Same Sex, Same Sht

Laura shares her and her wife Georgies fertility journey to their little boy Rupert. Laura initially opens up about her journey in discovering her sexuality and how it led her to her now wife Georgie. For their fertility journey, she speaks on how anonymous sperm donation did not align with their family building goals due to previous family history. Laura shares their journey with a known donor an...

Today Jess shares her fertility journey with her partner Bianca. Jess opens up about exploring her sexuality later in life, meeting Bianca and their discussions around having kids, IVF and who would carry first. Jess shares how they had to navigate extremely long sperm donor wait lists and the avenues they explored after feeling deflated by the whole process. Jess and Bianca went through IUIs and...

This week Rochelle shares her thoughts and feelings around the idea of becoming pregnant for the first time, and tosses up whether this is something she wants to do. She has never had a desire to carry, never entertained the idea of a baby bump and even more so has just never actually wanted to be pregnant. In this weeks episode, Rochelle and Maddy break down where these feelings are coming from,...

What a niche. Friendships as a lesbian mum. Today we chat about losing friends as adult, making incredible new ones, letting go of what was and accepting what is now. Co-dependancy in a lesbian relationship is a real thing, toxic or not, it happens. Which also adds an extra layer to the hot topic of lesbian mum friendships. We've never heard anyone talk about this but I bet you'll find something t...

You're a lesbian and you want to have a baby.. where the HECK do you begin? Welcome to episode 3 of our IVF mini series, where you'll find bite sized pieces deep diving into specific aspects of a same-sex IVF journey. This week we break down the steps we took when embarking on our IVF journey. Research Baseline appointment: bloods, testing, consultations, family building goals, lots of questions C...

Monica Cvoro is a queer Accredited Sports Dietician who specialises in performance nutrition. Monica has dedicated her career to helping high-intensity athletes achieve peak performance through optimal nutrition. Today, she shares her journey, both personal and professional, and offers valuable insights into sports nutrition, performance, and inclusivity. In todays episode we discuss: Mon's experi...

Sarah was raised in the church by an ordained Presbyterian Minister and in this episode shares how she navigated discovering her sexuality and coming out (being forced out of the closet) after an incredibly closeted and homophobic upbringing. We all want our kids to trust us, and feel completely comfortable to tell us anything right? In the second half of the episode we explore why Sarah became a...

Maddy shares what it is like to go through pregnancy carrying your partners embryo and the emotions and feelings that come with carrying a baby that is biologically not yours. We chat about the decision making process of reciprocal IVF from the non-biological parents perspective, bonding with the baby during pregnancy and after they're born, how to navigate family opinions from both sides and how...

Ali Brigginshaw was told at the age on 12 that she wasn't allowed to play NRL anymore, because she was a girl. Now 22 years on she is the captain of the Brisbane Broncos, QLD State of Origin squad and Australian Jilaroos. This week on the podcast, Ali shares her journey to becoming an professional sports star in the NRLW and what happens when you never give up on your dreams. She shares advice for...

Kate has always liked and dated girls but after tough breakup (lesbians IYKYK) and then unexpectedly falling pregnant with a guy, she found herself thrown into a life that she didn't feel prepared for. Kate then found herself again and rediscovered her sexuality after a divorce and has gone on to marry the love of her life, Ali. On the episode today Kate opens up and talks about: Her early life an...

After 2 years of just us, and our daughter, we have now found out our second little babe is a BOY (we're only mildly shting ourselves). In todays episode we chat all things gender preference from a two-mum perspective. Is it different being a whole household of girls and now having a little boy added into the mix? We ask and kinda answer the hard hitting questions like what do we even do with a bo...

How do you even go about a home insemination as a same-sex couple? Hilary and Amy have been on a JOURNEY to conceive their two little ones. From home inseminations, IUIs, IVF, ICSI, changing clinics, known donors, anonymous donors and more. I don't think there is an aspect of the IVF journey they haven't been through. This week we discuss how all of those different parts of the journey looked for...

