# ivf — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 18 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover ivf. Page: Feed: --- ## [Two Moms, Two Hardships, One Comfort Show](https://becomingmomrealtalk.substack.com/p/comfort-shows-grief) _2026-08-18 · Vaughan | Becoming Mom · Becoming Mom_ How The Summer I Turned Pretty gave us hope and solace through pregnancy loss and a child’s illness. ## Perimenopause Symptoms: The Early Signs You May Not Recognize with Dr. Alicia Robbins _2026-08-18 · As a Woman_ Your periods are still regular and your labs may even look “normal.” So why aren’t you sleeping? Why has your mood changed? And why do you suddenly feel like a different version of yourself? In this episode of the As a Woman podcast, Dr. Natalie Crawford talks with Dr. Alicia Robbins, a board-certified OB/GYN, certified Menopause Society Practitioner, and founder of The Elm. They discuss why sleep… [Listen](https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/PCL3942410153.mp3) ## [Before You Spend Five Figures Without a Plan, Read This.](https://solofertility40s.substack.com/p/start-here-before-you-spend-five) _2026-08-17 · Sarah - Solo Fertility 40s · Solo Fertility In Your 40s_ Who I am, how I got here, and where to start your own plan - whether you haven't had a consultation yet or you're already mid-treatment. ## [629 | Elise Two births, HG, DCDA twins, induced labour, special care nursery, TFMR](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/629-elise-two-births-hg-dcda-twins-induced-labour-special-care-nursery-tfmr) _2026-08-17 · Australian Birth Stories_ In this episode I chat to Elise, originally from Scotland and now living on Sydney's Northern Beaches with her partner Dan and their three children. Elise has experienced severe hyperemesis gravidarum in all three of her pregnancies, and she takes us through an incredibly quick, vaginal birth with her first daughter Delilah, the heartbreaking termination for medical reasons of her daughter Rain… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/dd9ba577-36be-4a12-8b47-b4a90043a13a/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [The pattern nobody warns you about](https://solofertility40s.substack.com/p/the-pattern-nobody-warns-you-about) _2026-08-15 · Sarah - Solo Fertility 40s · Solo Fertility In Your 40s_ The Saturday Letter: Preparing for IVF can be learned - before you spend five figures. ## [628 | Tully Smyth - finding love, egg freezing, elective caesarean, breastfeeding, grief and motherhood](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/628-tully-smyth-finding-love-egg-freezing-elective-caesarean-breastfeeding-grief-and-motherhood) _2026-08-13 · Australian Birth Stories_ In this episode I chat to Tully Smyth about her winding road to motherhood and the birth of her daughter, Elke. Tully shares her honest experience of being single well into her thirties, the decision to freeze her eggs twice, and how that choice changed the way she approached dating and eventually met her partner, Ned. She talks candidly about choosing an elective caesarean, the guilt and shame… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/ab70ecfe-3a9a-434a-96b9-b4a50057918f/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [10 Ways the Maternal Health System Could Better Serve Moms](https://becomingmomrealtalk.substack.com/p/10-ways-the-maternal-health-system) _2026-08-12 · Vaughan | Becoming Mom · Becoming Mom_ The maternal health system was built for mothers. So why doesn’t it always feel like it? ## Egg Quality: Can You Improve It Naturally in 90 Days? What Actually Helps? _2026-08-11 · As a Woman_ Your eggs begin developing months before ovulation. So what can you actually do during that window to improve your egg quality? In this episode of the As a Woman podcast, reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Natalie Crawford explains the 60-to-90-day process of egg development and why age is only one part of the egg-quality conversation. She explores how nutrition, inflammation, mitochondrial health,… [Listen](https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/PCL9339860920.mp3) ## [SART Fertility Experts - Behind the Breakthroughs: Understanding Fertility Research](https://startwithsart.libsyn.com/sart-fertility-experts-behind-the-breakthroughs-understanding-fertility-research) _2026-08-11 · SART Fertility Experts_ In this episode of the SART Fertility Experts podcast, Dr. Joseph Findley speaks with Dr. Rachel Weinerman about how research shapes the field of reproductive endocrinology and infertility. They explain what medical research involves, from forming a hypothesis and designing a study to analyzing data, undergoing peer review, and publishing results. The conversation also explores why objectivity,… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/startwithsart/SART-S7-FINDLEY_WEINERMAN.mp3?dest-id=1930949) ## [You