Badass Fertility

There are a lot of books out there giving you advice on how to prepare for pregnancy.  But I guarantee none of them are talking about it in quite the same way as we are on today’s show.  If you’ve been struggling to get pregnant, diagnosed with “infertility” or “unexplained in fertility” if you’ve experienced miscarriage or are just starting out in this journey and want expert advice from someone...

Struggling to conceive is one of the most lonely and isolating experiences women endure. All of the women I've met on this journey struggle to share about it with most or even all of the close people in their life. In fact, around half of the women I’ve met on this don’t tell their mothers or their mothers-in-law what’s going on. There’s no right or wrong or good or bad there, but the conseque...

When the stakes are high, and you’re being told your “odds” are low, it feels impossible to believe you’ll ever bring your baby home.  You may look around and find yourself trapped in an awful state of mind that you never expected to be in. Maybe you’re: Crying everyday (or for several days in a row) Wondering if you’re being punished Questioning whether you have any good eggs left at all Wonderin...

For today's episode we're diving back into the Badass Fertility Podcast archives to share one of my all time favorite episodes. We're talking about the power of affirmations to support OR sabotage your efforts to get and stay pregnant. We hear a lot about positive thinking to help you through the struggle to conceive. But we often get misled about exactly why and how it works... and wh...

When we think about getting pregnant, it’s always focused on the physical body.  But what about the role the mind plays in the body? We forget the tremendous toll that stress, anxiety and depression play upon our nervous system. And we pay a high price for that forgetfulness.  Women diagnosed with (my least favorite word) “infertility” experience stress, anxiety and depression levels much higher t...

Meet Nita and Penny. These two badass ladies could've stopped after the first, second, or third failed IUI, but they didn't. They could've given up after a chemical pregnancy, but they didn't. They could've said f*ck this when their sperm donor's junk got lost in transit on transfer day, but they kept going. These two amazing women knew they were meant to be moms and kept s...

One essential thing that we don’t have nearly enough of on this journey is TRUST. Often we stop trusting our body; we stop trusting our choices; we stop trusting that one day our baby will be in our arms. Instead, we begin counting numbers, statistics and odds. We use the past as a predictor of the future, and it does not look good.  In this podcast we explore: ·     Why evolution makes us prone t...

The stress of trying to conceive is incredibly heavy, and one thing that often makes it harder is not knowing how or what to share with your friends.  We often experience a stigma around struggling to get pregnant which makes it nearly impossible to share about it without feeling self-conscious or afraid of being judged.  Even though women who are diagnosed with infertility experience stress level...

Do you feel angry when your period is about to start? Do you snap at your partner more? Do you tend to overcommit when you’re ovulating? Do you even know when you’re ovulating? Our cycles and their impact on us tend to be invisible. We sort of have a vague idea of PMS, but the rest is generally off our radar (at least it was for me for most of my life, lol).  However, paying attention to our entir...

When you get good news on this journey, how do you respond? If you’re like most women who’re struggling to conceive or carry a pregnancy to term, you try not to get too excited.  Does that sound right? If it does, then today’s show is going to help you feel more comfortable celebrating your wins.  If you’ve experienced something traumatic like miscarriage, failed IVF, a diagnosis of unexplained in...

We hear a lot of BS on this journey from our doctors and other “experts”, but sadly, we also tell ourselves a lot of stories that simply aren’t true.  And most of us don’t realize that we’re doing it.  If you’ve had failed IVF treatments, suffered from a miscarriage, been told you have unexplained infertility or any other of the host of things that women experience on this journey, then the odds a...

When getting pregnant gets hard, we obsess about supplements, diet, exercise, doctors, protocols, sleep, energy and so many more things related to the physical body.  And we assume that those are the only necessary bases to cover. Meanwhile, our minds turn into a toxic waste dump and most of us don’t even realize it’s happening. On today’s episode with guest expert Michelle Oravitz, we’re myth-bus...

We all want to know the fastest way to get pregnant, the secret tricks to boost your fertility or the best way to beat stress and boost fertility. But the truth is, when it comes to a lot of this stuff, different things are going to work differently for different people. That said, just because the things you have to “do” may be different, there is one thing that applies to everyone and it’s the s...

