Our Birth Story (Eamon’s emotional breakdown, unexpected C-section & our time in the NICU)
Description
In this episode, we finally open up about the birth of our sweet baby girl, Frankie Lee Fitzgerald. We dive into our IVF journey, nearly joining The Amazing Race, navigating a cancer diagnosis during pregnancy, meeting Frankie for the first time, and why we were initially scared to share her birth story. Plus, we answer your questions!
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0:00 - Intro
3:50 - Eamon's ADD
4:30 - Consciously deciding to have kids
11:30 - Our IVF journey
19:30 - Going through chemo and radiation
20:55 - Trying to conceive
23:45 - We nearly went on The Amazing Race
27:35 - The pregnancy
32:29 - Cancer returns
38:10 - Stage 4 diagnosis
46:11 - Frankie's birth
1:00:30 - Meeting Frankie for the first time
1:09:00 - Feeling Joy
1:16:35 - Telling our Uber driver we love him
1:20:10 - Can good parenting be taught?
1:21:00 - Answering your questions
1:31:15 - Bec sings opera
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