimately, Kellie and her partner Ian, finally came back to Australia with twins Bane and Daya. Her story is told in the book, Long-Awaited Child, a brilliant read and one that gives you a fantastic insight into the emotional mindset when traveling the pathway to parenthood!

Website ~ www.kellieharriden.com

Email ~ info@longawaitedchild.com