Messy in the Middle: The Journey of Infertility Podcast

Katrina’s first pregnancy devastatingly ended up being ectopic, resulting in emergent surgery. After 18 months trying to conceive naturally, Katrina and her husband discovered after further testing that his sperm wasn’t optimal. It was a shock to them both, especially when Katrina had blamed herself for so long that they weren’t getting a positive pregnancy test. It was then they decided that IVF was their best chance to conceive. After struggling mentally for some time around this decision, Katrina shares her positive IVF story, resulting in the birth of a healthy baby girl. 

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Jessica Leigh shares the story of her son’s birth and it was nothing like she could have planned or ever imagined. It was found that her cervix was starting to shorten at 28 weeks, then with funneling at 32 weeks. This ultimately resulted in the premature rupture of membranes at 35 weeks. The birth of her son was fast and the story doesn’t end there – what followed was a postpartum hemorrhage, surgery…then more surgery at 3 weeks postpartum.

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I had a lovely chat with Jen, who is not only a Fertility Coach and founder of Your Pregnancy Haven - but she also has her own story of infertility and the struggles it took to conceive her two children. Jen and her husband tried for many years, with no found explanation to their infertility struggles and it got a point where her sister-in-law offered to be a surrogate for them. This resulted in the birth of their son. Amazingly, 4 weeks after his birth, Jen fell pregnant naturally, but unfortunately this pregnancy resulted in a miscarriage. 6 months later, she fell pregnant again and this resulted in the birth of their daughter.We go on to discuss how to manage anxiety during pregnancy after loss, how important it is to have a goal outside of your fertility and pregnancy journey and how it helps to break the pregnancy down into milestones.Jen is a wealth of knowledge and such a really is a valuable pillar of support to her coaching clients – she teaches effective strategies to not only see you through what ever stage in your journey that you’re at, but they are invaluable life skills that you will take with you long into your journey as a parent.Jen has a book available to purchase from all major online outlets called - The Injustice of Infertility and offers both 1:1 coaching and online programs.Make sure you follow Jen on the socials below:Ms Jennifer Robertsonhttps://instagram.com/msjenniferrobertson?igshid=MmU2YjMzNjRlOQ==Your Pregnancy Havenhttps://instagram.com/yourpregnancyhaven?igshid=MmU2YjMzNjRlOQ==Make sure you follow the Messy in the Middle Instagram page: https://instagram.com/_messyinthemiddle_?igshid=NTdlMDg3MTY=And if you want to share your story, please get in contact with me either through the Instagram page or email me at [email protected] New Messy in the Middle Facebook Support Groups:Community Grouphttps://m.facebook.com/groups/260521623533545/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBTIVF Support Group https://m.facebook.com/groups/986956492386520/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBTTrying to Conceive Support Group https://m.facebook.com/groups/6579163665499384/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBTPregnancy Support Grouphttps://m.facebook.com/groups/816231440230130/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBTMiscarriage & Baby Loss Support Grouphttps://m.facebook.com/groups/2033246727024390/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT

Ashley is still in her messy middle. She is coming up to the year mark of when she was last pregnant and in that time, has had to come to terms with a diagnosis she never even knew existed. Ashley tried for 7 months to fall pregnant, she wasn’t sure that she was consistently ovulating. After being referred to a fertility specialist to do formal ovulation tracking, she confirmed ovulation, went through her TWW and was surprised to find out she was pregnant. Unfortunately, this pregnancy was not meant to last. She had a scan at 6.5 weeks and there was a fetal pole, a heartbeat, but there wasn’t a yolk sac. She had a gut feeling that she may have had a missed miscarriage, as she did slightly lose symptoms at 9 weeks. At 11 weeks went to first OB appt and it was during that scan she was told that the pregnancy wasn’t viable and was booked in for a D&C that same day.If only her heartache ended there. Ashley goes on to tell her story of how it took over 5 months to get her period back, she had an abnormal ultrasound which showed retained products as well as an enlarged uterus with abnormal vascularity. Her OB at the time completely disregarded her concerns and it took seeing a new OB and an interventional radiologist for her to finally be diagnosed with an AVM. As much as it is a rare condition and no one can definitely confirm how she came to have one, Ashley felt it was so important to bring awareness to the condition, which anyone could possibly get as a result of a D&C or retained products.

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