What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights
309 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsCreating a family is a life transforming event that’s a lot harder than the culturally-generated marketing suggests.
Relying on the glossy media depictions of this transition leaves many women feeling like they are broken or failing when their actual experience doesn’t match their expectation.
I tripped over every step of this process: getting pregnant, being pregnant and giving birth on my way to having two kids.
This podcast showcases the really, really of people’s experiences:
* what they didn’t expect when they were expecting
* what they wish they’d known.
You’ll hear shareable insights gleaned from time in the IVF gauntlet, ways to manage the flattening nausea and fatigue of pregnancy, 40 hour labors and much more including expert medical insights to remake our expectations, making them more real, more human and more useful.
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Managing the Complexity of Preterm Birth: Kristine's story, Part II
October 07, 2022 07:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBToday we hear the second half of my conversation with Justine. Last week we heard about her first pregnancy that ended in a stillbirth. She just started talking about her second pregnancy, which was looking and feeling too much like the first one for her comfort. And she's gone into the hospital at 27 weeks to get checked out. Near the end of our conversation, when reflecting on her experiences with pregnancy and delivery, Kristine wonders again about the possible impact that trauma could ha...
The Power of Gut Instinct: Kristine's story, Part II
October 07, 2022 07:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBToday we hear the second half of my conversation with Justine. Last week we heard about her first pregnancy that ended in a stillbirth. She just started talking about her second pregnancy, which was looking and feeling too much like the first one for her comfort. And she's gone into the hospital at 27 weeks to get checked out. Near the end of our conversation, when reflecting on her experiences with pregnancy and delivery, Kristine wonders again about the possible impact that trauma could ha...
What Happens when You have to Manage a Preterm Birth? Kristine's Birth story, Part II
October 07, 2022 07:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBToday we hear the second half of my conversation with Kristine. Last week we heard about her first pregnancy that ended in a stillbirth. She just started talking about her second pregnancy, which was looking and feeling too much like the first one for her comfort. And she's gone into the hospital at 27 weeks to get checked out. Near the end of our conversation, when reflecting on her experiences with pregnancy and delivery, Kristine wonders again about the possible impact that trauma could h...
Managing the Complexity of Preterm Birth....Twice: Kristine's story, Part I
September 30, 2022 16:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBBeing able to create a new life inside your body is both an awesome feat and one fraught with the real possibility of death. Once you really hone in on the millions of things that have to go right in the just right way to make a baby, it's a wonder anyone is born ever. Today's guest spends time on both sides of this line. Her first pregnancy ends at the beginning of her third trimester in a stillbirth. Although the exact cause of her son's death is not definitively found, my guest suspects t...
What Happens When you rely on Gut Instinct in a Pregnancy ? Kristine's Birth story, Part I
September 30, 2022 16:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBBeing able to create a new life inside your body is both an awesome feat and one fraught with the real possibility of death. Once you really hone in on the millions of things that have to go right in the just right way to make a baby, it's a wonder anyone is born ever. Today's guest spends time on both sides of this line. Her first pregnancy ends at the beginning of her third trimester in a stillbirth. Although the exact cause of her son's death is not definitively found, my guest suspects t...
The Power of Gut Instinct: Kristine's story, Part I
September 30, 2022 16:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBBeing able to create a new life inside your body is both an awesome feat and one fraught with the real possibility of death. Once you really hone in on the millions of things that have to go right in the just right way to make a baby, it's a wonder anyone is born ever. Today's guest spends time on both sides of this line. Her first pregnancy ends at the beginning of her third trimester in a stillbirth. Although the exact cause of her son's death is not definitively found, my guest suspects t...
To Magazine, or Not to Magazine: Corinne's birth story
September 23, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBFew of us enter pregnancy and delivery with a crystal clear picture of what the experience will be like the first time. In some ways, this makes sense, given that everyone's experience will be unique in certain ways, depending on their health, their age, their partner, their history...but the distance between the narrative today's guest received from her mother and her actual experience can only be measured in lightyears....to be fair to her mother who gave birth in the 50s, it was a very d...
