Birthing Beyond 35 Hayley Byrnes

This week, Nik Toth joins me from her home in Bali, where she lives with her boyfriend, Dylan, and baby boy, Blaze.Nik is an NLP Mindset Coach, Somatic Educator, & Healer who gave birth to her first baby at 39.From working in Las Vegas in her twenties to running a fitness coaching business in Sydney, Nik covers all the bases when it comes to transformations. Nik also shares her vulnerable transformation from a weight-loss-obsessed young woman secretly struggling with an eating disorder to...

In this week's episode, Senior NFL Insider for The Athletic, Dianna Russini shares her path to meeting her husband in her mid-to-late thirties and her quick natural conceptions for her two baby boys. After many years of focusing on her career, Dianna was starting to wonder if she’d ever have the opportunity to be a mother. Then, in a moment, life dramatically shifted.Dianna discusses becoming a mother for the first time at 38 and again at 39. Also, she describes how she kept her first pr...

Joining me today is actress and mom influencer Selah Victor. She is the mom of three boys who she had in her late thirties and forties, both naturally and via IVF.After her first attempts at trying to conceive naturally, Selah learned she had endometriosis and was made to believe IVF may be her only option.Little did she know it wasn't! After having her first baby via IVF at 37, she went on to conceive naturally with her two other boys at 39 and 41 years via C-section and VBAC!You can follow ...

This week ESPN Analyst Mina Kimes candidly discusses her road to becoming a mother at 38 years old. After climbing the competitive ladder as a woman in sports media, Mina started considering her options for starting a family when she turned 35. Originally believing IVF was potentially going to be her only option, Mina went ahead and froze embryos. Little did she know she would not be needing them! Fast forward to a couple of years later and Mina conceived naturally with ...

Perhaps you’ve tried everything to get pregnant and still don’t feel like you’re making progress. Or maybe you’re just starting to think about your health and hopeful about having a baby in the future.Joining me this week is Michelle Oravitz, who recently authored a new book, The Way of Fertility, which dives into fertility through the lens of ancient wisdom. Michelle is also the host of a fantastic podcast called ‘The Wholesome Fertility Podcast’. You no doubt have also been hearing a l...

Single and living in Salt Lake City with a demanding TV career tested Kristen Kenney's resilience.After a failed engagement in her mid-thirties, Kristen threw herself into her work as an NBA sideline reporter which led to her to believing IVF or adoption was her only option. After an emotionally draining, yet positive experience attempting to secure healthy embryos, Kristen randomly met a man in Las Vegas and fell pregnant naturally, giving birth to her first baby at 40-years-old.Join us for ...