Women who become pregnant through IVF have an 80% higher risk for spontaneous preterm birth before both 37 and 34 weeks gestation, compared with those who conceived naturally, according to a 2017 study.

Today we’re talking to Monique Farook, the host of the podcast Infertility and Me, about her long path to parenthood after IUIs, IVF, a 24-week delivery and 129 days in the NICU. Warrior, indeed.