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A bonus podcast for women TTC with some helpful tips for stress relief and mindset management during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this short episode, we chat about how to cope with the added stress of the COVID-19 pandemic when you’re already stressed from your fertility journey.
We know that cycles have been cancelled or postponed, medications are hard to get hold of and it all leaves even more uncertainty in your life.
We go through some small helpful tips to help you reduce stress, manage anxiety and to help you focus your mindset on the present moment.
In this episode:Join us on social media for our regular inspiration and information and so much more!
For more insight, subscribe to the show for regular episodes and please leave a review on i-tunes so we can share the message and help more women find their way through and out of infertility. https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/your-fertility-hub/id1281991003?mt=2
Before we start, both Kate and I want to warn you - the film is pretty full-on! If you’re going through fertility treatment right now, you may wish to not watch it right now or pick your time to watch it.
What we mean is - it very accurately portrays the stress and emotion of IVF and as a viewer that’s quite confronting.
But that’s one reason it’s been such a huge success, winning multiple awards, and a success in opening up the much-needed conversation about just how ‘brutal’ fertility treatment can be on your emotions.
In this revealing podcast episode, Kate opens up about her journey through 6 IUIs and 1 IVF cycle to finally get pregnant with her second daughter.
She opens up about the impact on her emotions, the absolute need for emotional support/therapy and how she coped with the massive rollercoaster that is infertility.
Kate shares how she used her creative energy as an outlet during treatment, transplanting her experience of IVF into a film script and how helpful that was for her.
After fundraising and two hectic days of filming in downtown New York, the film was launched to much acclaim, followed by another highly successful online launch.
We discuss how one of the most wonderful effects of the film was how people responded by telling Kate their stories, which they’d never shared before. Or for the people in her life to reach out and say how they never understood what it was truly like for someone to go through fertility treatment and how grateful they are to know have that knowledge so they can go on to support others in their lives.
I truly encourage everyone to watch this film and share with those around you. The more we can open up the stigma (and shame as Kate calls it) around infertility - we can help those going through it to feel less alone, more supported and more understood by society in general and those close to them.
In this episode:Join us on social media for our regular inspiration and information and so much more!
For more insight, subscribe to the show for regular episodes and please leave a review on i-tunes so we can share the message and help more women find their way through and out of infertility. https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/your-fertility-hub/id1281991003?mt=2
In this heart-breaking interview, we delve into Paige’s IVF journey and learn how for her, the anxiety didn’t stop at the 2 pink lines
Listening to Paige talk about her IVF journey is like opening a door to a world so many couples are going through behind the scenes.
She kindly walks us through every step of her journey, how it felt, how she coped and how difficult she found managing other people (more so than the negative pregnancy results!)
Touching on miscarriage and feelings of loss, the interview also continues into Paige’s pregnancy as for her she couldn’t quite believe the pregnancy after all the trauma of infertility. She opens up about how she felt in complete denial right up until the birth of her twins.
Finally, we chat about how Paige and her friend Lauren have started ‘Kindly & Co’ to help people show compassion and love for others, including specific cards and gifts for women TTC.
In this episode:Join us on social media for our regular inspiration and information and so much more!
For more insight, subscribe to the show for regular episodes and please leave a review on i-tunes so we can share the message and help more women find their way through and out of infertility. https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/your-fertility-hub/id1281991003?mt=2
Most women going through infertility aren’t very kind to themselves - they spend hours in their own heads being really mean - thinking things like: “I’m never going to pregnant” and “everyone around me is getting pregnant, it will never be my turn.”
This is creating a reality of sadness, anger, jealousy and loads of other emotions and making every day living - absolute hell!
It’s possible to think differently. It takes work and regular practice but you can think more positively, even when you’re not pregnant yet or your situation hasn’t changed. In this episode, we tell you how.
Firstly, Karenna starts by sharing she has a couple of very rare spots open for fertility coaching - get more information and book your first call here.
Secondly, listeners are encouraged to join up to the FREE Toolbox as an exclusive offer is being launched soon and only Toolbox members will be invited in! Exciting!
How to refresh your thinking about your infertility:
Join us on social media for our regular inspiration and information and so much more!
For more insight, subscribe to the show for regular episodes and please leave a review on i-tunes so we can share the message and help more women find their way through and out of infertility.
You know your story off by heart - X years TTC, number of months disappointed, number of cycles, FSH, AMH, Number of Day 5 blastocysts etc. You could repeat the facts in your sleep.
That’s not the real story though. What’s your real fertility story? The one you tell yourself late at night and in those moments you allow your mind to worry over and over.
Quite different eh?!
Examples of real fertility stories:
In this episode, we give examples of real fertility stories and illuminate how unhealthy this internal dialogue can sometimes be.
We talk about how our stories are just that - an interpretation of events and experiences and in impermanent state of mind. We discuss how they can be very subjective - for example, your partner could view your fertility journey completely differently to you. Finally, we talk about how these stories can be changed and what strategies you can use to become aware of your real story and move forward to a more positive one.
Steps to help change your story:
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For more insight, subscribe to the show for regular episodes and please leave a review on i-tunes so we can share the message and help more women find their way through and out of infertility. https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/your-fertility-hub/id1281991003?mt=2
There are so many areas that could be causing guilt on a fertility journey but we don’t often talk about it. We feel guilty about feeling guilty! We shut away our feelings but they re-surface daily or are triggered by events and others.
