As promised your hosts have gotten together to talk through Amy's birth story of the gorgeous little Aubrey Love. Like everything in Amy's TTC journey this birth did not come easy to her, but she absolutely smashed every hurdle that came her way and boy was it all worth it! She feels unbelievably grateful to have her little miracle in her arms now and hopes she can be a beacon of hope for all the families out there still on this rollercoaster of a journey. If you have any questions about Amy's b...
Jun 18, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 31
In episode 30 our final episode of Season 2, we answer all your questions amongst some bestie banter. This episode is super chilled and laid back and gives you a glimpse into our life as best friends and how we support each other whilst also going into detail on things we have done personally to get through. We hope you enjoy this ep & if you have any other questions please shoot us through a DM on instagram and we will be so happy to help. Show Comments: Useful episodes referenced: - Episod...
May 02, 2022•1 hr 22 min
In episode 29 we talk to Rebecca Smith. Bec started her trying to conceive journey in January 2021 and has sadly already experienced more heart ache in the last 14 months then some do throughout their whole conceiving journey. It all started only weeks after removing her contraceptive mirena when she found out she was pregnant and her and her partner were absolutely blown away how quickly it happened. Not expecting it to happen so soon they were still so overjoyed at the news and already started...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 29
In Episode 28 we talk to Sacha's amazing Natropath, Tia Miers. Tia is a fully qualified naturopath and a proud member of the Australian Natural Therapists Association. Tia Miers Naturopathy was born out of her love for helping those around her achieve optimum health. As a practitioner, her focus is on reconnecting her patients with their bodies. She does this by utilising up-to-date research, lab testing and evidence based naturopathic medicine, including individualised herbal tonics and compoun...
Apr 18, 2022•49 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Tel and her husband had a long and tough two and a half years of trying for their little miracle. Tel was told she has PCOS so they went on to do 7 medicated cycles, unfortunately all with no success. After trying that they also did 2 IUI's but again unsuccessful. with IVF being a little out of their budget at the time they did some research into a bulk billing IVF clinic where she did 4 transfers but unfortunately again all 4 failed! Feeling super defeated Tel did some of her own research and f...
Apr 11, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 27
In 2016 Chloe was suffering from irregular periods and acne which led to a diagnosis of polycystic ovarian syndrome. She was told to start thinking about pregnancy and having a baby if she wanted a family, however she was only 19 years old and this came as a huge shock. Instead, she tried fixing her issues with contraceptive pills which proved to be absolutely useless, so she decided to stop taking the pill all together. Fast forward a few years later and still thinking that she would struggle t...
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 26
In Episode 25 we talk with Melissa Kupsch who is a Homeopath. So what is homeopathy you may ask? Well it’s an energetic system of medicine based off the principles that like cures like. It is almost like liquid acupuncture in the sense that it stimulates the energy of the body. Homeopaths typically do a full case taking, they find out every single thing they can about their patient, their current health status, their medical history, family medical history, they examine their physical, mental an...
Mar 28, 2022•55 min•Season 2Ep. 25
In Episode 24 we chat with one of our listeners Ashleigh Johnson, who has been brave enough to share her story with our community. Ashleigh and her partner started their journey 5 years ago shortly after their wedding. She had come off the pill and still hadn’t received a bleed which started to become concerning. Unfortunately, after seeing a fertility specialist, she was diagnosed with PCOS and was told to start ovulation induction medication. The medication was doing it’s job and Ashleigh went...
Mar 21, 2022•46 min
In Episode 23 we talk with one of our lovely listener's Sally. After being on their trying to conceive journey for 10 months, Sally suffered through her first miscarriage and just a few short months later, another one after that. Wanting some answers Sally started exploring the route of IVF and underwent a hysteroscopy procedure where her surgeon discovered some unexplained scar tissue on her womb called asherman’s syndrome. Fast forward another miscarriage, a laparoscopic surgery and the discov...
Mar 14, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 23
In episode 22 we talk to the beautiful Abby Mckibben about her long and very trying journey with infertility. Abby always knew she might have some trouble conceiving as she had suffered from endometriosis from a very young age. Over 8 years Abby went through countless laparoscopic surgeries and had a Myomectomy which is major surgery to remove a fibroid growing in her uterus. The recovery for a surgery like this is similar to a caesarean which put a huge holt on her IVF cycles. After taking some...
