Infertility affects one in five couples — and yet almost nobody talks about what the process actually looks like, what the testing involves, or what it does to you emotionally while you're in it.
This episode is a little off-brand for Surviving Tiny Humans — and also exactly on brand, because everyone's path to parenthood looks different, and that deserves to be acknowledged.
I'm sharing my own experience with secondary infertility — the particular whiplash of conceiving easily the first time and then not being able to get pregnant again — alongside the clinical side of what investigation and treatment actually look like.
In this episode:
Primary vs. secondary infertility — what they are and how common they actually are
What testing looks like for both partners — and why, as usual, the burden falls disproportionately on women
What the IVF process actually involves step by step — the hormones, the egg retrieval, the embryo grading, the implantation, and the waiting
The emotional reality nobody prepares you for — including what it feels like when the test is positive one day and negative the next
The only fertility supplements that actually have evidence behind them — and what to skip
Practical ways to genuinely improve your chances, including timing of sex and lifestyle factors that move the needle
This one is for anyone who is trying, anyone who has tried, and anyone who just wants to understand what this journey actually looks like from the inside.
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