Infertility is a minefield of guilt with so many factors coming into play and it’s hard to find your way through and to know what is real and what could be irrational.
In this podcast episode, we discuss the common areas that cause guilt during infertility such as guilt over jealous feelings, guilt over resentment or anger towards a partner, guilt over not being able to provide a sibling for an only child, guilt over not starting trying sooner or guilt for all the money spent on fertility treatment. It’s endless and highly complex.
We then discuss whether this guilt is unhealthy or healthy and what purpose guilt serves before finally presenting some strategies to help alleviate guilt such as changing habits/situations, using affirmations or meditations to change your thinking or communicating assertively with friends or family.
In this episode:Join us on social media for our Monday motivational posts and Friday funnies and so much more!
For more insight, subscribe to the show for regular episodes and please leave a review on i-tunes so we can share the message and help more women find their way through and out of infertility.
Work can often be a double-edged sword during infertility. It can be a great source of personal satisfaction, a distraction and an area where you can still be in the driver’s seat. However, it can also clash with your journey causing a lot of stress, guilt and lack of flexibility.
In this interesting podcast interview, we talk to Bonnie who is an HR specialist and has also been going through her own fertility journey. Bonnie shares the ups and downs of her infertility journey, how she managed her work relationships and the outcome of her recent IVF cycle.
Bonnie talks about how important the specific IVF fertility meditations have been for her during her cycle and what other support she has received which has been vital to her emotional wellbeing.
She also shares her advice for others when talking to their boss, dealing with their colleagues, what they can expect from their Human Resources (HR) departments and how to access counselling and other services through Employee Assistance Programs.
In this episode:Join us on social media for our Monday motivational posts and Friday funnies and so much more!
For more insight, subscribe to the show for regular episodes and please leave a review on i-tunes so we can share the message and help more women find their way through and out of infertility.
Bianca’s 13-year battle with infertility taught her so much. In this in-depth podcast interview, she shares how she tried everything in her powers to conceive a child naturally including 8 failed IVF cycles, MTHFR testing, endo scratch, various drugs and natural therapies as well as using donor eggs.
Her heartbreaking story finally comes to an end after a successful surrogacy pregnancy with twins in Ukraine. We chat about the difficulties of international surrogacy and Bianca shares how she has now written down all she learnt about both IVF and international surrogacy in Ukraine in two detailed guidebooks (links below).
Bianca also opens up about how she was plagued with depression at times and how she worked hard to keep it at bay.
In this episode:Join us on social media for our Monday motivational posts and Friday funnies and so much more!
For more insight, subscribe to the show for regular episodes and please leave a review on i-tunes so we can share the message and help more women find their way through and out of infertility.
We love fertility affirmations at Your Fertility Hub - they’re an incredibly powerful tool to help you change your mindset and be more positive.
In this podcast, we learn about what affirmations are and how they work by creating new neural pathways in the brain - changing your automatic thinking to the new more positive route. In just 2-3 weeks time, you can see massive change.
We interview Devan from Instagram channel ‘Fertility Affirmations’ to learn about her 4-year fertility struggle and how she has used affirmations to support her positive mindset.
Devan also shares how important meditation and visualisation has been to her and how she now advises anyone in the 2WW like she is to try meditation even if they think it’s not for them or they won’t be able to do it.
Learn the results of Devan’s Day-6 pregnancy test too!
In this episode:Join us on social media for our Monday motivational posts and Friday funnies and so much more!
For more insight, subscribe to the show for regular episodes and please leave a review on i-tunes so we can share the message and help more women find their way through and out of infertility.
Erin learned so much through her fertility journey and in this great interview she shares with you all she learned and wish she’d known.
We talk through how she initially went into infertility very passively. It all felt so unexpected and she wasn’t accepting this was her path. Gradually as she moved from timed intercourse to IUIs to IVF she became more knowledgeable and empowered.
Erin and her husband suffered many setbacks and sadly a miscarriage and chemical pregnancy along the way.
Following a break after their second IVF cycle, Erin decided to build herself a support team - starting with a fertility acupuncturist and finally opening up to family and friends about what they were going through. This new approach led to the successful conception and birth of their son, who is now 5.
Whilst enjoying parenting, they were plagued with that nagging feeling that they weren’t done, despite trying to tell themselves they were! Going back into the world of IVF more informed but without the right support team or ‘formula that worked’ for Erin resulted in another failed cycle.
Finally, on the 5th cycle, did they get optimal numbers and despite a negative pregnancy test at the end, Erin knew with certainty she would get her baby with one of the frozen embryos. Happily, she did and her second son is now 2.
Throughout the podcast, Erin touches on key lessons and these are now available to download in the FREE toolbox alongside many other great resources for the emotional side of infertility.
Erin now helps other women going through infertility as a fertility coach based in Chicago, Illinois.
In this episode:Join us on social media for our Monday motivational posts and Friday funnies and so much more!
For more insight, subscribe to the show for regular episodes and please leave a review on i-tunes so we can share the message and help more women find their way through and out of infertility.
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