don't know if you're too late to start IVF at 40-something. But here's what you do know.](https://solofertility40s.substack.com/p/you-dont-know-if-youre-too-late-to) _2026-08-11 · Sarah - Solo Fertility 40s · Solo Fertility In Your 40s_ Why fertility statistics look like a verdict - and why they aren't one. ## [Open this .onion address (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/tcwzxz8mIMjn) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Access 7btj5kisrpopxjkhmcugbiygfk2xd6op3ta7whfrmxxrldyrlh5b5zad.onion using a Tor browser. ## [Five Egg Donors We Can’t Stop Thinking About](https://www.beforethebaby.org/p/five-egg-donors-we-cant-stop-thinking) _2026-08-10 · Charlie Bird · Before the Baby_ After 20,000+ profiles, these are the ones that keep rising to the top ## [627 | Amy - Five births, blended family, prodromal labour, assisted vaginal birth](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/amy-five-births-blended-family-prodromal-labour-assisted-vaginal-birth) _2026-08-10 · Australian Birth Stories_ In this episode I chat with Amy, a birth photographer and former doula living on the Sunshine Coast, about the birth of her fifth baby, her first with her now husband after a divorce from the father of her first four children. Amy takes us through meeting her husband, the decision to grow their blended family, a frightening heterotopic pregnancy scare, weeks of prodromal labour, her waters… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/b29030db-056d-452f-b057-b4a2006a3140/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [even in this life](https://atthebottomofeverything.substack.com/p/even-in-this-life) _2026-08-09 · Amy Lin · At The Bottom Of Everything_ We travel sixteen hours to give Wilder the ocean. ## [You’re allowed to question the conventional family structure](https://solofertility40s.substack.com/p/youre-allowed-to-question-the-conventional) _2026-08-08 · Sarah - Solo Fertility 40s · Solo Fertility In Your 40s_ The Saturday Letter: What we've been sold about the shape of motherhood - and what the research actually says ## [626 Navigating Postpartum Support with Dr Eliza Hannam](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/626-navigating-postpartum-support-with-dr-eliza-hannam) _2026-08-07 · Australian Birth Stories_ Breastfeeding and sleep concerns are common in early parenthood but unfortunately, many GP's aren't qualified to support you through these challenges. So where do you go for professional advice? In this episode, Dr Eliza Hannam discusses her early motherhood experiences alongside her role as a GP, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and a Neuroprotective Development Care… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/4f5729d8-4415-4f0c-aa27-b49f002d298f/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [How My Postpartum Anxiety Shaped the Therapist I Became](https://becomingmomrealtalk.substack.com/p/how-my-postpartum-anxiety-shaped) _2026-08-05 · Vaughan | Becoming Mom · Becoming Mom_ My experience with postpartum anxiety changed the course of my career—and taught me how to sit beside mothers and help them feel less alone. ## Will You Ever Want Sex Again? Low Libido, Hormones & Desire with Dr. Kelly Casperson _2026-08-04 · As a Woman_ Low libido in women is often blamed on stress, aging, or relationship problems, but changes in desire may begin years before menopause and can involve hormones, medications, pain, sleep, blood flow, and the difference between spontaneous and responsive desire. Dr. Natalie Crawford sits down with board-certified urologist Dr. Kelly Casperson, author of “You Are Not Broken” and “The Menopause… [Listen](https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/PCL4774622162.mp3) ## [625 Jessie Stephens | twin pregnancy, gestational diabetes, premature birth, NICU, breastfeeding twins](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/625-jessie-stephens-twin-pregnancy-gestational-diabetes-premature-birth-nicu-breastfeeding-twins) _2026-08-03 · Australian Birth Stories_ In this episode, I chat with Jessie Stephens, who many of you will remember from her first birth story with her daughter Luna in episode 415. Jessie returns to share her second pregnancy and birth journey, this time with a twist nobody expected, twins. She takes us through the heartbreak of a miscarriage, the shock of discovering twins at her scan, gestational diabetes, a premature caesarean birth… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/62b6dadd-6496-4e1a-a573-b49b0067f17f/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [How to avoid being a passive bystander in your treatment](https://solofertility40s.substack.com/p/how-to-avoid-being-a-passive-bystander) _2026-08-01 · Sarah - Solo Fertility 40s · Solo Fertility In Your 40s_ The questions that stop decisions being made for you ## [624 Danni Duncan four babies, twin