What Happens when Your Mother's Birth Story Gets in the Way? Corinne's Birth story
September 23, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBFew of us enter pregnancy and delivery with a crystal clear picture of what the experience will be like the first time. In some ways, this makes sense, given that everyone's experience will be unique in certain ways, depending on their health, their age, their partner, their history...but the distance between the narrative today's guest received from her mother and her actual experience can only be measured in lightyears....to be fair to her mother who gave birth in the 50s, it was a very d...
Not Your Mother's Birth Experience: Corinne's story
September 23, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBFew of us enter pregnancy and delivery with a crystal clear picture of what the experience will be like the first time. In some ways, this makes sense, given that everyone's experience will be unique in certain ways, depending on their health, their age, their partner, their history...but the distance between the narrative today's guest received from her mother and her actual experience can only be measured in lightyears....to be fair to her mother who gave birth in the 50s, it was a very d...
Giving Birth to Motherhood: Amie and Katie
September 16, 2022 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBToday we hear from two women, one’s an author and generally in the book world and the other is an author, grief counsel and therapist. Individually, these women encountered challenges with their own pregnancies. They’ve come together to write a book that helps women to process the events of their pregnancies and birth by writing about it. For extended show notes, see: http://warstoriesfromthewomb.com/
What Happens when you Give Birth to Motherhood? Amie and Katie's birth stories & book story
September 16, 2022 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBToday we hear from two women, one’s an author and generally in the book world and the other is an author, grief counsel and therapist. Individually, these women encountered challenges with their own pregnancies. They’ve come together to write a book that helps women to process the events of their pregnancies and birth by writing about it. For extended show notes, see: http://warstoriesfromthewomb.com/ This is a weekly show that highlights real pregnancy, birth & postpartum stories.
What Happens when Preeclampsia includes Blindness? Diana's Birth story + Neuro opthalmology Insights, Part II
September 09, 2022 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBToday we hear part two of my conversation with Diana about her experiences with pregnancy and delivery. Last week, our conversation ended with Diana 41 weeks pregnant, partially dilated, stomping around in the hall of the hospital trying to get her baby to move into a better position for birth. When all of a sudden she loses her sight. We'll pick up the conversation where we left off in this part of the episode I also include the insights of a doctor training in ophthalmology and neuro ophth...
Suddenly, Blindness--a Run in with Preeclampsia: Diana's story, Part II
September 09, 2022 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBToday we hear part two of my conversation with Diana about her experiences with pregnancy and delivery. Last week, our conversation ended with Diana 41 weeks pregnant, partially dilated, stomping around in the hall of the hospital trying to get her baby to move into a better position for birth. When all of a sudden she loses her sight. We'll pick up the conversation where we left off in this part of the episode I also include the insights of a doctor training in ophthalmology and neuro ophth...
What Happens when Preeclampsia Includes Blindness? Diana's Birth story, Part I
September 03, 2022 21:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBToday's guest grew up with a mother who is something of an earth goddess, meaning that she was involved in a movement toward empowered birthing long before it's a main cultural current. So the seeds of an idea of what a birth should look like were planted early in my guests life. In the course of her first delivery, preeclampsia fell on her out of a clear blue pregnancy–one that was normal and healthy up to that point. This condition can come with insults to any number of organs, and in her ...
Suddenly, Blindness--a Run in with Preeclampsia: Diana's story, Part I
September 03, 2022 21:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBToday's guest grew up with a mother who is something of an earth goddess, meaning that she was involved in a movement toward empowered birthing long before it's a main cultural current. So the seeds of an idea of what a birth should look like were planted early in my guests life. In the course of her first delivery, preeclampsia fell on her out of a clear blue pregnancy–one that was normal and healthy up to that point. This condition can come with insults to any number of organs, and in her ...
Episode 61: Managing Abortion and Post Partum Depression as a Psychiatric Nurse: Nina's Story, Part II
August 26, 2022 07:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBToday’s show shares the conclusion of Nina's experience as a pregnant 40 year old, trained in psychiatric nursing. She experiences many challenges, some unexpected, and other's that are less surprising. She talks about navigating an unwanted C section and peripartum and postpartum depression.
