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  • 2.9 | We Lose Hope

    Katie and Allison go numb and things just happen.

    This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (trust me, we'll still be here).

    Find out more at nomatterpod.com and follow us on Instagram at @nomatterpod.

    This podcast is created by Katie Marenghi with original music by Andrew Bunyea. Email us your thoughts, stories, and questions at [email protected]. We love to hear from you!

    32 min
  • 2.8 | We Get Knocked Down

    Katie and Allison get some bad news. We talk about our feelings.

    This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (trust me, we'll still be here).

    Find out more at nomatterpod.com and follow us on Instagram at @nomatterpod.

    This podcast is created by Katie Marenghi with original music by Andrew Bunyea. Email us your thoughts, stories, and questions at [email protected]. We love to hear from you!

    48 min
  • 2.7 | We Consider IVF feat. Alease Daniel Barnes

    Katie and Allison feel the pressure now that Katie's days of health insurance are numbered. Embryologist Alease Daniel Barnes explains IVF (in-vitro fertilization) as we start to consider our options.

    You can find Alease on TikTok @aleasetheembryologist and Instagram @alease_the_embryologist.

    This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (trust me, we'll still be here).

    Find out more at nomatterpod.com and follow us on Instagram at @nomatterpod.

    This podcast is created by Katie Marenghi with original music by Andrew Bunyea. Email us your thoughts, stories, and questions at [email protected]. We love to hear from you!

    29 min
  • 2.6 | We Have a Plot Twist feat. Emma Byers and Cam Brennan

    Katie and Allison get some unexpected news. Katie's Bookstagram pal Emma Byers and her partner Cam Brennan share a very timely story of how insurance laws and job turmoil landed them with 3 kids under 2.

    This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (trust me, we'll still be here).

    Find out more at nomatterpod.com and follow us on Instagram at @nomatterpod.

    This podcast is created by Katie Marenghi with original music by Andrew Bunyea. Email us your thoughts, stories, and questions at [email protected]. We love to hear from you!

    41 min
  • 2.5 | We Try a New Drug feat. Laurel Hollen-Forbes

    Katie and Allison take a second pregnancy test and change up the protocol. Plus, Katie talks to friend Laurel Hollen-Forbes about how it feels to go through an IUI cycle. 

    This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (trust me, we'll still be here).

    Find out more at nomatterpod.com and follow us on Instagram at @nomatterpod.

    This podcast is created by Katie Marenghi with original music by Andrew Bunyea. Email us your thoughts, stories, and questions at [email protected]. We love to hear from you!

    54 min
  • 2.4 | We Try Again feat. Ray Rachlin and Marea Goodman

    Katie and Allison do their second IUI procedure. Plus, Katie talks to Ray Rachlin and Marea Goodman, authors of Baby Making for Everybody, about all the ways babies can be made for people with uteruses. 

    This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (trust me, we'll still be here).

    Find out more at nomatterpod.com and follow us on Instagram at @nomatterpod.

    This podcast is created by Katie Marenghi with original music by Andrew Bunyea. Email us your thoughts, stories, and questions at [email protected]. We love to hear from you!

    38 min
  • 2.3 | We Take a Pregnancy Test

    Did our first IUI work?! Are we pregnant!? Is this podcast already over?! Listen in as we get the results of our first pregnancy test after an agonizing two week wait. After, we're joined by Katie's grandma, Judy, to hear about her experience undergoing fertility treatments in the 1960s (spoiler: it's wild!).

    This episode contains mention of pregnancy loss and infertility, please take care when listening.

    This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (trust me, we'll still be here).

    Find out more at nomatterpod.com and follow us on Instagram at @nomatterpod.

    This podcast is created by Katie Marenghi with original music by Andrew Bunyea. Email us your thoughts, stories, and questions at [email protected]. We love to hear from you!

    35 min
  • 2.2 | We Do IUI!

    Katie and Allison finally have their first IUI (intra-uterine insemination) cycle! Listen along as Katie undergoes a million tests, takes pills that make her ovulate, and is finally ready for her first fertility treatment. Plus, Allison breaks down the costs and answers the question everyone always asks... how are we paying for all this?

    This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (trust me, we'll still be here).

    Find out more at nomatterpod.com and follow us on Instagram at @nomatterpod.

    This podcast is created by Katie Marenghi with original music by Andrew Bunyea. Email us your thoughts, stories, and questions at [email protected]. We love to hear from you!

    18 min
  • 2.1 | We Start Fertility Treatments with Dr. Robert Setton

    Previously on No Matter, you listened to Katie and Allison choose their sperm donor. Now they're putting that sperm to use (ew?) as they start fertility treatments! They're joined by their doctor, Dr. Robert Setton from Shady Grove Fertility as they prepare for their first cycle of intra-uterine insemination (IUI).

    This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (trust me, we'll still be here).

    Find out more at nomatterpod.com and follow us on Instagram at @nomatterpod.

    This podcast is created by Katie Marenghi with original music by Andrew Bunyea. Email us your thoughts, stories, and questions at [email protected]. We love to hear from you!

    30 min
  • Bonus: The Shortage of Black Sperm Donors with Amber Ferguson

    While Katie was searching for her own sperm donor, she came across a Washington Post article on the "severe shortage" of Black sperm donors. Author of the article Amber Ferguson talks with Katie about why this shortage exists and what the impact is on Black women. 

    Keep up with Amber's work in The Washington Post, on her blog Girl with Drive and on YouTube and Instagram @girlwithdrive.

    This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (trust me, we'll still be here).

    Find out more at nomatterpod.com and follow us on Instagram at @nomatterpod.

    This podcast is created by Katie Marenghi with original music by Andrew Bunyea. Email us your thoughts, stories, and questions at [email protected]. We love to hear from you!

    37 min

About No Matter

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Ever wondered how two women make a baby? Host Katie Marenghi and her wife Allison are taking you along for the ride as they figure it out for themselves. Listen as they agonize over sperm donors,…

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