Ready. Set. IVF: Mind-Body Tools for Navigating Fertility Treatments, Surrogacy and Pregnancy Loss

There's a hard way through IVF, and there's a path of least resistance. How to do IVF in a way that doesn't break you.

If you're pushing through, researching at 3am, and adding more to your plate every time a result doesn't go your way, this one's for you.

Here are three things I'd do differently if I was starting IVF again, and I'd put money on the fact you're doing the exact opposite of all of them.

In this episode:

• Why support isn't a luxury add-on, it's part of the treatment (and belongs in the same budget column as your supplements)
• The coping mechanisms that feel productive but are secretly keeping you stuck in stress
• The sneaky pattern I call "doing more" and why it might be working against you
• The difference between frantic and intentional IVF prep
• The 80/20 principle that matters more than any perfect protocol

Links mentioned in this episode:

The Consistency Code framework - https://www.jenniferrobertson.co/ready-set-ivf-the-consistency-code

Other links and resources:

• ⁠Click here to follow me on Instagram⁠
• ⁠Download our free IVF-Prep checklist and get IVF-ready without the overwhelm⁠
• ⁠Join the waitlist for She is... Ready: an online program to keep you calm and grounded through IVF's hardest moments⁠
• ⁠1:1 coaching⁠

Have you ever told someone you're doing IVF, and their response is "that's so exciting!". It's enough to make you want to scream!

In this episode I'm breaking down exactly why we feel different from our friends and family (and no, it's not because there is something wrong with you), plus I'm sharing some scripts you can use to respond.

In this episode:

• Why hope and excitement is easy for everyone else to feel, but difficult for you.
• The bus driver metaphor that will change how you see your friends' "enthusiasm" forever
• The truth about why you feel numb or disconnected going into a cycle.
• The permission slip you may need to stop matching everyone else's excitement.
• My favourite comeback lines for when someone gushes about how exciting your IVF journey is

Links mentioned in this episode:

Join the waitlist for She is... Ready and get $100 off plus priority access when doors open. https://www.jenniferrobertson.co/waitlist-she-is-ready

Other links and resources:

1. ⁠Click here to follow me on Instagram⁠

2. ⁠Download our free IVF-Prep checklist and get IVF-ready without the overwhelm⁠

3. ⁠1:1 coaching⁠

You don't want to be doing IVF cycle after cycle. You don't have the time, the money, or the emotional energy for trial and error, and neither did I.

I did nine IVF cycles. Eight of them didn't work.

In this episode I share with you eight things I wish I'd known from the start, so you can skip the years of guesswork and get it right the first time.

In this episode:

• The sneaky everyday chemicals messing with your hormones, and why I still avoid them even now that IVF is behind me
• Why I spent years faking being "the strong one," and what it actually cost me
• The maze analogy that changed how I think about planning cycles (you'll never plan the same way again)
• The uncomfortable truth about why we blame ourselves after a failed cycle, and what to do instead
• Why the emotions you've been told are "bad", angry, jealous, scared, might actually be the thing getting you through

Links mentioned in this episode:

⁠Download our free IVF-Prep checklist and get IVF-ready without the overwhelm⁠

Other links and resources:

> ⁠Click here to follow me on Instagram⁠

> ⁠Join the waitlist for She is... Ready: an online program to keep you calm and grounded through IVF's hardest moments⁠

> ⁠1:1 coaching⁠

If you've ticked every box in your IVF prep and you're still not getting pregnant, this might be why.

There's one thing most women miss when they're prepping for IVF, and it's not another supplement or protocol. I'm breaking down the science behind stress, including a Harvard study that proves what you're feeling is real.

In this episode:

• The 1993 Harvard study that found women with infertility carry the same psychological distress as cancer patients, and why nobody talks about it

• Why "just relax" and "just be positive" are useless advice when it comes to IVF stress, and what your body actually needs instead
• What's happening inside your body, and inside your eggs, when stress goes on for months instead of minutes

• Four simple techniques I use with my own clients, using breath, sound, touch and movement, that actually work to reduce your stress

• Mind-body techniques, and the 2011 study that found women using these techniques had more than double the pregnancy rates of those who didn't

Links mentioned in this episode:

Want to explore working together? Email me directly at [email protected]

Other links and resources:

1. ⁠Click here to follow me on Instagram⁠
2. ⁠Download our free IVF-Prep checklist and get IVF-ready without the overwhelm⁠
3. ⁠Join the waitlist for She is... Ready: an online program to keep you calm and grounded through IVF's hardest moments⁠
4. ⁠1:1 coaching⁠

Have you ever wondered if the number of failed IVF cycles you've had is a sign this isn't meant to be?

Seven years. Nine IVF cycles. A surrogate. Two pregnancy losses. And a natural pregnancy after a board of doctors told me it was impossible.

In this first episode of Ready. Set. IVF, I'm sharing the story that started it all, and the biggest lesson I wish someone had told me at the very beginning.

In this episode:

• Why being a high-achieving, control-loving planner made infertility hit even harder
• What happened when my fertility specialist went silent after a failed cycle, and what I did next
• The moment I was told surrogacy was my only option, and the complicated mix of relief and grief that came with it
• Nine cycles, two miscarriages, and what kept me going when pushing through was the only option I knew
• Why getting the baby at the end doesn't erase everything that came before it, and what that means for you right now

Links mentioned in this episode:

If anything I shared today resonates, there's more where that came from. The Injustice of Infertility is my full story, all of it, and you can grab your copy on Amazon or get a free chapter first at jenniferrobertson.co/book

Other links and resources:

• Click here to follow me on Instagram
• Download our free IVF-Prep checklist and get IVF-ready without the overwhelm
• Join the waitlist for She is... Ready: an online program to keep you calm and grounded through IVF's hardest moments
• 1:1 coaching

COMING 21 July....

One day you were excitedly preparing for pregnancy, and then you blinked (well... actually no, it probably feels like a marathon) and now you're staring down the barrel of Fertility Treatments like IVF, IUI, Surrogacy and the emotional toll is no joke.

And suddenly, IVF becomes all-consuming. If you're trying to conceive through fertility treatment, you know the feeling - the second-guessing, the emotional overwhelm, the way infertility begins to steamroll your entire life from your relationships to your career to the past you who felt happy and carefree.

Whether you're preparing for your first IVF cycle or finding your feet again after a negative pregnancy test or miscarriage, you need real support from someone who has been there, kicked infertility's butt, wrote the book (literally), and helped hundreds of other women do the same.

That's me and welcome, pop in your headphones, you're in the right place.

Join me, Jennifer Robertson, a leading Life Coach for women navigating infertility, with 8+ years of experience, and drawing from my own seven-year path to motherhood through IVF, pregnancy loss, and surrogacy ... and start showing up for yourself differently.

Feel prepared. Feel confident. Become your most emotionally resilient self, and face every part of this with a calm and composure you never thought possible.

I'm a Life and Fertility Coach and each week I share practical, mind-body tools and real-talk guidance to help you manage the emotional load of IVF (no fluff or toxic positivity). The REAL stuff that works - strategies rooted in mindset and body-based approaches. Expect cycle-by-cycle guidance, expert interviews, and frank conversations about grief, relationships, and the resilience it takes to keep going.

>> Download our free IVF-Prep checklist and get IVF-ready without the overwhelm

>> Join the waitlist for She is... Ready: an online program to keep you calm and grounded through IVF's hardest moments

>> 1:1 Coaching