Is there actually anything you can REALLY do to improve chances of a successful embryo transfer? Well we can't know for sure, but this week we share our top tips and what we did / supplements we took during our IVF journey. Welcome to Episode 2 of our IVF mini series; where you'll find bite sized pieces deep diving into specific aspects of a same-sex IVF journey. This week we discuss (+more): Supp...

Sperm is a hot topic in the lesbian world... but only when it comes to IVF of course. Welcome to Episode 1 of our new IVF mini series; where you'll find bite sized pieces deep diving into specific aspects of a same-sex IVF journey. This week we discuss (+ more): Our donor + donor picking process and information you get Where do you even start? Step by step process Australian vs International donor...

Ingrid shares how her internal values and feelings on personal identity shaped the path of her and her wife's IVF journey. It's no secret that same-sex IVF journeys are well thought out and planned processes, but sometimes when navigating the waters you can get lost in medical jargon, what the professionals think is "best" for you and end up following what is considered a standard progression of I...

We love being gay so much, that we made a podcast all about it! "This is what I needed when I was coming out", "This is what I needed when I started my IVF journey". We hear those statement so often as lesbians, as same-sex couples. Well, here it is! We have dedicated every spare minute of ours to bringing you a space where you can feel comfortable to be your lesbian self, where you have access to...

Kayla sheds some much needed light on what it is like going through IVF as a same-sex couple, using sibling sperm donation. Kaylas wife Ingrid carried their three kids using her egg, and Kaylas brother as their sperm donor. Kayla shares the early conversations around their IVF journey, how they made the decision to use her brother as their donor and every other aspect that comes with that decision...

This week we bring Georgia Hinkley back on the podcast to talk about how we have both navigated becoming a mum, as the non birthing women a same sex couple. THIS is the episode I needed when my fiance was pregnant. I thought how the hell am I going to bond with the baby? How do I deal with comments (that I can't answer) about pregnancy and birth when out in public with my baby? How do I stop feeli...

Queers, queens and in-betweens! Maddy and Rochelle sit down to discuss in detail, their second IVF journey for baby #2. They talk on how they went about it second time around, why Maddy is carrying again, their experiences with navigating different highs and lows for the first time, using the same donor / limited donor sperm as well as Maddy going through IVF for the first time. AND they have some...

This week, we are unpacking how we label ourselves and chat all things gender expression. Grab a coffee, beer or beverage of your choice, sit back and enjoy the rouge, unfiltered lesbian conversation that is ahead. Rochelle has a problem that she wanted to unpack on the mic so Maddy (and you guys) are her therapists for the week. We talk about labels within the lesbian community and what gender ex...

Why is coming out so difficult and how to be more confident with your sexuality. As a queer person, coming out never stops. To the doctor, a new colleague, the friendly stranger at your kids swimming lessons. And while over time, it can get easier, it can also still be hard, and scary and awkward. On this weeks episode we delve into just WHY is coming out so hard? and so scary? and so awkward? We...

We answer all of your juicy questions and help you get to know us a little bit better. This is such a fun, light hearted and easy listen. We chat about: How did we meet? Who wears the pants in the relationship? Is that even a thing with lesbians? How do we share and support each other as parents? Do we feel comfortable with PDA in public? Do we fight? and how often? Have we both been with males be...

This week I chat with Georgia Hinkley who is part of a same sex couple from WA and has two beautiful daughters, that her wife Kayla carried. Georgia is so open and raw in this conversation about the thoughts and real life situations that she has faced being the non-birthing parent. What does it feel like becoming a mum but not actually giving birth?? or not being the one to carry the baby? How on...

We get very vulnerable in this episode, sharing both of our (very different) coming out stories. How did we know we were gay? and when? What do we identify as? We also chat about why representation is SO important in the lgbtqi+ space and share some stories about times we have been assumed straight. This is a safe space and we hope that this conversation helps, educates or speaks to someone. Follo...

In our second episode we get deep and chat about something near and dear to our hearts and that is our IVF journey. We keep saying "this is the episode we needed when we were going through our journey", so if you're planning on starting IVF, currently going through it or just interested in the whole process.. this is the ep for you! We chat about: Why we chose to do reciprocal IVF What we did to p...