Grief on the fertility journey doesn't just refer to the loss of a pregnancy, although that is traumatic and necessitates healing. It also refers to the loss of a dream. As females, we're raised looking forward to getting married and having kids. It's the tagline to every Disney Princess movie you ever watched -even the empowered ones! So, when you encounter challenges to making that h...

Wondering about the power of yoga to treat infertility? You may be asking: ·     Can yoga boost fertility? ·     Can fertility yoga help you conceive? ·     Are there particular yoga poses that support fertility? ·     How does yoga prepare the body for conception and pregnancy?  On today’s show, we’re chatting with Jennifer Edmonds, a fertility yoga, Pilates and meditation expert.  Jen endured a...

Doubt. Disbelief. Despair. Defeat.  These are just a few of the words that describe how hard it is to be in the TTC trenches.  But it truly doesn’t have to be that way.   In fact, no matter where you are on your journey: struggling with failed embryo transfers, just starting IVF, seeking donor eggs, going at it the old-fashioned way, it’s possible to live your journey with greater confidence and e...

When you're trying to have a baby and struggling through infertility, IUI, IVF, or have a condition like endometriosis or PCOS or something else, it's really hard NOT to get overly controlling about things. Right? I've been there and I know how much the desire to become a mom can take over your life and make you start trying to be perfect at everything. We know that perfection doesn&#3...

Nobody who’s going through IVF, trying multiple rounds of IUI, taking Clomid, suffered a miscarriage or had a still born child, feels in control.  The very nature of this stuff feels so far out of our control it’s frightening. That means, if you’re anything like me, you dig in your heals and fight tooth and nail to control as much as you possibly can. You try to be perfect, thinking it’ll help you...

If you’ve been diagnosed with infertility, are doing IVF, IUI or trying to conceive naturally, chances are people have suggested you “just think positive” or “repeat affirmations”  While these can be powerful tools, sometimes they don’t help at all and can even work against you.  That’s because words are meaningless and energy is everything. Sometimes saying something over and over can help us FEE...

If you’ve been diagnosed with infertility or are one the 30% of women diagnosed with unexplained infertility then this episode is for you.  Today we’re talking about how emotions, childhood experiences, and even the experiences of your parents and grandparents can impact your ability to conceive and carry to term. If you’re doing IUI, IVF or trying to conceive naturally,  this is empowering news b...

If you’re like every woman who’s ever struggled to become a mom, then pregnancy announcements HURT. Let’s not sugar coat it: when you hear someone else is pregnant, the thought “ why her and not me?” immediately goes through your head. Then you feel guilty for not automatically being happy, and you try to cover yourself by pretending to be excited as best you can. Meanwhile, inside your brain, you...

As one of our most downloaded podcasts form Season 1, we're re-releasing this extra special podcast today. Plus, as a bonus, you can download this amazing script that tells you EXACTLY what to say when people ask you unwanted questions about having kids. My badass ladies call this a total game changer, and you can grab it for free, right here: https://badassfertility.com/foolproof-comeback/  I...

When Penny and Nita began their conception journey, they knew they’d be working with doctors, but they still expected it to be pretty simple. 6 IUIs and two surgeries later they started losing hope. When they started IVF they also started the badass fertility program, and that is when the journey started to shift. Tune in to hear this amazing story of two women who refused to give up until their s...

When you’re struggling to have your baby it’s natural to get caught in a cycle of fear-based thinking.  And it’s normal to start to believe those thoughts are true. Have you ever found yourself thinking any of these things? ·      you’re afraid we waited too long ·      you’re afraid your body’s failing you ·      you’re afraid of disappointing your partners, parents, and family ·      you’re afra...

In this week's episode I touch on something that I haven’t addressed yet in my podcasts: the way women internalize a sense of being "less than" when they're waiting to become a mom. Today, I'm reflecting on the time when I thought my marriage wouldn't survive if we didn't have kids (!!) The strangest part is that I'm married to my soulmate. But this persistent per...