Kelsi Wallace from @thewallacechronicles_ shares her experiences through infertility, multiple failed rounds of IUI/IVF, and her success with embryo adoption. Kelsi is an advocate for embryo adoption and infertility. On the show, she shares educational resources and advice for anyone looking to learn more about embryo adoption.

Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Mom

IG: @rpl_mom

Rebecca chats with us all about recurrent pregnancy loss and advocacy/validation for other couples with recurrent pregnancy loss. She shares about her diagnoses, rounds of both IUI and IVF, & so much more!

Resources:

miscarriagedoula

Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Association

https://rplassociation.org

Amanda & Cat chat about life updates with Cat and how she may have gotten a diagnosis after years of reoccurrent loss.

TW: Miscarriage Warning

Author and License Clinical Social Worker, Emily Feit, shares her emotional journey of infertility and her book, "Before We Held You in Our Arms". She also shares the amazing fertility loan fund she created to help others create families called "Feit 4 Kidz".

Book Link: https://a.co/d/jfSwVnd

Website:

www.emilyfeit.com

Loan Fund Website:

https://www.jfla.org/10-years-feit-4-kidz

IG:

@emily.feit

Erin Sarris, Author of 'Cupcakes Everywhere: One Sweet Tale of Overcoming Infertility', shares her struggles to motherhood. Erin went through several rounds of IUI, IVF, and medicated cycles. Erin's unique journey to parenthood led her to write her book, Cupcakes Everywhere. The book is a wonderful gift for any friend or family member who struggled to build their family. Learn more about Erin & her book at www.cupcakeseverywhere.com or on Instagram @erinsarriswrites.

Life update with Amanda & Cat

-TW miscarriage and chemical pregnancy is talked about during this episode

Part 2 with Katie Rotondo and special guest (her hubby) Brandon Rotondo. We dive deep into Male Factor Infertility and how it has affected their infertility journey.

Ashley shares her personal experience on donating her embryos. A little *twist* occurred when we connected the dots and realized Ashley and Cat had MATCHED as a donor family a few years ago. Tune in to hear Ashley's beautiful testimony of how her and her husband decided to choose embryo donation and the process that followed.

 Ova Egg Freezing with Whitney Bischoff Angel

IG: @ovaeggfreezing - DM to contact

@whitney

Fertility Preservation more accessible and affordable to women everywhere

www.ovaeggfreezing.com

*Located in Chicago, IL

Co-founder of BOND, Caryn Johnson, shares her extensive fertility journey and explains her passion behind founding BOND. BOND is a supplement company that focuses on cycle care and reproductive health.

You can learn more about BOND on Instagram: @_bondlife

Lisa shares her 10 year journey of unexplained infertility ending with the births of her triplets. Lisa discovered that managing her mindset was her missing link. At age 40, Lisa conceived triplets. She has now written a book to share her own story and the tools she used during her decade long experience of infertility. Lisa's book is called 'Fertility: Mindset & Meltdowns". You can find Lisa and her book at the below links:

Lisa IG: @lisaashworthfertility

Lisa's Book: On Amazon: Fertility: Mindset & Meltdowns

https://www.amazon.com/Fertility-Mindset-Meltdowns-Emotions-Conceive-ebook/dp/B0CMFL1NWG

Part 1 with Katie Rotondo

-male factory infertility

-domestic infant adoption

-embryo adoption

& update she now has recently welcomed her son!

Minerva (@themeticulousmummy) shares her journey through secondary infertility after she was diagnosed with Asherman's Syndrome postpartum. Minerva shares her symptoms and how she had to gain a second opinion to ultimately land a diagnosis.

After multiple diagnosis and a year of trying to conceive, doctors shared IVF was really the only option. Sara & Brady just traveled to Barbados for their second round of IVF.

Check out their IG: @sarasodapop and @bradyhand to learn more about the next steps and how you can support them in growing their family. 

Alexis is back on the show with us to chat about her second transfer, her diagnosis with vasa previa with a long hospital stay and so much more!

IG: @lex_faithfitnessfertility

Book information coming soon*

Amanda & Cat talk about what life has been like for them recently.

We chat with Camille Patrick, a fertility warrior who shares her journey of infertility. She shares openly about how she advocated for herself with doctors after years of numerous of misdiagnoses. She has a speciality now in holistic nutrition and is excited to help other women struggling just like she did.

Check her out on IG: @fertility_warri0r

Resources:

-28 App

We chat with Sunshine Hanson, a 3x Surrogate and the Founder of Surrogacy.Is. Sunshine shares her individual experience as a surrogacy as well as why she opened her own agency. Learn more about Surrogacy.Is at https://surrogacy.is or follow along on instagram @surrogacy.is. 

We chat with Erin @bebe.after.ttc as she shares her journey of 9 years of infertility to her rainbow baby. She shares her experience with functional medicine and how it helped her conceive naturally after 3 months.

Topics:

Functional medicine

Thyroid -T3/T4

Hashimotos

Antibodies testing

TSH levels

Failed embryo transfer

Subacute hypothyroidism

IG: bebe.after.ttc

Resources:

Marie Pace- Thats Health

https://thatshealth.com/

Hypothyroidmom blog* (facebook)

Courtney- @fertilityfunctionally

Shelby chats about her diagnosis with Hashimoto's, low follicle count, her miscarriage and so much more.

