Day 1 Podcast

PLEASE PROTECT YOUR HEART Themes: Donor conception; unexpected pregnancy; spontaneous pregnancy After a year-long hiatus, Day 1 founder Emily Getz returns alongside her husband, Evan Mintz, to share a heartfelt life update following the birth of their daughter and an unexpected twist: a surprise pregnancy announcement. After seven years of medical interventions, pregnancy loss, and ultimately find...

THEMES: fertility, pregnancy, grief, donor eggs, emotional journey, community support, mindset, trauma, family, acceptance In honour of Canadian Fertility Awareness Week 2025, and to help provide the unspoken side of what it is like to be pregnant after a multi-year fertility struggle. For Emily is being interviewed by one of her besties, prior podcast guest and fertility patient, Brooke Tkatch. I...

*Themes: Nurture vs. Nature, Genetics, Epigentics, Donor Conception, Surrogacy, Pregnancy Loss, Miscarriage In this enlightening conversation, Emily welcomes Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum PhD to explore the profound impact of early experiences on brain development, the ongoing debate of nurture versus nature, and the effects of generational trauma. They discuss the emotional and physical implications of p...

*Themes: IVF, surrogacy, genetic challenges, miscarriage, genetic conditions, secondary infertility, resilience, parenting, emotional journey, advocacy, personal growth, life lessons, grief, acceptance In this conversation, Alison Beder Solway, author of the amazing book, The Miles We Run, shares her deeply personal journey through motherhood, infertility, and surrogacy. She discusses the challeng...

*Themes: IVF, egg donation, surrogacy, genetic challenges, emotional support, secondary infertility, resilience, family dynamics, mental health, advocacy In this conversation, Andy Hanson shares her deeply personal journey through fertility challenges, including genetic issues, multiple miscarriages, and the emotional toll of navigating egg donation and surrogacy. She discusses the importance of a...

ANOYMOUS FERTILITY CONVERSATION SERIES *Themes: IVF // Secondary Infertility // Miscarriage // Age + Family Planning During this anonymous conversation with a fertility patient Emily, chats with her guest about the complexities of fertility journeys, including the emotional toll of miscarriages, the challenges of fertility treatments, and the impact of age on family planning. This guest is still i...

*Themes: IVF // Pregnancy Announcements // Staying connected with loved ones Introducing a new series called, Anonymous Fertility Conversations, which is addressing the gap around ensuring we are capturing stories and real struggles of those who are still on a fertility journey. Today's conversation is all about how to manage pregnancy announcements, putting up boundaries and navigating friendship...

*Themes: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss // Pregnancy After Loss // IVF // Spontaneous Pregnancy* In today's episode, Emily sits down with friend and client, Anna Breton - Honeyman, who shares how she let go of the HOW in order to continue her pursuit towards her daughter. This is a story that speaks about multiple pregnancy losses, navigating the IVF world, investigating reproductive immunology and lean...

*Pregnancy Announcement* Since 2019, Emily and Evan have been struggling to build their family and today they share their news of being 14 weeks pregnant. This episode is a raw window into the complexities behind pregnancy after loss, their fears around an egg donor journey and a celebration of making it to this milestone.

During CFAW 2024, I had the privilege of hosting an IG Live series called "From The Sidelines" where I interviewed people who are on the sidelines of the journey and rarely get to speak about their experience of a fertility journey. We recorded this as an IG Live, BUT also as a podcast! So if you missed it on the gram, here it is in podcast form. Robbie Tkatch, joins us to speak about hi...

During CFAW 2024, I had the privilege of hosting an IG Live series called "From The Sidelines" where I interviewed people who are on the sidelines of the journey and rarely get to speak about their experience of a fertility journey. We recorded this as an IG Live, BUT also as a podcast! So if you missed it on the gram, here it is in podcast form. Transformation coach, Catherine Farquhars...

During CFAW 2024, I had the privilege of hosting an IG Live series called "From The Sidelines" where I interviewed people who are on the sidelines of the journey and rarely get to speak about their experience of a fertility journey. We recorded this as an IG Live, BUT also as a podcast! So if you missed it on the gram, here it is in podcast form. Bleema Getz, Emily's MOM joins us to...

