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Episode 6 of the Parents After 40 podcast is all about the expected changes about after delivering a child. Kathryn and Ted finally let it set in... that they're about to have a baby. After three years of trying and five rounds of IVF, they never allowed themselves to think or dream about what happens AFTER delivering a healthy baby. Loss will do that to you.

Here are their reflections on looking back at pretty self-centered lives before having a child.

Because everything is about to change...

Kathryn Janicek was a television executive producer for 20 years and she's now a public speaking trainer and media strategist.

Ted has been in healthcare technology for 20 years.

Kathryn built her own company and wanted to build a family.

Ted had bladder cancer years before they met, and the doctors removed his prostate during his life-saving surgery. Ted and Kathryn knew having a baby would be tough -- but not this tough.

Come along as they figure out how to be "Parents After 40."

Hosts: Kathryn Janicek and Ted Wright
Produced by: Kathryn Janicek (www.kathrynjanicek.com)
Edited by: Kirie Quackenbush (www.digitalKirie.com)

Episode 5 of the Parents After 40 podcast is all about what you need to know about IVF before embarking on it... from a couple who went through it FIVE times.

Kathryn Janicek was a television executive producer for 20 years and she's now a public speaking trainer and media strategist.

Ted has been in healthcare technology for 20 years.

Kathryn built her own company and wanted to build a family.

Ted had bladder cancer years before they met, and the doctors removed his prostate during his life-saving surgery. Ted and Kathryn knew having a baby would be tough -- but not this tough.

Come along as they figure out how to be "Parents After 40."

Hosts: Kathryn Janicek and Ted Wright
Produced by: Kathryn Janicek (www.kathrynjanicek.com)
Edited by: Kirie Quackenbush (www.digitalKirie.com)

Episode 4 of Parents After 40 is about the rare cancer Ted had 10 years ago and his surgery.

He survived and is cancer free now.
The frozen sperm sat in a bank for years. Each quarter, he paid a bill to store his sperm just in case he needed it.
When Kathryn and Ted got married, they needed it.

Here's his story of finding out he had cancer, the decision to have surgery, his survival -- and what it meant for his future.

We couldn't leave this part of the story out, because it's too important. We didn't want other parents or cancer victims to think this was an easy journey.

Kathryn is in her forties and Ted is in his fifties.
Kathryn was a television executive producer for 20 years and she's now a public speaking trainer and media strategist.
Ted has been in healthcare technology for 20 years.
Kathryn built her own company and wanted to build a family.
Ted had bladder cancer years before they met, so they knew having a baby would be tough.
But not THIS tough.
Come along as they figure out how to be "Parents After 40."

Hosts: Kathryn Janicek and Ted Wright
Produced by: Kathryn Janicek (www.kathrynjanicek.com)
Edited by: Kirie Quackenbush (www.digitalKirie.com)

Episode 3 called, Waiting for the End, tells the story of our miscarriages. We lost a baby at 8.5 weeks and then our mono/mono twins at 17.5 weeks.

We couldn't leave this part of the story out, because it's too important. We didn't want other parents to think this was an easy journey.

Here it all is. The pain, what we'd like to see changed at hospitals across the U.S., and our plans after the losses.

Kathryn is in her forties and Ted is in his fifties.
Kathryn was a television executive producer for 20 years and she's now a public speaking trainer and media coach.
Ted has been in healthcare technology for 20 years.
Kathryn built her own company and wanted to build a family.
Ted had bladder cancer years before they met, so they knew having a baby would be tough.
But not THIS tough.
Come along as they figure out how to be "Parents After 40."

Hosts: Kathryn Janicek and Ted Wright
Produced by: Kathryn Janicek (www.kathrynjanicek.com)
Edited by: Kirie Quackenbush (www.digitalKirie.com)

It's IUI, not "Eye to Eye" like the Kajagoogoo song...
Yet, everytime I hear the initials, that song comes into my head. This episode is about our first and only IUI. Going through it? About to? Just want to learn more about a woman's hormones? Listen.... -- Kathryn Janicek

Kathryn is in her forties and Ted is in his fifties.
Kathryn was a television executive producer for 20 years and she's now a public speaking trainer and media coach.
Ted has been in healthcare technology for 20 years.
Kathryn built her own company and wanted to build a family.
Ted had bladder cancer years before they met, so they knew having a baby would be tough.
But not THIS tough.
Come along as they figure out how to be "Parents After 40."

Hosts: Kathryn Janicek and Ted Wright
Produced by: Kathryn Janicek (www.kathrynjanicek.com)
Edited by: Kirie Quackenbush (www.digitalKirie.com)

Kathryn is in her forties and Ted is in his fifties.
Kathryn was a television executive producer for 20 years and she's now a public speaking trainer and media coach.
Ted has been in healthcare technology for 20 years.
Kathryn built her own company and wanted to build a family.
Ted had bladder cancer years before they met, so they knew having a baby would be tough.
But not THIS tough.
Come along as they figure out how to be "Parents After 40."

Hosts: Kathryn Janicek and Ted Wright
Produced by: Kathryn Janicek (www.kathrynjanicek.com)
Edited by: Kirie Quackenbush (www.digitalKirie.com)