IG: @hishelby

Fertility Account: @f.ckinfertility

Season 3: Welcome back with Amanda & Cat

We talk about what we have been up to and what's to come this season on the podcast! :)

Tune in to hear the final comments from your host, Cat and Amanda. We will be sharing how you can help us ramp up for Season 3 and where you can find us for the rest of 2022. Thank you for all your support!!

News personality and Emmy winner seen on Entertainment Tonight and ExtraTV Katie Krause Mork.

Founder and CEO of Novalynn Fertility: an at-home fertility health test kits and educational resources.

IG: @_katiekrause

@novalynnfertility

novalynnfertility.com

Erica Ferraro shares her personal journey with infertility, egg donors and what led her to start her blog @movingmtnsformotherhoodblog

Her blog is filled with so many articles that are meant to be uplifting, focus on mental health and give tips and tricks to navigate infertility. My personal favorite is the baking analogy article and I think everyone needs to read it or share it with someone.

IG: @eri.ferraro

www.movingmountainsformotherhood.com

Conception Doula and Fertility Yoga Teacher shares her personal journey and the services she provides at her studio in the UK. She supports fertility grief and anxiety and IVF pregnancy/birth support.

IG: @helendavenportpeace

@ongoldenshores

She offers a free guidebook "Rewild: take a sacred TTC break"

https://thefold.uk/rewild?fbclid=PAAaY_pfuaCJOayrkTsDIYHaMI2ow524qnCd4viUQn_LWAbQ8UaZXn6ZqaPLA_aem_Afr6WYCUmJ_Z8k49vuc3We_5oAHzdawm3pyCtPpV1pPULBvCgW5AuUjxmrhGIUafV84

Stephanie Levich is the Founder and President of world renowned Consulting Firm, Family Match Consulting. She is an adoptee and an IVF Mom of two.

She also is the author of “From the Start” an inclusive and heartfelt children’s book for any parent who has created their family through adoption, IVF, sperm/egg donation, or surrogacy.

Featured on People Magazine and shares her pro-bono work and the impact this woman had on her. Be sure to check it out!

IG: @familymatchconsulting

Book- @fromthestartbook

Author of '40+ Fertility Tips' and Founder of the Pregnancy After 40 Support Group, shares her personal fertility journey and how she naturally conceived her two sons in her 40s. 

Follow Tamika M Johnson on IG: @pregnancyafterforty

Lisa, a Women's Health Advocate shares her journey of infertility, reoccurrent loss and how she was diagnosed with Asherman's Syndrome.

IG: mccarty717pr

Tune in to hear Elises’ journey to get to motherhood. She shares all about an unexpected infertility path and her choice to be a single mom and what that entails.

Check out her instagram @singlegaltomama as she shares how she navigates motherhood after infertility.

Jennifer was the second women to have a child through a uterus transplant using a deceased donor! Jennifer shares her story of being born with MRKH, a rare congenital disorder that affects the female reproductive system. Tune in to hear how Jennifer spent 15 years hearing she would never carry her own child, to the day she found out she was pregnant. 

IG: @delcomrkhjen

Kristen shares her long journey of secondary infertility. She shares about her miscarriage, 5 IUI’s with a young toddler, fighting for a diagnosis of endometriosis, foster care, and failed adoptions. She shares how she is still hopeful and is still fighting to grow her family!

Gina shares her experience of trying to conceive and her ultimate success with IVF after being told her was "a difficult case." Gina's mother had endometriosis and suffered multiple miscarriages which led Gina to search for further answers.

We sit down with Co-Host Amanda and her husband Chris as they chat about the struggles they have been through. Chris shares a husbands perspective and some advice for the men while going through loss or IVF with their significant other.

Katie details all the methods she tried to increase her thin lining. From estrogen priming to a Neupogen wash, Katie details the struggles of women with thin lining. Tune in to hear how Katie's conception journey has unfolded. Follow Katie on IG: kgriffith18

Surrogacy & Gestational Carrier Information:

@circlesurrogacy

Kelsey shares all about her journey pursuing adoption for a second time as well as the grants and organizations she used to help fund this adoption process. She talks about a NICU stay and so much more.

Agency:

Both Hands

Bothhands.org

Samantha Aylor breaks down her multiple losses as well as how God led her family to adoption.

Tune in to hear her journey that led to both of her sons.

Our very own host shares her raw and transparent thoughts on what is next for her family! Looking for another episode? Head to our website www.whatthefertilitypod.com and check out our blog for a list + description of all episodes!

They are Canadian and found out prior to marriage they were carriers. In addition to being a carrier of Cystic Fibrosis, she then found her her AMH was low for her age.

She quickly jumped into IVF. They winded up getting 10 embryos and 3 of 10 had CF.

PGT-M is the testing she got done for carriers of diseases.

-First transfer ended in a chemical pregnancy.

-Half a year later due to renovations at the clinic and her lining not ready for transfer she finally transferred another embryo

-Went for Beta 1 - 80 Beta 2-60 - ended in another chemical pregnancy

Going to move into a natural cycle and excited and hopeful for the future.

Advice:

Be patient and know that its going to be a little harder than expected but lean on your support system.

Educate yourself *

Sara Boyd, WHNP at PREG shares all things third party reproduction. Sara covers all methods of reproduction where patients require a third party to conceive. Sara has a unique journey as a fertility provider, as she went through her own journey of embryo preservation and reoccurrent miscarriage.