birth, emergency caesarean, VBAC, bowel cancer survivor](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/624-danni-duncan-four-babies-twin-birth-emergency-caesarean-vbac-bowel-cancer-survivor) _2026-07-30 · Australian Birth Stories_ I chat with Danni, a mother of four living on the Gold Coast, who takes us through eight remarkably eventful years of motherhood. Danni shares her path to becoming a mum of four, including a miscarriage before her first pregnancy, the surprise of conceiving twins through ovulation induction, an emergency caesarean for her daughter Harlow, a VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean) she fought hard for… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/908994db-02c9-4f4c-ad4d-b497006c9872/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [Real SIMs for AI Agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/6I25UtgcP47L) _2026-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Pass 2FA and verifications with real carrier numbers via our API. ## [BONUS: Guardians of the Home: Discerning the Voice of Truth and Forming Peace-Filled Homes](https://www.snstephenson.com/brave-new-us-podcast/stephanie-gray-connors-pjsx9-lcfla-xmatz-3tnrk-f3a8p-wzeg6-2mj4x-tb2tf-brgt7-43r29) _2026-07-29 · Samantha Stephenson · Brave New Us: Choosing Human in a Synthetic World_ Recorded live at the Rocky Mountain Catholic Home Educators Conference (June 20, 2026) Our homes are not just places where we live—they are places where souls are formed. In this keynote from the 2026 Rocky Mountain Catholic Home Educators Conference, Samantha Stephenson invites parents to see their vocation with fresh eyes. In a culture saturated with anxiety, distraction, algorithms, and… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/static1.squarespace.com/static/5d2e34feeecd2e0001f7f5ec/t/6a51140e5b87f063a0830045/1786143697293/4.+Keynote+2+-+Guardians+of+the+Home+by+Samantha+Stephenson.mp3) ## [Let's Talk About Men and Miscarriage](https://becomingmomrealtalk.substack.com/p/hows-your-wife-doing) _2026-07-28 · Vaughan | Becoming Mom · Becoming Mom_ On fatherhood, pregnancy loss, and the partners we fail to see. ## FERTILITY Q&A: Ovulation, Recurrent Loss, IUI, PMOS, and More _2026-07-28 · As a Woman_ When your cycles are regular, your ultrasound looks normal, or you have been pregnant before, how do you know when it is time to look deeper? Fertility testing does not always give you the whole picture. An LH surge is not the same as the day you ovulate, a normal ultrasound cannot rule out every uterine issue, and previous pregnancies do not protect you from secondary infertility or recurrent… [Listen](https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/PCL3107271072.mp3) ## [Before you trust a fertility clinic's success rate - read this.](https://solofertility40s.substack.com/p/before-you-trust-a-fertility-clinics) _2026-07-28 · Sarah - Solo Fertility 40s · Solo Fertility In Your 40s_ The one number every clinic leads with, and what it might not be telling you. ## [The Fertility Results Are Finally In](https://www.beforethebaby.org/p/the-fertility-results-are-finally) _2026-07-27 · Charlie Bird · Before the Baby_ Here's the Update on our Genetic Testing and Fertility Analyses ## [623 | Grace - Two births, midwifery care, induction, homebirth, physiological birth, fetal ejection reflex](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/623-grace-two-births-midwifery-care-induction-homebirth-physiological-birth-fetal-ejection-reflex) _2026-07-27 · Australian Birth Stories_ In this episode, high school teacher and mother of two Grace shares her contrasting birth stories from Wollongong, NSW. Her first pregnancy was meticulously researched and planned. Grace approached conception with the same precision she'd bring to organising a holiday, using ovulation tracking and basal temperature monitoring to conceive her daughter Frankie. Though she'd arranged a private… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/c9fb43ed-4407-4923-84d9-b494004cb1cf/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [Happy World IVF Day. 48 years on, here's what still doesn't win prizes](https://solofertility40s.substack.com/p/happy-world-ivf-day-48-years-on-heres) _2026-07-25 · Sarah - Solo Fertility 40s · Solo Fertility In Your 40s_ The science is extraordinary. The care is where it falls apart - and what that means for women like us. ## [detailing my devotions](https://atthebottomofeverything.substack.com/p/detailing-my-devotions) _2026-07-24 · Amy Lin · At The Bottom Of Everything_ ever heard of angular cheilitis? ## [622 | Hilary’s Birth, MGP, Secondary Infertility, Missed miscarriage, Advanced Maternal Age, Induction, Cervical Lip](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/622-hilary-s-birth-mgp-secondary-infertility-missed-miscarriage-advanced-maternal-age-induction-cervical-lip) _2026-07-23 · Australian Birth Stories_ Join me today for a conversation with my sister, Hilary who shares her second pregnancy and birth with her daughter Rhoda. I was in the birth centre from the moment her waters broke. It was the first birth I've ever attended and such a precious experience (although I think it confirmed that I wouldn't be the best doula). I had a few roles on the day: support sister, photographer and baby catcher.… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/c4924a1f-3430-4896-b420-b490005e9ba3/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [Anne Hathaway's Pregnancy at 43 Is Beautiful News. For Solo Women, the Reality Is More Complicated.](https://solofertility40s.substack.com/p/anne-hathaways-pregnancy-at-43-is) _2026-07-22 · Sarah - Solo Fertility 40s · Solo Fertility In Your 40s_ Natural conception and IVF at 43 are two completely different propositions. The headlines won't tell you that. ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/dU0oxWoU4NFN) _2026-07-22 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when a friend signs up for the Graphite Business Card ## [The Woman Who Wore My Engagement Ring](https://becomingmomrealtalk.substack.com/p/the-woman-who-wore-my-engagement) _2026-07-21 · Vaughan | Becoming Mom · Becoming Mom_ For years I told myself diapers kept me from wearing my engagement ring. The truth was far more complicated. ## The Biggest Birth Control Myths (and What's Actually True) with Dr. Fran Haydanek _2026-07-21 · As a Woman_ For decades, women were handed a birth control prescription and sent home. Side effects were minimized. Questions were met with reassurance instead of real information. That left a vacuum, and into that vacuum poured a wave of claims that hormonal birth control is toxic, wrecks your hormones, causes infertility, and takes years to recover from. The truth? Birth control isn't as simple as "good" or… [Listen](https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/PCL8320595375.mp3) ## [621 | Freya - 35-week premature birth after car accident, hyperemesis gravidarum, tongue tie, perinatal anxiety](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/621-freya-35-week-premature-birth-after-car-accident-hyperemesis-gravidarum-tongue-tie-perinatal-anxiety) _2026-07-20 · Australian Birth Stories_ In this episode I chat with Freya, a paediatric doctor from Melbourne, about her pregnancy and premature vaginal birth of her daughter Goldie. Freya's journey to motherhood came with more challenges than most; she battled severe hyperemesis gravidarum for her entire pregnancy, was involved in a serious car accident at 34 weeks, and went into spontaneous labour at just 35 weeks. Her professional… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/5178b478-a2f6-437b-85c5-b48d00476c95/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [I've Looked Through Almost 20,000 Egg Donor Profiles](https://www.beforethebaby.org/p/ive-looked-through-almost-20000-egg) _2026-07-18 · Charlie Bird · Before the Baby_ What I've learned and what I wish I knew sooner ## ["Let’s be optimistic” is not a treatment plan](https://solofertility40s.substack.com/p/lets-be-optimistic-is-not-a-treatment) _2026-07-17 · Sarah - Solo Fertility 40s · Solo Fertility In Your 40s_ The red flag I mistook for positivity — and the €11,000 it cost me. ## [What the Moon Taught Me About Motherhood](https://becomingmomrealtalk.substack.com/p/what-the-moon-taught-me-about-motherhood) _2026-07-14 · Vaughan | Becoming Mom · Becoming Mom_ The magic was there all along; I just needed to notice it. 💫 🌖 ## The Biggest Fertility Myths That Could Delay Pregnancy _2026-07-14 · As a Woman_ Host Dr. Natalie Crawford dives straight into the heavy cloud of misinformation surrounding reproductive health to uncover the real science behind your body. In this episode of the As a Woman podcast, she unmasks the pervasive, everyday myths that quietly delay testing and cause unnecessary self-blame for individuals trying to conceive. By breaking down outdated medical timelines and complex… [Listen](https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/PCL4216406217.mp3) ## [SART Fertility Experts - The Strength to Speak: Men, Infertility, and the Weight of Silence](https://startwithsart.libsyn.com/sart-fertility-experts-the-strength-to-speak-men-infertility-and-the-weight-of-silence) _2026-07-14 · SART Fertility Experts_ Male infertility is common, but the emotional toll often remains hidden behind silence, stigma, and expectations about masculinity. In this episode of SART Fertility Experts, psychologist Dr. Bill Petok speaks with Dr. Brennan Peterson, professor, licensed marriage and family therapist, and leading researcher on the mental health impact of infertility in men. They explore how an infertility… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/startwithsart/SART_S7_PETOK_PETERSON_REV1.mp3?dest-id=1930949) ## [620 | Jade - Stage four endometriosis, two vastly different births, postural headaches, fear of second birth, dream water birth, PND](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/620-jade-stage-four-endometriosis-two-vastly-different-births-postural-headaches-fear-of-second-birth-dream-water-birth-pnd) _2026-07-14 · Australian Birth Stories_ Jade is a registered nurse of fourteen years, a newly qualified doula, and a birth photographer living on Sydney's Northern Beaches with her husband Matt, her daughters Milla, four, and Remi, seventeen months, and their beloved Westie, Doug. Diagnosed with stage four endometriosis at twenty-one, Jade spent years wondering whether motherhood would come easily. Thankfully it did, but what followed… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/de4c95a0-9788-43e6-9490-b487002744cc/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [Guest post: The egg was never waiting to be chosen](https://solofertility40s.substack.com/p/guest-post-the-egg-was-never-waiting) _2026-07-10 · Sarah - Solo Fertility 40s · Solo Fertility In Your 40s_ Milli Hill exposes the stories we’ve been told about being female and replaces them with a new narrative: women are powerful, strong and perfect just as we are. ## [BONUS: Should Catholics Trust AI?](https://www.snstephenson.com/brave-new-us-podcast/stephanie-gray-connors-pjsx9-lcfla-xmatz-3tnrk-f3a8p-wzeg6-2mj4x-tb2tf-brgt7) _2026-07-08 · Samantha Stephenson · Brave New Us: Choosing Human in a Synthetic World_ Artificial intelligence is changing how we search for information, write, create, learn, and even pray. But what happens when AI enters the life of the Church? In this episode of Brave New Us , Samantha Stephenson sits down with Tim, creator of Chatechism , one of the most ambitious Catholic AI projects to date. Together they explore not only what AI can do for Catholics, but also where it… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/static1.squarespace.com/static/5d2e34feeecd2e0001f7f5ec/t/6a4ec633821cf32143d7621d/1783697511606/Tim+Chatechism+Edited+and+Clean.mp3) ## What Pregnancy Reveals About Your Hormonal Future with Dr. Amanda Horton _2026-07-07 · As a Woman_ Host Dr. Natalie Crawford sits down with Double Board certified maternal-fetal medicine specialist Dr. Amanda Horton to unpack the hidden biological reality behind pregnancy complications. This episode cuts through the standard postpartum noise to explore how conditions like preeclampsia and gestational diabetes act as critical indicators for a woman's future health. By framing pregnancy as the… [Listen](https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/PCL1571117092.mp3) ## [Nothing About Motherhood Will Look the Way You Planned, And That's Okay.](https://becomingmomrealtalk.substack.com/p/nothing-about-motherhood-will-look) _2026-06-30 · Vaughan | Becoming Mom · Becoming Mom_ On miscarriage, matrescence, and the woman who emerges alongside the baby. ## Sperm Health and Male Fertility _2026-06-30 · As a Woman_ If you have ever assumed that navigating fertility is a journey meant solely for the female body, this conversation is here to completely change your perspective. Host Dr. Natalie Crawford breaks down the stark biological reality of male reproductive health, focusing on why waiting a full year before checking a semen analysis is a massive, time-wasting mistake for hopeful couples. By pulling back… [Listen](https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/PCL9447002314.mp3) ## [KROQ Radio Host Ally Johnson on IVF, Secondary Infertility & Going Through It On Air](https://shows.acast.com/pregnantish/episodes/kroq-radio-host-ally-johnson-on-ivf-secondary-infertility-go) _2026-06-28 · Pregnantish_ What happens when your fertility journey unfolds in front of thousands of listeners? In this episode of The Pregnantish Podcast , Andrea Syrtash sits down with Ally Johnson , radio personality, content creator, voice artist, and co-host of The Klein Ally Show on Los Angeles' iconic rock station, KROQ . Many listeners know Ally from the raw and emotional moments she shared live on air as she… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5e62956f2a3a569c7ad19425/e/6a4132329fa27d16ae854efd/media.mp3) ## [We Built a Support System for Adolescents. Where's the One for Mothers?](https://becomingmomrealtalk.substack.com/p/we-tell-pregnant-women-about-childbirth) _2026-06-24 · Vaughan | Becoming Mom · Becoming Mom_ If adolescence comes with guidance counselors, peer support, and a measure of grace, why doesn't motherhood? ## What Nobody Tells You About Bringing Home a Newborn with Dr. Ari Brown _2026-06-23 · As a Woman_ Bringing home a newborn can feel like stepping into a world you are completely unprepared for, whether your road to parenthood was seamless or shaped by years of fertility treatments. 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