What The Fertility

April was a part of What The Fertility Support Group in Charleston and we are so excited to reconnect and have her on the podcast. She shares her journey with traditional adoption and an IUI pregnancy with her second child.

We sit down with Charlotte and chat about secondary infertility, miscarriage, and what led her to train to be an embryologist.

Kelsi Wallace from @thewallacechronicles_ shares her experiences through infertility, multiple failed rounds of IUI/IVF, and her success with embryo adoption. Kelsi is an advocate for embryo adoption and infertility. On the show, she shares educational resources and advice for anyone looking to learn more about embryo adoption.

Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Mom

IG: @rpl_mom

Rebecca chats with us all about recurrent pregnancy loss and advocacy/validation for other couples with recurrent pregnancy loss. She shares about her diagnoses, rounds of both IUI and IVF, & so much more!

Resources:

miscarriagedoula

Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Association

https://rplassociation.org

Co-founder of BOND, Caryn Johnson, shares her extensive fertility journey and explains her passion behind founding BOND. BOND is a supplement company that focuses on cycle care and reproductive health.

You can learn more about BOND on Instagram: @_bondlife

We chat with Erin @bebe.after.ttc as she shares her journey of 9 years of infertility to her rainbow baby. She shares her experience with functional medicine and how it helped her conceive naturally after 3 months.

Topics:

Functional medicine

Thyroid -T3/T4

Hashimotos

Antibodies testing

TSH levels

Failed embryo transfer

Subacute hypothyroidism

IG: bebe.after.ttc

Resources:

Marie Pace- Thats Health

https://thatshealth.com/

Hypothyroidmom blog* (facebook)

Courtney- @fertilityfunctionally

Jina shares a beautiful tribute to her daughter, Remy. Remy was born 12 weeks early and diagnosed with NEC Totalis during her NICU stay. In this episode, Jina also shares how she has pursued IVF and reproductive immunology, as they continue to try and grow their family. 

Jina is a huge advocate of NEC and welcomes you to learn more at Remy's personal page on NEC Society's website. You can find that at: https://necsociety.kindful.com/always-in-our-hearts/remembering-remy

You can connect with Jina on Instagram, @jina.maloney

Kelsey shares all about her journey pursuing adoption for a second time as well as the grants and organizations she used to help fund this adoption process. She talks about a NICU stay and so much more.

Agency:

Both Hands

Bothhands.org

Erica shares her diagnosis of premature ovarian insufficiency/failure (POI) at just 29 years old. Erica shares her continual journey to find whole health for her body and how they were still able to grow their family.

Find Erica on Instagram: @ericamatteson

Diana chats with us about BMI Restrictions in clinics, how male factor infertility has impacted their fertility journey as well as PCOS. 10 rounds of IVF and so much more!

*DNA Sperm Fragmentation

IG: @ivf_done_my_best