What Happens when you Manage an Unwanted C section? Nina's Birth Story, Part II
August 26, 2022 07:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBToday’s show shares the conclusion of Nina's experience as a pregnant 40 year old, trained in psychiatric nursing. She experiences many challenges, some unexpected, and other's that are less surprising. She talks about navigating an unwanted C section and peripartum and postpartum depression. This is a weekly show that highlights real pregnancy, birth & postpartum stories.
Managing Abortion and Post Partum Depression as a Psychiatric Nurse: Nina's Story, Part II
August 26, 2022 07:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBToday’s show shares the conclusion of Nina's experience as a pregnant 40 year old, trained in psychiatric nursing. She experiences many challenges, some unexpected, and other's that are less surprising. She talks about navigating an unwanted C section and peripartum and postpartum depression.
Episode 60: Managing Abortion and Post Partum Depression as a Psychiatric Nurse: Nina's Story, Part 1
August 19, 2022 19:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBToday’s show features a guest that can give us some perspective on the current climate around two important topics: abortion and postpartum depression. She’s a psychiatric nurse practitioner, who experienced an abortion in the 1970s and peripartum and postpartum depression in the 1990s. She’s written about her experience. In a piece, titled “No Stranger”. Here are some excerpts from her writing. First, she writes: “How do you know?” the patient might ask. I lean forward a bit in my office ...
Managing Abortion and Postpartum Depression as a Psychiatric Nurse: Nina's Story, Part 1
August 19, 2022 19:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBToday’s show features a guest that can give us some perspective on the current climate around two important topics: abortion and postpartum depression. She’s a psychiatric nurse practitioner, who experienced an abortion in the 1970s and peripartum and postpartum depression in the 1990s. She’s written about her experience. In a piece, titled “No Stranger”. Here are some excerpts from her writing. First, she writes: “How do you know?” the patient might ask. I lean forward a bit in my office ...
What Happens when you have to manage Abortion and Postpartum Depression as a Psychiatric Nurse? Nina's Birth Story, Part 1
August 19, 2022 19:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBToday’s show features a guest that can give us some perspective on the current climate around two important topics: abortion and postpartum depression. She’s a psychiatric nurse practitioner, who experienced an abortion in the 1970s and peripartum and postpartum depression in the 1990s. She’s written about her experience. In a piece, titled “No Stranger”. Here are some excerpts from her writing. First, she writes: “How do you know?” the patient might ask. I lean forward a bit in my office ...
Experiencing a Late Term Abortion: Kate's Story
August 10, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBToday's episode features the story of an extremely challenging pregnancy that ended in a late term abortion, which was difficult for many reasons, and made more so by the politics and legal apparatus around abortion. My guest was well into a pregnancy that felt off to her in ways she could describe, but which didn't trigger any particular medical action, because first, the diagnosis when it came was for a very rare condition, and secondly, she made it past the 20 week screen with no visible ...
Managing the Procedure, Pain and Loss of a Late Term Abortion: Kate's Story
August 10, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBToday's episode features the story of an extremely challenging pregnancy that ended in a late term abortion, which was difficult for many reasons, and made more so by the politics and legal apparatus around abortion. My guest was well into a pregnancy that felt off to her in ways she could describe, but which didn't trigger any particular medical action, because first, the diagnosis when it came was for a very rare condition, and secondly, she made it past the 20 week screen with no visible ...
What Happens when You have to manage the Pain and Loss of a Late Term Abortion? Kate's Pregnancy Story
August 10, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBToday's episode features the story of an extremely challenging pregnancy that ended in a late term abortion, which was difficult for many reasons, and made more so by the politics and legal apparatus around abortion. My guest was well into a pregnancy that felt off to her in ways she could describe, but which didn't trigger any particular medical action, because first, the diagnosis when it came was for a very rare condition, and secondly, she made it past the 20 week screen with no visible ...