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 22
In today’s episode we are talking to a beautiful young lady named Jayde. Jayde is 34 years old and already has a 12-year-old son, however she had her worries around trying for baby number 2 given she is a little older and what specialists would say as approaching that “geriatric pregnancy age”. Much to her surprise last year she was fortunate enough to fall pregnant quite quickly and the first 12 weeks of her pregnancy were absolutely bliss! Unfortunately, this blissful feeling was short lived a...
Feb 28, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 21
In episode 20 we chat to Candy Farmer about her experience battling through secondary infertility. Candy who has had a really rough ride trying to fall pregnant in later years was fortunate enough to have her first child when she was 17, where she did it tough as a single mum until she met her amazing partner Joel and started on her next TTC journey at age 31 They were trying without trying for 3 years, fell pregnant and then has a miscarriage around 7 weeks. They have spent a total of 7 years T...
Feb 21, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Today we talk to the Co-owner of the Brisbane based Maia Mother’s Clinic, Emma Morris. She is a nutritionist who is passionate about women’s health and supporting mother’s through their preconception, conception and post-partum journeys. Emma has her own fertility journey which started back in 2019. The start to this journey came to a quick holt when she fell unwell and learned she was suffering from breast implant illness. Her breast implants were removed, and she felt like a new woman however ...
Feb 14, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 19
In todays episode we are speaking to one of our good friends Lucinda who is also the Co-owner of Core Crystal Co. Lucinda’s trying to conceive journey felt like it started with a bang when her and her partner fell pregnant quite quickly, which was an absolute blessing. Unfortunately this pregnancy resulted in a miscarriage early on and left the pair devastated. Going through the grief of a miscarriage as well as going through the disappointment of month after month not falling pregnant again, wa...
Feb 07, 2022•57 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Welcome back darlings!! We are so excited to be back with our I&B Community for Season 2 of the poddy, which is going to be filled with so many amazing eps just you wait! The first cab off the rank, we have your hosts catching up on all thing’s life updates, we discuss all the last-minute changes that 2021 through our way and Sacha talks about her struggles with pregnancy after loss. THEN we touch on some of Season 2’s episode details and reveal some of our amazing guests that you can expect...
Jan 31, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Monique’s journey started a little differently about 10 years ago when she completely lost her period. Little did she know that at the time, her adrenals were working in overdrive and her body was constantly running on fight or flight, she was over exercising and under eating. But this was just the beginning to Monique’s 9 year long journey with no menstrual cycle, which led her down the path of finding out she had leaky gut, SIBO and was an undiagnosed celiac. Monique tells us how she holistica...
Nov 21, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In episode 15 we speak with the amazingly talented Rachel Volp. Rachel is an Acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine Practitioner who has a passion for the human mind and body. Rachel is the proud owner of Vyne Health located in Varsity Lakes on the Gold Coast and her team offer acupuncture services, naturopathy as well pregnancy and fertility massage. Rachel specialises in oncology and cancer related acupuncture, fertility and pregnancy as well as stress and anxiety. Rach has taught me celebrate the...
Nov 14, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In episode 14 we talk with our special guest Tahnee Milner. Tahnee came off the contraception pill in 2018 and at first her and her partner were not actively trying to conceive however after 6 months she still did not have a period. Tahnee sought the advice of a specialist where she was subsequently told she had PCOS, she was determined to gain her cycle back naturally and after 14 months she got her period back! Unfortunately, from there Tahnee has had to do ovulation induction, had 4 miscarria...
Nov 07, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In episode 13 we are chatting with the lovely Michaela Bradley who has an extremely unique story! When Michaela was 15 she was experiencing very heavy periods and thought she could possibly have endometriosis, however her actual diagnosis is something that she never thought was possible. After a papsmear she was diagnosed with having 2 uteruses, after finding out she felt very ashamed and uneducated about the female anatomy to the point that she didn’t even feel comfortable telling her mum. When...
Oct 31, 2021•1 hr 2 min
In episode 12 we sit down and unpack all your questions. You can bet there is a lot of banter and laughs throughout this session, but the specific topics you can expect to hear include: Post transfer tips & tricks What it’s like to get your fallopian tubes flushed The side effects of ovulation induction medication How to stay positive when you don’t have a diagnosis Juggling IVF & work What does bulk billing IVF actually cost? How to pass time in the first few weeks of pregnancy How a TT...
