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In this episode, I had a delightful conversation with Elisabeth, a French woman originally from Paris who has been living in Australia for the past 18 years. Her story revolves around her remarkable journey towards motherhood. At the age of 40, Elisabeth met her husband, and since then, they have been trying to conceive a child.

Initially, they attempted a natural method for three months, but when it proved unsuccessful, they decided to seek help from a fertility clinic. Elisabeth and her husband explored various options and underwent fertility treatments, such as taking supplements and undergoing cycles of assisted reproductive techniques like IVF and Creighton model. Unfortunately, these attempts did not result in a successful pregnancy.

After experiencing multiple disappointments, Elisabeth's husband suggested considering the possibility of using a donor egg. Intrigued by this idea, they actively researched and sought out a donor of Elisabeth's ethnic background, which is French Caribbean. They faced challenges in finding a suitable donor with the same ethnicity, and their search extended for several months.

During their search, they sought advice from a Facebook group where someone recommended a clinic in Barbados. Intrigued by this suggestion, Elisabeth contacted the clinic and was impressed by the coordinator's assurance that they could assist in finding a donor promptly. They found her a donor right away.

However, importing eggs from Barbados to Australia added an additional challenge to their journey, particularly due to the circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

“So the donor did the cycle for us in March. And 19 eggs were frozen for us and those eggs were imported to Australia.”

Listen to this episode to delve deeper into Elisabeth's incredible journey towards motherhood. Gain insights into her challenges, triumphs, and the twists and turns she encountered along the way. You won't want to miss out on this captivating story. Tune in now to hear Elisabeth's inspiring narrative.

Resources: 

Barbados Fertility Centre: https://barbadosivf.com/

RTC: https://www.rtc.org.au/donor-assisted-conception/

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I was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure/inefficiency at 30. Proceeded to do four IVF cycles with my own eggs and failed to get pregnant. Did one donor egg cycle with an anonymous donor with a fresh cycle and transfer was successful. Our son is now 4. We did try for a sibling and did 4 additional DE cycles with no results.

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In this episode I talk to Sharon Leya single mum by choice on her journey to becoming a parent to her gorgeous baby girl as well as birthing her series of  children's books.

My Donor Story is a series of children's books that lovingly explains donor conception, and uses simple language to illustrate the basic concepts of genetics. With beautiful illustrations by Janne Maru, a helpful discussion guide by the Jewish Fertility Foundation and a strong emphasis on diversity and gender inclusiveness, My Donor Story provides a first-of-its-kind series for children to understand their unique conception story.

• listen to her own personal story of how she came to be a single mum by choice
• how she coped with the emotional toll of her fertility journey.
• why she decided to write this series of books.

To  find out more about Sharon's books please head to her website. Once you've chosen the book for you head to amazon to purchase :)

www.mydonorstory.com
@mydonorstory

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In this episode I talk to Melissa Nath a nurse and fur mom to two great danes and a cat called Nikita.

Mel is a mama in waiting and has been on a huge fertility journey already.

"Our journey started nearly 5 years ago when a GYN deemed us ttc because we weren’t preventing pregnancy. At this time we were like if it happens great. A year later we got more serious with me turning 41 and my husband really always wanting children. my husband is as the first to get tested and we learned then that we were working with low sperm count and 0% morphology. I was placed on ovulation induction medication 7 months later. Then COVID hit and we spent another 7 months with medicated cycles at home. Oct 2020 we had our consult with our clinic and in Nov 2020 we cycled for our first of 5 failed IUI cycles. April 2021 we were told it was time to move to IVF and that donor would likely be the best option. June & Sept 2021 we did an egg retrieval and none of our embryos made it to blastocyst. Oct 21 we were told it was time to decide on donor conception. We chose a donor in November 2021 and she had her egg retrieval January 2022. Since we have had 3 FET, one that failed and two that resulted in miscarriage. Currently undergoing testing to find a reason for the miscarriages. "

In this episode we discuss:

• Mel's greatest challenge on this journey

"Though we knew that we possibly needed to use donor eggs from the very beginning of our IVF journey, it was still hard to consider, losing my genetics and fear of what other people would think."

• The emotional roller coaster.

"Grief and despair from loss in many ways. Excitement in each stage"

• Her biggest tip to fellow IVF warriors

"Advocate for yourself. Do not wait. You don’t need a referral to the fertility clinic. If you think there is something wrong even if there isn’t be the squeaky wheel and be seen."

You can follow Mel on instagram here

Check out  Mel's linktree here

You can also help Mel to reach her mama goal by donating to her go fund me page here

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In this episode Antonia talks about how to support yourself nutritionally during the two week wait, embryo transfer and early pregnancy and also answers specific questions from the participants from my January Donor Egg IVF support group. 

We talk about what foods should be cut out such as caffeine, alcohol, sugar, inflammatory foods and heaps more.

Donor Egg Mama Events Coming soon!!!!

Online 2hr Implantation Work Shop
 Tue 4th April 2023 11.30am AEDT
Cost: AUD 100

For anyone interested Antonia and I are hosting an online 2 hour Implantation Work Shop on Tuesday 4th April 2023 at 11.30am providing you with strategies and interactive exercises on how to best support yourself with nutrition and mind body connection during this intense period on your donor egg pathway.

You'll come away with a 14 day ultimate implantation meal plan incuding recipies and a personalised affirmation and guided meditation mp3 to support you on your donor egg pathway.

Send us a dm or email adele at [email protected] to sign up

 How to work with Antonia from Family Focus Nutrition
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Reminder that the doors are now open for my May 8th Group Support Program and early bird closes 31st March with a AUD 150 discount.