Episode 58: The Power of Hormones: Hyperemesis and PPD visit a pregnancy: Laura's story
July 31, 2022 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBToday's guest had a pregnancy marked by extremely easy things and significantly hard things. Getting pregnant was consistent with the kind of fertility you see in a romantic comedy instantaneous, but the first trimester morning sickness was more like a sci fi thriller, totally extreme and requiring all kinds of medical help. And after a pretty challenging pregnancy, she ran into postpartum depression after the birth but her’s is a story of overcoming. She found help and recovered and she's d...
The Power of Hormones: Hyperemesis and postpartum depression visit a pregnancy: Laura's story
July 31, 2022 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBToday's guest had a pregnancy marked by extremely easy things and significantly hard things. Getting pregnant was consistent with the kind of fertility you see in a romantic comedy instantaneous, but the first trimester morning sickness was more like a sci fi thriller, totally extreme and requiring all kinds of medical help. And after a pretty challenging pregnancy, she ran into postpartum depression after the birth but her’s is a story of overcoming. She found help and recovered and she's d...
What Happens when Hyperemesis and postpartum depression visit a pregnancy? Laura's Birth story + Psychiatry Insights
July 31, 2022 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBToday's guest had a pregnancy marked by extremely easy things and significantly hard things. Getting pregnant was consistent with the kind of fertility you see in a romantic comedy instantaneous, but the first trimester morning sickness was more like a sci fi thriller, totally extreme and requiring all kinds of medical help. And after a pretty challenging pregnancy, she ran into postpartum depression after the birth but her’s is a story of overcoming. She found help and recovered and she's d...
What Happened when an Unintended Pregnancy led to a Home for Unwed Mother's? Cathryn's Birth Story + Adoption Expert Insights
July 21, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBToday's episode features a moving story from a woman who recalls her first pregnancy in the late 1960s. The pregnancy was unintended. She was 18. Her parents, her social setting, and the cultural expectations of the time suggested that she had two options: either to marry her then boyfriend and start a family or have the baby in secret and surrender the newborn to the social workers who vaguely tended to her in the Home for Unwed mothers where she spent the end of her pregnancy and birth. Ra...
An Unintended Pregnancy that led to a Home for Unwed Mother's: Cathryn's Story
July 21, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBToday's episode features a moving story from a woman who recalls her first pregnancy in the late 1960s. The pregnancy was unintended. She was 18. Her parents, her social setting, and the cultural expectations of the time suggested that she had two options: either to marry her then boyfriend and start a family or have the baby in secret and surrender the newborn to the social workers who vaguely tended to her in the Home for Unwed mothers where she spent the end of her pregnancy and birth. Ra...
Secret No more, the first baby: Cathryn's Story
July 21, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBToday's episode features a moving story from a woman who recalls her first pregnancy in the late 1960s. The pregnancy was unintended. She was 18. Her parents, her social setting, and the cultural expectations of the time suggested that she had two options: either to marry her then boyfriend and start a family or have the baby in secret and surrender the newborn to the social workers who vaguely tended to her in the Home for Unwed mothers where she spent the end of her pregnancy and birth. Ra...
What Happens when Gestational Diabetes shows up in Your Pregnancy? Tabitha's Birth story + OBGYN insights
July 09, 2022 20:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBIn general all the stories women shared on the show reflect on Roe in part because they show how challenging pregnancy can be both physically and mentally even when pregnancy is highly sought after. That's one of the major take homes from this podcast real women sharing their actual experiences and hopefully contributing to a more realistic narrative around pregnancy and birth. And today's story is very much in this vein. My guest today walked into pregnancy unsure about whether she wanted t...
A Run in with Gestational Diabetes, Among other things: Tabitha's story
July 09, 2022 20:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBIn general all the stories women shared on the show reflect on Roe in part because they show how challenging pregnancy can be both physically and mentally even when pregnancy is highly sought after. That's one of the major take homes from this podcast real women sharing their actual experiences and hopefully contributing to a more realistic narrative around pregnancy and birth. And today's story is very much in this vein. My guest today walked into pregnancy unsure about whether she wanted t...
