096. On episode 96, we have Allison on to share her pregnancy journey at 43. Growing up, Allison was always babysitting and spent summers being a camp counselor. She spent lots of time around children, but being a mom wasn’t an obvious choice for her. She had friends that either couldn’t wait to be a mom or never wanted to be a mom, but she didn’t feel like she fit on either side. She’s been with her husband for 15 years who has two children who she is very close with. She loves to travel and wasn’t sure motherhood was for her. When she turned 40, she married the same year and starting really thinking about having a baby. Find out why she went straight to IVF to gender select a girl, her five egg retrievals that led to her journey to motherhood. Get the transcript and more information about this episode:https://over40fabulousandpregnant.com/episode96/Donate to the show: If you found this podcast helpful, I would love if you made a donation! I can’t keep the podcast going without your help. If you received value from this show, even if it’s as small as the price of a coffee, please donate HERE.
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Melissa’s IVF Pregnancy at 43 After 8 Egg Retrievals and 5 Transfers
095. We have single mother by choice, Melissa on to share her IVF journey at 43. At 40, she thought she was probably running out of time to have a baby but always wanted to be a mother. Her friends suggested she should get a dog instead. She got a golden retriever she named Marvin. After having Marvin for a year, Melissa decided she still wanted to conceive. She says she hasn’t met the person she wants to have a child with yet, so find out how she did this journey on her own.Get the transcript and more information about this episode:https://over40fabulousandpregnant.com/episode95/Donate to the show: If you found this podcast helpful, I would love if you made a donation! I can’t keep the podcast going without your help. If you received value from this show, even if it’s as small as the price of a coffee, please donate HERE.
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How to Prepare for an IVF Transfer
BE04: We are discussing 10 ways to prepare for a transfer. I created this list based off of research, my experience of two transfers and ways that guests have shared from their stories. If you are like me, you are searching the internet on how to make this transfer successful. You might feel like the more you do, the higher the chances are of it being successful. I suggest doing what feels good to you from this list. Because you can do all of them and it work, and you can do none of them and it work.DISCLAIMER: This is NOT medical advice. I am not a doctor, so talk with your doctor about doing any of things. Episode: https://over40fabulousandpregnant.com/bonusepisode4/Connect on IG: https://www.instagram.com/over40fabulousandpregnant/20 Journal Prompts during TTC: https://over40fabulousandpregnant.com/20-journal-prompts-while-ttc/5 Better Questions to Ask during TTC: https://over40fabulousandpregnant.com/5-questions-to-ask-yourself-while-ttc/
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From Not Ovulating to Kayla's Spontaneous Pregnancy at 41
093. We have Kayla on to share her spontaneous pregnancy at 41. Kayla lives in Bay City, Michigan with her husband and 13-month old son. Kayla never really wanted to have kids, that is until her 40th birthday. Her and her husband decided to try to have a baby. She had been on birth control for 26-years, so she assumed it would take some time for her body to adjust. She was pregnant quickly. Find out how loss of her first pregnancy made her desire for a baby even stronger and how back surgery could have helped her conceive her rainbow baby. Get more information about this episode:https://over40fabulousandpregnant.com/episode93/Donate to the show: If you found this podcast helpful, I would love if you made a donation! I can’t keep the podcast going without your help. If you received value from this show, even if it’s as small as the price of a coffee, please donate HERE.
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Selah's Spontaneous Pregnancy at 41 after IVF
092. We have Selah on to share her spontaneous pregnancy at 41. You might know her for her older mom and boy mom skits on IG or as the voice of Chloe Bourgeois. She started trying to conceive in her early thirties. After three years of trying, she started to be more intentional by tracking her ovulation and temperature, but nothing happened. She went to a fertility clinic for help. They cleaned out her fallopian tubes, scraped her uterus and removed a garden of polyps on her uterus. She was never officially diagnosed, but she had an endometrioma on her uterus. Her periods were extremely painful. Then she had two IUI's, but that didn't work. With her three egg retrievals, she only got nine eggs total, so she wasn't confident. Finally, the embryo stuck with the transfer, and she had her first son at 37. At 38, she wanted to try for a sibling, but after a year of trying, she wasn't pregnant. At 39, right before Christmas, she email her clinic to let them know she was ready to have another transfer. Christmas morning she woke up only to realize her cycle was late. She found out Christmas Day she was pregnant at 39 with her second baby. Selah didn’t think it was possible to get pregnant at 41. Get more information about this episode: https://over40fabulousandpregnant.com/episode92/Donate to the show: If you found this podcast helpful, I would love if you made a donation! I can’t keep the podcast going without your help. If you received value from this show, even if it’s as small as the price of a coffee, please donate HERE.
Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant Podcast is the ultimate podcast for women over 40 who are trying to conceive or are pregnant. Typical episodes are one woman's journey over 40 years old from TTC, pregnancy, birth and postpartum every other Monday. We laugh, cry, share a little TMI and openly talk about the ones we lost.Prepare to feel empowered trying to conceive, believe pregnancy is possible over 40, relate to other women's struggles, be educated about how women get pregnant, feel like over 40 isn't too old to have a baby, embrace 'advanced maternal age' pregnancy, and ditch outdated expectations. Hosted by Jamie Massey who also shares her own journey to motherhood of almost three years. She became a mother at 43 using donor eggs. She has had seven pregnancies and continues to share her journey.Find supportive sisterhood because you aren't alone in this journey to motherhood!
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