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Let’s talk about a healthy menstrual cycle! We love this conversation with hormone expert, Holly Dunn! Holly is based in London, England. She is a Registered Nutritionist and Clinical Nutritional Therapy Practitioner with a specialty in hypothalamic amenorrhoea (HA), hormones and mental health. In this episode we discuss the importance of a regular period and how it can affect your mood, digestion, energy and more! Holly describes the difference between HA and PCOS and tips for keeping your menstrual cycle regular. We discuss how stress, nutrition, exercise, caffeine, and fasting can all contribute to hormone imbalanced that can affect your cycle. We hope you enjoy as much as we did!

Connect with Holly Dunn

https://www.hollydunn.co.uk

www.instagram.com/hollydunnnutrition

Holly is registered with the British Association For Nutrition & Lifestyle Medicine and regulated by the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council in the UK. A qualified yoga-instructor and corporate wellbeing consultant, Holly also holds an award-winning first-class Master’s from the University of Edinburgh. She is currently working towards a Master Practitioner programme with the National Centre for Eating Disorders in London.

Holly uses nutritional therapy, functional lab testing, and lifestyle coaching to work with each woman’s unique biochemistry and circumstances. She coaches her clients in personalized nutrition, exercise, mindset, and movement to balance their hormones, restore their health/periods so that they can live healthy, full lives.

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This is our favorite episode of all time!! The first half of this episode features Cathey's children, Ruthie (6 yo) and Samson Stoner (4 yo), who answer questions about their mom being a surrogate. Get ready for cuteness overload!! It shows their true nature, but also the pure innocence and goodness in children. It's fascinating to see a child's reaction to the surrogacy process. We love how they simplify it all. They really don't judge or question too much! The second half of this episode is all about our approach to discussing surrogacy with our families. Sarah discusses how they talk to Charlotte, her 4-year-old daughter who knows her brother is growing in Aunt Cathey's tummy! She makes a quick debut as well while Sarah sheds light on how they talk to her at home throughout the pregnancy. Sarah & Cathey dive into why they believe honesty is the best policy and that our kids understand more than we give them credit for.

We hope you enjoy it!!!

Don't forget to check out our YouTube channel. We released an exclusive video telling our kids about Cathey's surrogate pregnancy and it is too cute to miss!! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXKJs-WWKu85_IHgPPUYszg

Referenced in this episode:

https://www.amazon.com/Kangaroo-Pouch-story-surrogacy-children/dp/0997394609/ref=asc_df_0997394609/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312041961788&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8803668524148453619&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1025990&hvtargid=pla-451644355198&psc=1

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Cathey, a Registered Dietitian and women's health specialist, always get so many questions about the first trimester. "Can I exercise?" "What foods should I avoid?" "How can I help my morning sickness?!" In this episode we discuss health & nutrition tips for the first trimester, how to prepare an easier pregnancy, what personally helped us in those early survival weeks, and much more!!!

*We apologize for the audio challenges in this episode! We’ve adjusted mics since. As always, thanks for listening! XX

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A surrogate and intended parent both will feel a lot of emotions throughout their journey together. We have said since day 1, communication is key! And we found ourselves chatting about the ups and downs of the first trimester often. The first trimester brought many sweet “firsts” but we were both trying to find our footing. We are excited to share our first trimester feelings with you in today's episode! Sarah discusses the emotions that arose and how she began to feel connected to this pregnancy as an intended parent. Cathey describes her first trimester as a surrogate, while Sarah gives advice to other intended parents.

Stay tuned for Part 2 of the first trimester ( Ep. 13) where we discuss health & nutrition tips for that first trimester &  what helped make it Cathey's EASIEST pregnancy so far!!! 👏🏼

* We apologize about the audio challenges in this episode! We we’ve adjusted mics since. As always, thanks for listening! XX- S&C

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In this episode, Sarah & Cathey discuss TWIN LIFE! In a bond that transcends sisterhood, they discuss their connection, feeling each other's emotions, and how it was growing up as fraternal twins! Now, more than ever, we are thankful God made us twins. At 33 years old, we can now look back as see the benefit of our differences, how our parents encouraged our uniqueness, and how we found our own voices and paths in life. We discuss our similarities and differences, our Enneagram numbers (personality profiles), fun twin facts, identical twins vs. fraternal twins, and our similar taste in men. 

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Welcome to part 2 of our IVF journey! In this episode, we discuss prepping for embryo transfer, IVF diet myths, moments during Transfer, meeting with the embryologist, the procedure itself, bed rest/recovery, and getting a positive pregnancy test & betas of 700! Cathey discusses how she used mind/body preparation for IVF as a surrogate. In this episode we discuss our specific experience together. We hope it helps to hear from both sides - surrogate & intended parent. As always, thanks for listening. Don't forget to subscribe, review, and share!

Episode Mentions: 

CBD from The Perfect Plant: https://perfectplanthempco.com/

Acupuncture mat: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Acupressure-Pillow-Gray-Carry/dp/B08HSG9PHL

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Episode 9 is the first part of our IVF series. We discuss our IVF journey together! We cover IVF basics, what to expect, and natural med cycles. Sarah took a low dose estrogen for her egg retrieval and Cathey followed the Femara protocol (a.k.a  a natural cycle) for her part of IVF. A  natural cycle requires less medication and follows Cathey’a natural ovulation to plan for embryo transfer. This was something we had not heard of until we did our own research, so we hope this episode is helpful for others looking for a similar journey!Stay tuned for Ep10 -Part 2 of our IVF journey where we discuss preparing for cycles & transfer, details of transfer day, and confirming a positive pregnancy test!!

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We are thrilled to share our first guest interview and it is with the incredibly inspiring Lauren Scruggs Kennedy! We discuss her accident, her relationship, and her IVF journey. 

Lauren Scruggs Kennedy received international media attention after a December 3, 2011 incident in which she walked into a spinning airplane propeller losing her left eye and her left hand. Although her accident was devastating, we have watched her over the years rise above! In this episode, Lauren shares about her accident. She shares how she met her husband, Jason Kennedy (who we all know and love from E! News), and how he played an important role in her healing. We admire their faith, support, and love for one another. We discuss their current IVF journey, and did you know Lauren is a twin?! We are excited to share this encouraging conversation with you, enjoy!

Lauren's Blog, Clean Living Resources, and Foundation:

https://www.laurenscruggskennedy.com/

https://www.laurenscruggskennedy.com/the-clean-sweep

https://www.lskfoundation.com/

Resources mentioned in this episode:

https://lilynicholsrdn.com/real-food-for-pregnancy/

https://www.amazon.com/Awakening-Fertility-Essential-Preparing-Pregnancy/dp/1419743848

https://thebeautychef.com/

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In this episode, Sarah tells us about her experience with egg retrieval and embryo creation. She describes the process step by step including preliminary doctor visits, what to expect, medications, finances, the day of retrieval, embryo storage, and more. After chemotherapy, her doctors were hoping for just one embryo. Sarah shares what it was like hearing that she had THREE healthy ones embryos pass PGT testing!

Episode Resources:

www.fertilitysavings.com

www.reUniteRX.com

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This is part 2 of Sarah’s story, we discuss all things healing and recovery, building back strength after chemo, healing from trauma, choosing joy, and how to support a friend going through a hard time. Don't forget to subscribe, share, and review. Thanks for listening!!

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