Oct 24, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In episode 11 we talk to the amazing Daneika Lewis. Daneika started her journey in January of 2017, and has now been trying to conceive for close to five years now. She was diagnosed with endo at an early age which has resulted in many laparoscopic surgeries over the years, and since TTC she has had clots in her jugular vein, superior vena cava, subclevian and liver and from there she was diagnosed with a number of concerning health conditions which meant she had to be on blood thinning medicati...
Oct 17, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In episode 10 we bring you a story from our dear friend Sharni. Sharni has not struggled with infertility, but she sure has had more than her fair share of struggles. Her little girl was born with Polymicrogyria, Arthrogryposis, and she had an Omphalocele present at the 12-week scan. The Arthrogryposis was picked up after 20 weeks, but the Polymicrogyria was not diagnosed until an MRI after birth. Further to this, she was also born with 2 holes in her heart. A few years later Sharni then suffere...
Oct 10, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Welcome back to another episode of the infertility and beyond podcast. Today we are joined by our special guest Sarah Matene. Sarah is 28 years old and her first child was a little surprise blessing when she was just 18 years young. 2 years later she decided she wanted to give her son a sibling and fell pregnant quite quickly which felt like another blessing. Sadly Sarah’s second pregnancy resulted in a still birth in her third trimester. Sarah takes us through that heart breaking time and how s...
Oct 03, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In episode 8 we talk with the amazing Olivia. Oliva has suffered from PCOS and endometriosis since she was a teenager, which has led her to needing 6 laparoscopic surgeries all before the age of 28. She conceived her first baby naturally which was much to her surprise, she then went on to experience secondary infertility and go down the path of IVF. Olivia’s journey includes in the ups and downs of IVF, loss, failed implantation, feeling unsupported from her clinic and then having to go into art...
Sep 26, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Its not easy going through infertility, but its also really difficult knowing how to navigate your friend/family members feelings and emotions in such uncertain times. We hope this episode can give you an insight to how they might be feeling, what words/ comments could be triggering and how you can better support them going forward! If you're listening to this episode for a friend shout out to you for being amazing! Don't forget to let us know what you thought of this episode!
Sep 19, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In Episode 6 we talk with the gorgeous Georgie Stevenson. Georgie is 27 years young and lives a fast paced and fulfilled life running a natural supplement business with her brother, as well as building her own self-development rise and conquer podcast and community. She is currently 30 weeks pregnant with her rainbow baby girl, and while her life may look perfect on the surface, Georgie’s journey has been far from easy. Georgie talks about what it was like to be told your infertile, have a surpr...
Sep 12, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Episode 5: In today’s episode we talk with the beautiful Krystal Elton. Krystal is 41 and started her journey a little later on in life and she now has an 18-month-old little girl coco. She has her baby in her arms now however at one point she didn’t know if that would ever be possible. Krystal was diagnosed with endometriosis at 17, has had numerous laparoscopy surgeries, found out she had an extremely low egg count which subsequently led to her and her partner going down the donor egg route. K...
Sep 05, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 5
The boys let us interview them about all things infertility! They dig deep & give you all an insight into how they have felt through out this journey & provide some heart felt experiences and advice. If you know our partners you know they love a good DAD joke and never take anything too seriously. Jump over to our Instagram page @infertilityandbeyond_ and show us some love!! & If you enjoyed this podcast don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a glowing review!
Aug 29, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Today we discuss Sacha’s infertility journey we’re she opens up about experiencing PCOS, IVF and loss. TRIGGER WARNING: Sacha does talk about going through a miscarriage in this episode. LINKS: Acupuncture - A Modern Acupuncture Clinic on the Gold Coast | Vyne Health Gold Coast based fertility specialist - Dr Tina Fleming - Grace Private Natropath - Tia Miers Naturopathy Bulk billing IVF clinic - Bulk Billing IVF Clinic in Gold Coast | The Fertility Centre Jump over to our Instagram page @infert...
Aug 26, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Today we discuss Amy’s raw and emotional journey thus far. Amy goes into detail about her unexplained infertility struggles, IVF experience, plus some set backs along the way. She also shares with us where she is currently at on her journey. LINKS: Acupuncture - Awaken Acupuncture Bulimba | Kate Zouev Infertility Specialist Brisbane - Dr Scott Salisbury Gynaecologist - Dr Glenda McLaren Bulk Billing IVF Clinic - First Step Fertility Jump over to our Instagram page @infertilityandbeyond_ and show...
Aug 22, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 2
