14 episodes
One in Six CBC Health & Sport
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- Society & Culture
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4.8 • 95 Ratings
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Jen and Neil are a happily married couple in their thirties. From the outside, life is picture perfect. But behind their smiles lies a heartbreaking secret: they can’t get pregnant. Join CBC journalist Jen White and her husband Neil Hyde in this intimate and informative eight-part series on their yearslong struggle with fertility — a journey filled with hormone injections, transvaginal ultrasounds, tears, anxiety, shame, laughter, and hope.
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BONUS: Your Fertility Stories and Updates
All season long, we’ve asked for your stories about infertility. In this episode, we’ll share some of those. Plus, we check back in with others featured in One in Six to see where they are in their fertility journeys.
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UPDATE: Coming soon…
One in Six will be back next week with a special bonus episode, featuring your fertility stories. Get in touch if you’d like to take part!
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Ep. 8: The Results Are In
The home test says she’s pregnant, the blood test says she’s pregnant, but Jen still can’t believe it. What if something goes wrong? This episode is filled with thanks for the love and support that helped Jen and Neil get to this point in their fertility journey.
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Ep. 7: All the Marbles
Ding ding ding! It’s back to Calgary for Round 2 of IVF. What happens if this doesn’t work? Well, maybe Kit Roberts can tell us. She tried IVF in the 1990s, and when it didn’t take, she and her husband chose to adopt. And, Jen pees on yet another stick.
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BONUS: Yoga to Support Fertility
In the last episode, Jen talked about all of the things she’s doing in hopes of improving her baby odds, including yoga. In this extended interview, instructor Nicole Blackwood shares her own struggles to get pregnant, and how she developed a class to help others cope.
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Ep. 6: Baby Steps
Just after Christmas 2019, Jen and Neil deal with more bad news. While trying to decide on their next step forward, the unspeakable happens: a pandemic brings the world to a screeching halt. Jen’s biological clock ticks louder than ever, as they wait for the fertility clinics to re-open.
Customer Reviews
Such a thoughtful and beautiful podcast
I heard the first episodes of this podcast on CBC radio after The Current and was hooked. It is so beautifully made. I was already near tears at the end of the last regular episode but I couldn’t hold them back when I heard the dedication at the end.
Such an important listen
I was moved to tears many times. The narrative is filled with hope, despair, joy, yearning. Masterful storytelling of such an important topic that is affecting so many. This is for everyone who has experienced fertility issues as well as everyone who hasn’t - because, as they say, we all know someone who is dealing with or affected by infertility. I also loved the punctuations of humor…had me rooting for the couple the entire time.
Heart-Breaking Ending for Majority in “one in six”
Yes, it is great to get fertility stories out there.
But the truth is, they mostly do NOT end well, and when they do, it only publicizes and promotes the Fantasy for corporate money-making factories that are “Fertility Clinics”.
Please try to deal with REAL LIFE, with what happens for those who go through the brutality without a cooing baby at the end, and show whether those couples conclude with “I love you”s or NOT!