In this episode Becky chats with fellow donor egg mama, Camille Guaty, a US TV and Film Actress who is one of the first in Hollywood to openly speak about using an egg donor. They focus on Camille's fertility struggle, her journey towards using donor egg IVF to conceive and the shift in emotions surrounding this. It's emotional, honest and relatable with a focus on the difficult feelings of loss as well as the joy that this path has led to.

 Becky then speaks with Julianne Boutaleb, Perinatal Psychologist at Parenthood in Mind to delve deeper into these feelings of loss and longing that can be a big part of the process in moving towards this path to parenthood.

 You can find Camille on Instagram @camilleguaty

 You can find Julianne Boutleb on Instagram @parenthoodinmind or on her website

 You can find Becky on instagram at @definingmum and more about Paths to Parenthub @paths_to_parenthub. 

To find out more about how to join Paths to Parenthub and the support on offer visit the website, I would love to welcome you there.

This podcast was supported by a grant provided by Ferring Pharmaceuticals.

Hosted by Becky of DefiningMum, The Redefining Parenthood (RP) podcast focuses on family building when using a donor, featuring stories where a difficult trying to conceive journey has unexpectedly led them towards this path. 

Through personal stories Becky will sharing relatable conversations, talking about hope and expectations, alongside feelings of shame, dealing with genetic loss, family resemblances, talking to others and importantly to our children about this lesser discussed family building story. 

She'll be joined by guests who have become friends of mine, all at different stages of their journey, along with Julianne Boutaleb a Perinatal Psychologist from Parenthood in Mind and the pair will delve into a particular feeling, to help bring it out of the shadows and give it meaning. 

My hope is that this podcast will provide comfort, give hope, offer insights, provoke thoughts and validate this very complex and emotional path to parenthood.