Anita I: SLOS & losing a child

Emosh episode for me.

Sooooo happy I'm bringing it to you on International Women's Day... Truly shows the amazing ways in which women support women, even when they've never even met!

Emily helped me get to where I am today with my thyroid health and rainbow pregnancy, and I'm forever eternally grateful.

We talk aaalllll things thyroid in this episode along with ivf and getting pregnant as a gay couple. 

TW: We do talk about living children, current pregnancy, and you can can hear a baby gurgling in the episode

Can't wait to hear what you think! 

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I spoke to the lovely Becca of @chickensbeforetheegg fame in October. Very grateful to her for sharing such a tough story and talking to us about two issues we haven't covered yet: molar pregnancy and Asherman's syndrome.

Can't wait to hear what you think! 

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Today it's just me talking about pregnancy after loss.

I've decided to talk about this separately in a (potential) series of mini episodes, so that you can choose to avoid them if your heart is hurting too much to listen to this kind of topic.

Don't worry, I'll be back with a regular episode next week ;)

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The lovely Meg kindly shares their story of IVF after several failed IUIs on their journey to becoming a fab solo ace (asexual) enby mama! We discuss queer issues surrounding family planning and going crazy with pregnancy tests during the TWW.

Meg on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/ace_with_a_uterus/

AVEN: https://www.asexuality.org/

Can't wait to hear what you think! 

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Fran Migliorati is a certified Fertility + Mindset coach based in London, UK. Fran is an IVF twin mum and ectopic pregnancy survivor. She now helps women to navigate the ups and downs of their own fertility journey with emotional control and comfort, and a focus on the mind-body connection. Her methods include life coaching, mindset coaching, EFT and NLP.

Fran Migliorati on social media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fran_migliorati/
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/franmiglioraticoaching
Website: https://www.francinemigliorati.com/

Can't wait to hear what you think! 

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Jennie Agg is an award-winning women's health journalist, writing features for national newspapers and magazines. Her work has appeared in The Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, Red magazine, Women’s Health, Grazia, the New York Post, the Guardian, and the Observer, among others.

She is also the author of the blog The Uterus Monologues, where she writes about her own experience of recurrent miscarriage and shares the stories of others who have not had a straightforward path to parenthood.

In this episode, we discuss all things baby loss, including our own experiences and what's going on in the medical world.

You can hear Jennie's story in her own words here:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/jul/06/my-four-miscarriages-why-is-losing-a-pregnancy-so-shrouded-in-mystery-podcast


Can't wait to hear what you think! 

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Hey hey WFM fans!

Delighted to post this episode after a great chat with Katy about her mission to start and grow her family. So excited to see all her exciting projects come to fruition!

Katy:
https://www.instagram.com/undefiningmotherhood/
https://undefiningmotherhood.com/

Can't wait to hear what you think! 

Want to support the show? Why not buy me a coffee? ;)
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All production, guest sourcing & liaison, website & social content, and sound editing are done by me, Natasha Saint-Geniès. :)

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Thanks so much to Sarah for sharing her story of loss, thankfully with a very happy ending!

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This week I had a frank and refreshing discussion with Simone, who kindly joined me to share where she's at on her path to becoming a solo mom by choice.

She embarked upon this journey a couple of years back... here she discusses her decision and the struggle that is getting pregnant when you're not in a relationship with the person providing the sperm, all while touching on a multitude of issues including the treatment of black women by the medical system and the things they should’ve taught us about our bodies at school.

Can't wait to hear what you think! 

Want to support the show? Why not buy me a coffee? ;)
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All production, guest sourcing & liaison, website & social content, and sound editing are done by me, Natasha Saint-Geniès. :)

Waiting for Margot
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This week I spoke to my incredible ray of sunshine friend, Carla.
This superwoman has been through so much, including a double mastectomy and coming to terms with her infertility. I'm so grateful to her for sharing her story here <3

If you'd like to donate to ovarian cancer research, here's the place to do it: https://ovarian.org.uk/

BRCA info: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/genetics/brca-fact-sheet

Want to support the show? Why not buy me a coffee? ;)
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All production, guest sourcing & liaison, website & social content, and sound editing are done by me, Natasha Saint-Geniès. :)

Waiting for Margot
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