An Unintended Teenage Pregnancy: Sunni's other story
June 23, 2022 13:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBToday's episode features a difficult but important story. It’s the kind of story we avoid in part because it involves difficult emotional topics—sexual assault and unintended teenage pregnancy—topics that society does not handle gracefully. My guest today was sexually assaulted by her partner as a teenager, and carried this unintended pregnancy to term, at which point she put the baby up for adoption. More than two decades have passed since these events transpired, but we talk about how eve...
What happens when an Unintended Teenage Pregnancy affects your view of Pregnancy? Sunni's other story
June 23, 2022 13:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBToday's episode features a difficult but important story. It’s the kind of story we avoid in part because it involves difficult emotional topics—sexual assault and unintended teenage pregnancy—topics that society does not handle gracefully. My guest today was sexually assaulted by her partner as a teenager, and carried this unintended pregnancy to term, at which point she put the baby up for adoption. More than two decades have passed since these events transpired, but we talk about how eve...
The Complicated Emotions that Can Accompany an Unintended Pregnancy: Jennie's Story
June 13, 2022 07:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBThese days the word mother can mean a lot of different things. As today's guest shares, she sought out the birth of her first child, but the second pregnancy was unintended. Her preference for family size clashed with her partners, Although she may have been open to terminating the pregnancy, her partner was not; she was living in a state whose majority is not particularly supportive of a woman's right to choose, and she was brought up in a religion in which abortion is not considered a reas...
What you might feel with an Unintended Pregnancy: Jennie's Birth Story + OBGYN insights
June 13, 2022 07:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBThese days the word mother can mean a lot of different things. As today's guest shares, she sought out the birth of her first child, but the second pregnancy was unintended. Her preference for family size clashed with her partners, Although she may have been open to terminating the pregnancy, her partner was not; she was living in a state whose majority is not particularly supportive of a woman's right to choose, and she was brought up in a religion in which abortion is not considered a reas...
Surprised by Preeclampsia: Jess's story
June 02, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBToday's guest did not anticipate that pregnancy would offer a totally smooth ride to parenthood, but the ride she did encounter included a number of experiences that were nowhere near her radar. Managing a lot of challenging conditions like preeclampsia, and post partum anxiety had significant effects on her: first it encouraged her to reimagine what her family would look like and to find contentment in this family even though it wasn’t what she originally pictured; it made her really engage...
What Happens when Preeclampsia sneaks up on you? Jess's Birth story
June 02, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBToday's guest did not anticipate that pregnancy would offer a totally smooth ride to parenthood, but the ride she did encounter included a number of experiences that were nowhere near her radar. Managing a lot of challenging conditions like preeclampsia, and post partum anxiety had significant effects on her: first it encouraged her to reimagine what her family would look like and to find contentment in this family even though it wasn’t what she originally pictured; it made her really engage...
The Right to Choose your Reproductive Destiny: Tova's Story
May 24, 2022 01:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBThis show is focused so far on the unexpected elements of the emotional or physical toll of pregnancy and birth. Today that story is extended to include the emotional and physical impact of a pregnancy that didn't find its footing and ended in abortion. Abortion is obviously a topic most people have strong feelings about. And unfortunately, those strong feelings tend to flatten the conversation, when in reality like all elements of reproduction, thinking and talking about abortion requires n...
What Happens when Your Need a Second Trimester Abortion? Tova's Pregnancy Story
May 24, 2022 01:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBThis show is focused so far on the unexpected elements of the emotional or physical toll of pregnancy and birth. Today that story is extended to include the emotional and physical impact of a pregnancy that didn't find its footing and ended in abortion. Abortion is obviously a topic most people have strong feelings about. And unfortunately, those strong feelings tend to flatten the conversation, when in reality like all elements of reproduction, thinking and talking about abortion requires n...
What happens when Race & Identity affect Motherhood? Naomi's Birth story
May 13, 2022 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33 MBToday's guest, like many of us, encountered some unexpected twists and turns at the delivery that were challenging to manage in the moment. But the focus of the story she shares today is about race and identity--she gives us a sense of what it's like to live in the world both as a daughter who doesn't resemble her father, and as a mother who doesn't superficially look like her son...what assumptions people make and share and what these assumptions suggest about how we define motherhood. for...
