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In this episode, we pick back up at the moment where Sahana Jayaraman, a San Francisco-based entrepreneur and brand marketing executive, learns another round of IVF has not worked out. Sahana reflects on her long and winding fertility journey, the resilience she has fostered along the way and her desire to create purpose out of pain. 

In this episode, Sahana Jayaraman, an entrepreneur and brand marketing executive from San Francisco, shares her journey through fertility treatment, detailing the twists and turns through miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy, and how she has navigated it all. 

In this episode, Naga Lakshmi Bhagavatula from Seattle discusses her journey through IVF, the importance of sharing fertility experiences and why, ultimately, it’s all about trusting the process.

In this episode, reproductive endocrinology and fertility specialist Dr. Meera Shah discusses the widespread gaps in infertility research, the critical answers we still need and why self-care is essential to weather the challenges of infertility.

In this episode, Vinita Sithapathy, a New York City-based lawyer, takes us through the day she received a diagnosis for premature ovarian failure, how she has navigated her fertility journey since, and why surrendering can be the most liberating thing you can do for yourself. 

In this episode, Dr. Roohi Jeelani shares her fertility journey, from her PCOS diagnosis as a teen to facing the complex IVF journey twice as a patient, all the while caring for her own patients as a reproductive endocrinologist and breaking the taboo of infertility for her own children. 

In this episode, fertility specialist Dr. Chaula Mehta discusses why a whole-person approach is critical in fertility medicine, the most common concerns her South Asian patients express and how informed decision-making is critical for this population.

In this episode, we are joined by Zara Hanawalt, a freelance journalist covering health, lifestyle and parenthood with a focus on women's issues. Zara discusses the challenges she faced in her journey to becoming a mom to twins and why South Asian stories need to be brought into the fertility conversation.