The Group support program includes
Unlimited coaching via Voxer (a free app voice messages and text messages) Mon-Fri 9-5pm for 8 weeks
4 x 90 mins live call zoom sessions to discuss all topics around donor egg ivf and share with the group.
Find your tribe, connect with others experiencing a donor egg pathway to motherhood.

Bonuses To Enhance Your Experience
Access to a 4 week module based self paced course to compliment the voxer and live calls.
Over 20 addtional resources to enhance your experience
Strategies to help you process difficult emotions that may be holding you back
Guided meditations to support you at every step on your donor egg journey
Affirmations to build and support helpful neural pathways
Fertility mindfulness colouring and affirmation ebook

Investment
$987 AUD (payment plan available by request)

Early bird gets $150 discount if paid in full by end of March 31st.

When does it start and finish?
The group starts on Monday 8th May and finishes 30th June 2023.

What do I need to do t

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In this episode I speak with the wonderful Emma from Denmark who was conceived by sperm donor and has written a book called Donor Child - A Child of Love.

She share her story with the view to help intended parents understand the importance of sharing their conception story with their future children.
 
She writes about donor conceptions methods, her lived experiences and helps to inspire intended parents to make their own donor conception story books for their future children as Emma's parents did for her.

She gives her unique perspective as a sperm donor conceived child on her lived experience, family dynamics and connection with her parents.

Emma has such an open heart to want to help others by sharing her inner thoughts, reflections and very honest insights into being donor conceived.

Emma gives her view on questions that come up alot amongst my audience such as:

•Have you ever felt any less connected to your father because he used a sperm donor to conceive you?
•I know that you have non donor conceived siblings. I often hear a common fear from women who have own egg children and are now experiencing secondary infertility and are considering using a door egg. 
•There seem to be two main worries: that these women may not be able to bond as well with their donor egg conceived child or that it will be awkward to explain to the first child about the origin of their sibling. What are your experiences and thoughts on these fears?
•I ask a very important question when people join my Facebook group and that is – what is your biggest challenge around using a donor egg?
Many times, I get exactly the same answers come through and that is:  The fear of not being able to bond with their future child and the fear that I’m not the ‘real’ mum.
•Do you have any insights to share with these intended parents about these fears?
•What message do you have for any recipient parents out there who have used or about to use an anonymous donor and feel regret/fear/shame/anxiety about whether they are doing the right thing for their future child in terms of their child not having full access to information about their donor.
•From your experience what do intended parents need to know about donor conceived children and adults?
•What are your top tips for intended parents around talking to their future child about their conception story?

•Can you tell us about the book you wrote and how it can help women on a donor egg pathway?

Tune in to discover E

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In this episode I chat with the lovely Antonia Wright from Family Focus Nutrition where she gives her top 4 foods that you can easily implement into your day to help you prepare for your upcoming donor egg embryo transfer.

https://www.familyfocusnutrition.com.au/

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In this episode we follow Mikki as her journey to motherhood leads her to using an egg donor and going with a clinic in Spain.

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In this episode I explain what I've been up to in December and January.

Here are my reflections from December and January.

"I launched my first group coaching program in January and it's been amazing.
I connected a small group of women across the globe who were all using different type of donors.

From day 1 the level of empathy, the sharings, reflections, vulnerability and the relief at being heard by others who truly get it has just been wonderful to witness.

The power of a group going through the same things is quite incredible. Within this safe container you get to hear other perspecitves, reframes, opinions and thoughts that can help you shift profoundly and quickly.

The group has been held in a voxer chat app that everyone can chat in as much as they like with my support mon-Friday and with live zoom calls to connect and dive deeper and really unpack different topics such as grieving the loss of your genetics, womb healing, embryo transfer, conception story and the evolving donor egg mama journey

In the voxer chat topics that have come up are..
•Genetic counselling.
•Secondary infertility.
•Fears of bonding with your baby.
•Fears of your donor egg conceived child not feeling like 'yours'.
•Fears of sharing your story with family members.
•Epigenetics.
•Dropping the positivity bomb.
•Connecting to our wombs.
•Opening up our spiritual mind and heart to spirit babies.
•Tapping into our emotions and allowing them to guide us rather than re-press difficult emotions.
•The evolving donor egg mama mindset.
•Being damn proud of ourselves, our strength and resilience.
•Celebrating our stories v shame and secrecy.
•And so much more!

I would love to help you not only feel good on your journey to motherhood but also to help you share your conception story with your child in a confident, proud and happy way so that your future child feels not only loved but also feels proud of their conception story.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Adele xox

ps. Since this episode aired my group support program has become Community Membership :)

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In this episode I'm honoured to speak with Mikki a wonderful lady who contacted me via my Donor Egg IVF Support facebook group and said that she'd like to share her story on my podcast.

It was so wonderful to chat with Mikki. She shared with me that she'd been feeling very lonely on her fertility journey and by sharing her story on this podcast she hopes that she will help others feel less alone and in turn help herself too.

We talked about the start of her journey and what's lead her to be where she is now considering a donor egg pathway.

In this chat we talk mostly about OHSS ( ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome) and miscarriage.

Mikki will be back soon to share more of her journey.

In the meantime if you would like to share your story please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected]

Miscarriage Resources
The Misunderstanding of Miscarriage - by Film Maker Tahnya Macmanus
The Pink Elephant Support     
Sands
Tommy UK
Miscarriage compassionate paid leave for employees

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