Race, Identity and Motherhood: Naomi's story
May 13, 2022 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33 MBToday's guest, like many of us, encountered some unexpected twists and turns at the delivery that were challenging to manage in the moment. But the focus of the story she shares today is about race and identity--she gives us a sense of what it's like to live in the world both as a daughter who doesn't resemble her father, and as a mother who doesn't superficially look like her son...what assumptions people make and share and what these assumptions suggest about how we define motherhood. for...
An Unexpectedly Easy Pregnancy: Lisa's Story
May 04, 2022 02:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBToday's guest has an interesting spin on the difference between her expectations for the pregnancy and birth and her experience. Going into pregnancy she had a number of health conditions that led to a lot of cautionary talks about the many things that could go awry...and then, when she actually was pregnant--she more or less skated through a problem free pregnancy...so she's left both feeling grateful to have outrun so many serious issues and like she didn't get to enjoy what was basically ...
A Pregnancy that Outran Scary Predictions: Lisa's Story
May 04, 2022 02:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBToday's guest has an interesting spin on the difference between her expectations for the pregnancy and birth and her experience. Going into pregnancy she had a number of health conditions that led to a lot of cautionary talks about the many things that could go awry...and then, when she actually was pregnant--she more or less skated through a problem free pregnancy...so she's left both feeling grateful to have outrun so many serious issues and like she didn't get to enjoy what was basically ...
What Happens when Health Conditions don't affect the Pregnancy? Lisa's Birth Story
May 04, 2022 02:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBToday's guest has an interesting spin on the difference between her expectations for the pregnancy and birth and her experience. Going into pregnancy she had a number of health conditions that led to a lot of cautionary talks about the many things that could go awry...and then, when she actually was pregnant--she more or less skated through a problem free pregnancy...so she's left both feeling grateful to have outrun so many serious issues and like she didn't get to enjoy what was basically ...
What Adoption Feels like when You Were Adopted: Jody's Story
April 24, 2022 01:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBToday's guest has a host of experiences when it comes to creating a family. She and her partner had their first child when she was 35. And when they tried to have another, things didn't quite line up. And so she and her partner looked for adoption, something she'd always been interested in exploring, as she herself was adopted. She’d anticipated that her experience would draw her closer to her daughter, but what she hadn't expected is that it also drew closer to her mother. This is a weekl...
Choosing the Greatest Vulnerability: Jody's Story
April 24, 2022 01:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBToday's guest has a host of experiences when it comes to creating a family. She and her partner had their first child when she was 35. And when they tried to have another, things didn't quite line up. And so she and her partner looked for adoption, something she'd always been interested in exploring, as she herself was adopted. She’d anticipated that her experience would draw her closer to her daughter, but what she hadn't expected is that it also drew closer to her mother.
Challenges in Adoption when you were Adopted: Jody's Story
April 24, 2022 01:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBToday's guest has a host of experiences when it comes to creating a family. She and her partner had their first child when she was 35. And when they tried to have another, things didn't quite line up. And so she and her partner looked for adoption, something she'd always been interested in exploring, as she herself was adopted. She’d anticipated that her experience would draw her closer to her daughter, but what she hadn't expected is that it also drew closer to her mother.
What happens when you have issues with Preterm labor and Surrogacy:? Ariel's Pregnancy Story + High Risk OB insights
April 11, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBIn today's episode, my guest is a friend of mine shares her story. She comes up against a host of extremely difficult situations and challenges in her quest to have a child. Her story has some elements that many people will relate to preterm labor and issues with her cervix, and other issues with IVF and surrogacy that I think really showcase her resilience and strength and make the birth of her daughter a triumph we can all celebrate. for extended show notes, see: https://warstoriesfromth...
Making her way through Preterm labor and Surrogacy: Ariel's Story
April 11, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBIn today's episode, my guest is a friend of mine shares her story. She comes up against a host of extremely difficult situations and challenges in her quest to have a child. Her story has some elements that many people will relate to preterm labor and issues with her cervix, and other issues with IVF and surrogacy that I think really showcase her resilience and strength and make the birth of her daughter a triumph we can all celebrate. for extended show notes, see: https://warstoriesfromth...