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What happens when you've tried everything to get pregnant and nothing works? Taylor Brewster, owner of Fresh Salon in downtown Sarasota, shares her deeply personal five-year struggle with unexplained infertility in this moving conversation about persistence, medical advocacy, and finding answers in unexpected places.

From the beginning of her marriage at 25, Taylor knew something wasn't right when pregnancy didn't happen naturally. Despite being young, fit, and seemingly healthy, she faced a frustrating journey through conventional fertility treatments. Four unsuccessful rounds of intrauterine insemination, a diagnosis of endometriosis, and constant pressure to pursue expensive IVF treatments led to anxiety, physical symptoms, and emotional exhaustion. All while watching friends and family around her celebrate pregnancies and births.

The turning point came through an unlikely source—a Reddit comment that introduced her to reproductive immunology, a specialized field with only five practitioners in the United States. Testing revealed what mainstream fertility specialists had missed: her body was producing antibodies that attacked her own ovaries, along with multiple clotting disorders affecting implantation. With a precisely targeted treatment protocol addressing her immune system rather than pumping her full of hormones, Taylor conceived naturally just two cycles later.

This episode explores not just the medical journey, but the profound emotional impact of infertility on relationships, identity, and mental health. Taylor's husband emerges as the unexpected hero, stepping up to nurture and support her through the darkest moments. Their story offers hope to the many couples facing similar struggles, highlighting alternative pathways when conventional medicine fails to provide answers.

Listen, share, and join the conversation about breaking taboos around infertility. Taylor's courage in sharing her story might just provide the missing piece for someone else's journey to parenthood.

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