InFertility Stories

Have you ever found out that the answer to your infertility was sitting in your own medical file the entire time — it was just never mentioned or explained to you? Or felt exhausted by all the testing, poking and prodding by doctors without it leading anywhere? In this episode, Miriam and Elise go deep on what it actually takes to navigate the medical system while trying to conceive: the doctors w...

Living through infertility is anything but static. One day, we feel hopeful, motivated, and inspired. The next, we can barely get out of bed. There are seemingly endless periods of waiting — for the next appointment, the next test result, the next treatment cycle. In those spaces between answers, it’s easy to fill in the blanks with our fears and worst-case scenarios. Then new information arrives,...

Have you ever found yourself convinced you're pregnant one moment — and certain you're not the next? Have you ever gone to get an x-ray at the dentist, not sure how to answer the question of whether you’re pregnant?   If you have, this episode is for you. The two-week wait — the 14 days between ovulation and your period — is one of the most universally recognised experiences of trying to conceive....

Have you ever experienced a loss and been unable to cry? Or felt like your life is stuck on pause due to infertility, struggling to feel like you are actually living ?”? If you have, this interview is for you. In this week’s episode, Miriam and Elise sit down with Asha Harkness (she/her) to hear her infertility story in full. Asha has been trying to conceive for over three years and is a coach for...

Have you ever picked up the phone and braced yourself, convinced that whoever is calling is about to tell you they’re pregnant? Do you walk down the street feeling like there is a pregnant person or newborn baby on every corner? Are you afraid that someone will have a “little announcement” anytime you show up at a party? If you have, this episode is for you. When you’re going through infertility,...

Have you ever struggled with the invisibility of infertility? Of feeling a mismatch between how others perceive you and how you feel inside? If you’re navigating the identity challenges and the mental battle of infertility, then this week’s episode will resonate. In this conversation, Elise sits down with Miriam to hear her infertility story in full. Miriam has been trying to conceive for over two...

Have you ever sat in a doctor's office, or come home after a difficult appointment, and told yourself: it's probably not that bad. Maybe I'm overreacting. It was only early. If you have, this episode is for you. In this conversation, Miriam sits down with Elise to hear her infertility story in full. Elise has been trying to conceive for three and a half years. She has Hashimoto's disease, PCOS and...

In this first episode, we share why we started this podcast and how our friendship grew through years of trying to conceive, voice note by voice note. It began as a private conversation between us but became a space to be honest about the things that are hard to say out loud: the uncertainty, the grief, the hope, the loss, the anger and everything in between. We talk about what infertility means t...

Trying to conceive and going through infertility can feel like a private battle that tests our endurance. As the months and years pass, many feel isolated while they quietly grieve each cycle that ends without a positive test. Infertility is usually shared in hindsight, once the story has an ending. This podcast is different. It is a space for honest conversations about what it is like to be in in...