During CFAW 2024, I had the privilege of hosting an IG Live series called "From The Sidelines" where I interviewed people who are on the sidelines of the journey and rarely get to speak about their experience of a fertility journey. We recorded this as an IG Live, BUT also as a podcast! So if you missed it on the gram, here it is in podcast form. Sarah Smith, current fertility patient an...

During CFAW 2024, I had the privilege of hosting an IG Live series called "From The Sidelines" and TV personality, Chloe Wilde kicked it off! We recorded this as an IG Live, but also as a podcast! So if you missed it on the gram, here it is in podcast form. We dive into Chloe's IVF journey, how she moved through fear, sadness and loss. How she managed work and IVF treatment and advic...

On today's episode Emily is joined by Shauna Walton, well- known Toronto interior designer and friend to share for the FIRST TIME her experience with secondary infertility. Shauna shares about what were the hardest moments, the funniest experiences and her mindset as she spent 3+ years keeping her eye on the prize to grow her family. -------- ❤️ Give yourself the gift of community, coaching an...

On today's episode Emily is joined by her husband, Evan to give a big update on what moving forward has looked like over the past 5 months. They discuss the difficulty of decision making, how things are blurry and that is okay, the steps they took to get on the same page and where they are today and what the future looks like as they embark on a new journey.

Today we are joined by a very special person with a very special story. Brooke Tkatch joins us to dive into her 4+ year fertility journey, that has twists and turns like you couldn’t believe. Brooke takes us on a ride bravely sharing the ebbs and flows of her experience. With multiple rounds of IVF, over 8 transfers (of euploid embryos!), a surprise finding, an acceptance of moving to surrogacy an...

In this episode, CJ Smith, a mindset coach and nervous system expert, discusses the impact of trauma on fertility and the role of neurosomatic intelligence in supporting the nervous system. CJ explains that the nervous system is an input-output based system and that trauma can create dysregulation and a sense of unsafety in the body. CJ also shares her personal journey to parenthood and highlights...

In honour of Eating Disorder Awareness Week here in Canada, Kyla Fox, a clinical eating disorder therapist for almost 20 years, joins Emily to speak to how we need to consider the different spectrums that are involved when we talk about eating disorders and how the theme of control is shared between those who are healing from a eating disorder and those on a fertility journey. They dive into how e...

On today's episode we hear from two close friends who embarked on a remarkable surrogacy journey together. Emily Palley-Samson and her husband faced a challenging period following the news that Emily wouldn't be able to carry her own children due to complications from an unguided D&C. In hearing the news, Stephanie and her husband extended an unbelievable gesture and life-changing offe...

Welcome back! We kick off season 4 with Em + Ev sharing a candid update on how things are going in their fertility journey. After recovering from their 4th loss back in August 2023, Em and Ev are starting to feel a shift in what this year means for their fertility. They discuss the big 'breakdown' during Em's 39th birthday, new test results that have them navigating male factor for the...

We did it friends! We made it to 100 episodes! To celebrate, we hosted a live taping of the 100th episode at Twig Fertility with 30. amazing Day 1 listeners. We had 4 amazing experts join a panel answering questions submitted by attendees. Season 4 will be announced shortly! A big thank you to our panelists: 🪡 Anne Matthews: TCMP RaC FABORM -  @energytreeanne  is the creator behind Energy Tree St...

Summer 2023 recap with Emily and her husband Ev. Let's just say they took a ride on a very loopy roller coaster, with their first ever FET, a pregnancy, a loss and trying to figure out what next steps look like. They don't hold anything back in this episode, so expect the banter, love and transparency that only Evan can bring.  SPONSOR:  This episode is powered by First Response. With over...

Emily (with a cold!) speaks to Dr. Irena Bergmann about the importance of understanding your cycle no matter what phase of the journey you are in. They also dive into so much more, such as how Dr. Bergmann has seen the infertility community shift over her 20 years working in the field! This conversation hits so many important topics: Emily goes on a tangent about how break sex isn't really a t...

On today's episode, Emily chats with Meagan about her fertility journey, which for her is an adoption journey. This is the first time we have dove into the adoption experience and we couldn't have asked for a better guest! Meagan generously shares the hardships, anxieties, challenges and process surrounding adopting. Meagan McLeod, ditched her job as a Communicative Disorders Assistant in...