Em walks us through where she is at now after her fourth transfer and what her plan is moving forward.
Alex takes us on one crazy ride and after much heartbreak, immense grief and a life changing genetic condition that lead her to using donor eggs. *Trigger warning: this episode discusses pregnancy & loss*
Fertility coach, Laura, discusses how coaching helped her through her own infertility journey where she was able to feel calmer, less lonely and confident. *Trigger warning: this episode discusses pregnancy and childbirth*
Jenny opens up about the struggles she is having with fibroids, the frustrating emotional rollercoaster while waiting and learning to advocate for herself in the fertility world.
After all this time she’s finally here! Elle is finally at the end of her long tumultuous road to baby! *Trigger warning: this episode discusses childbirth*
Olga joins Elle and Em to share her story of perseverance through the challenges of infertility. This mindset coach really mastered the art of coaching and helped herself on her journey. *Trigger warning: this episode discusses pregnancy*
Joanna takes us on a ride all the way to Malaysia and opens up about her journey to using donor eggs and ringing the success bell! *Trigger warning: this episode discusses pregnancy*
That's a wrap on 2021! Join us as we talk about some memorable moments over the last few months. Also included are some bloopers from our recordings that we hope ends your year off with a smile.
We wish that we had a magic wand that could take away the pain of the holidays. What we can do though is bitch about this time of year and share some things that have helped us get through many seasons without a baby.
Elle continues on with her story - part 3 - after choosing surrogacy to build her family.
Em updates us on how the last few months have been leading up to her third frozen embryo transfer. Em talks about the the new tests and treatments she underwent to increase her chances for a successful pregnancy.
Elle and Em talk to co-author, Courtney, from the book "Where's Helen?" Courtney shares all the setbacks she had to endure one thing after another in her infertility journey. *Trigger warning: this episode discusses pregnancy and childbirth*
Co-author of the book, "Where's Helen?", Jenny, joins Elle and Em to share her real and raw infertility battle. Jenny reminds us all that we need to stay in the arena and no matter how many times we fall, we must continue to get up each time.
Sara, one of the authors from the book “Where’s Helen?”, joins Elle and Em to compare how her 10 year infertility journey has been quite similar to driving to a set destination without any map, GPS, or phone signal. Sara shares how meeting certain people along the way has helped her in getting closer to her destination.
Leah, one of the authors from the book “Where’s Helen?”, joins Elle and Em to talk about how her infertility and ivf journey forced her to focus on herself and to find happiness and peace from within. *Trigger Warning: this episode discusses pregnancy*
The four authors of the book, "Where's Helen?" joins Elle and Em to talk about their infertility battles and how a dream prompted them to write a book!
Juauna joins Elle and Em to share her story of how she held onto faith while facing many hardships on the road to becoming a mom of three, leading her in the path to now coaching women with infertility.
Fellow Canadian Noëlle joins Elle and Em to talk about the many obstacles she faced on her road to becoming a mother; including a diagnosis of PCOS (that she didn’t have), feeling invisible and being refused IVF due to BMI, not to mention the geographical challenges that come with living in northern Ontario. *Trigger warning: this episode discusses pregnancy and childbirth*
Elyce joins Elle and Em to share her fertility journey and how she is now spreading a little "love and science" through IVF care packages across Australia. *Trigger warning: this episode discusses pregnancy and childbirth*
Melanie joins Elle and Em again to finish off her story and chat about where she is now in her process of growing her family in a way she never thought.