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Jacqueline is joined by Jessie Jaskulsky, the founder of Surrogacy Simplified. Jessie shares her personal story of loss, Asherman syndrome, IVF, and surrogacy. Her company, Surrogacy Simplified, is changing the surrogacy experienced for Intended Parents with their passion of helping navigate the complexities of surrogacy with compassion, expertise, and personalized care.

*Trigger warning* Premature delivery, miscarriage, and stillbirth are discussed.

In this episode...

• Jacqueline and Jessie discover the parallels of their fertility stories
• Miscarriage, stillbirth, and the complications to follow
• Asherman syndrome explained
• IVF and genetic testing of embryos
• Surrogacy; agency vs independent, sibling journey
• What is Surrogacy Simplified and how can they help you?

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Settle in for the intimate story of Justina Oldehoff and her son, Carter. Born fighting, Carter's life was the catalyst for Justina to care for other NICU and bereaved families. In this interview, Justina is normalizing the complex feelings of bereaved moms. She's also open about the emotionally complex experience of another high-risk pregnancy after loss, while simultaneously grieving for Carter. Listen as she's honest about how brutal grief can be, while beautifully weaving hope into her story of trauma and loss.

Justina is a mom to two preemie boys, 24-weeker Carter in heaven and 29-weeker Aron who is a happy, healthy two-and-a-half-year-old, and wife to Dan of 13 years. She is a healthcare administrator in Colorado who loves to travel, write, read, and do yoga. Through their foundation, Carter's Cause, her mission is to provide hope, encouragement, and resources to NICU parents, bereaved parents, and their support systems.

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Here we are at the end of 2021 and you may be feeling nostalgic for easier times, pre pandemic life…we visit these times in today’s story. my guest gave birth for the first time more than two decades ago and had a wide breadth of experiences in pregnancy and delivery in the course of her four pregnancies. She has hyper emesis for all of the pregnancies and learns to manage it despite her busy OB practice. A whole host of surprises visit her in the five years of pregnancy, including what I’ll call an enthusiastic cervix (you’ll see what that means as you listen to her story), postpartum challenges, milk supply issues, and once the kids are older, health surprises of her own. Whether it’s her medical training or her intuition, she makes a number of critical decisions that keep her from what could have been complete catastrophes and She manages the various ups and downs with grace and wisdom.

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 Women who become pregnant through IVF have an 80% higher risk for spontaneous preterm birth before both 37 and 34 weeks gestation, compared with those who conceived naturally, according to a 2017 study.

Today we’re talking to Monique Farook, the host of the podcast Infertility and Me, about her long path to parenthood after IUIs, IVF, a 24-week delivery and 129 days in the NICU. Warrior, indeed.