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Hear about Hillary’s journey to becoming the mother of four and how baby #4 came by surprise after years of fertility treatment with her first three babies (they had less than 2% chance of conceiving naturally)

Hillary is so silly and she was a joy to talk to so I know that you will enjoy listening.

Some topics in this episode: clomid , IUI, IVF, frozen embryo transfers; the frustrating and embarrassing part of the fertility journey, getting pregnant via IVF but no one knows you got pregnant with IVF

my favorite thing she said in this episode was sometimes she feels judged because she has four kids and her hands are full. she says “you see my hands full and I see a blessing because of the work that it took to get them”

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Monica, founder of Finding Fertility, is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practioner and fertility health coach . She is all about inspiring you to improve your physical and mental health, to help increase your chances of getting & staying pregnant.

Hear about Monica’s 9 year journey to baby which includes two failed IVF cycles, 3 Frozen embryo transfers, 2 miscarriages and two baby boys (the second conceived naturally)

Some topics discussed:

Top 5 intolerances she sees across a lot of her clients

Top 3 fertility super foods

how changing up your diet brings so many other improvement other than just enhance fertility

the emotional awakening of the journey to becoming a parent

auto immune conditions and trying to conceive

Importance of improving your gut and adrenal health

having conversations with your husband regarding your health journey and lifestyle changes

It’s quick- take a listen. Here is the link to the Ted Talk mentioned in the episode

Last night I had a conversation with Rev. Dr. Stacey Edwards Dunn, founder of Fertility for Colored Girls (FFCG) an organization that provides financial, mental and community support for couples with fertility challenges.

With the wake of the George Floyd tragedy, I began to think about how I can do my part to help; at times feeling like my podcast about fertility is insignificant in comparison to other problems happening in the world.

What I realized is that I can make sure Pollinated acknowledges and integrates the fertility challenges felt by women of all different races and ethnicities because what I know for sure is fertility challenges share no preference of color.

But what may be different are factors like the availability of treatment and community.

In this episode Reverend Stacey and I talk about the African American culture around fertility conversations – she talks about a common myth among black women that makes struggling to conceive so hard to talk about- which is a large contributor to why she went through much of her IVF journey alone.

I also ask Reverend Stacey about her faith in God and whether that was questioned on her journey. And listen until the end to hear Rev. Stacey’s message to my mom

WARNING this episode contains amazingly hilarious interruptions from a toddler

Remember I said we’re cultivating a fertile mind, body and sprit for our seeds to grow. Here is some food for your spirit.

in this episode:

unexplained interfitility, IVF, ivfsuccesstory

FFCG fertilityforcoloredgirls

visit their Website which has such great resources

http://www.fertilityforcoloredgirls.org