98 episodes
The Infertile Mafia: Real talk about infertility, IVF, and trying to conceive. Sarah & Kaela
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4.7 • 230 Ratings
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Being infertile sucks. Co-hosts Sarah and Kaela are your friends who get it. This is a podcast by real women sharing truths about the hardships and hilarity of infertility, IVF, and trying to conceive.
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Secrets Secrets are No Fun...
Kaela & Sarah are discussing harmful situations plaguing the infertility community. They discuss a fertility nurse who stole fentanyl, replacing it with saline, leaving patients undergoing egg retrieval surgery in excruciating pain. They comment on her sentencing, how she was treated, and how her victims were portrayed. They also discuss the dilemma of misrepresentation in social media. If you know someone isn't being truthful, should you say something?
Lisa Ransome joins the podcast again to talk about self-care and what it means to proactively take care of our mental and physical health.
Instagram: seeds_for_hope
Fertility Center Nurse Swaps Fentanyl for Saline -
Mafia Meet Katie & Alex - Childfree After Infertility
Sarah interviews Katie & Alex about their experience with fertility treatments and eventual decision to remain child free. Katie's shares her experience with PCOS, endometriosis, and eventual need for hysterectomy and oophorectomy. This loving and supportive couple is thriving and their story will warm your heart!
Find Katie on Instagram:
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Infertility is Biblical - The Handmaids Tale
Kaela is joined by her fertile sister and brother-in-law (this already feels biblical) to discuss infertility throughout history - especially in the advent of Christianity- and its affect on modern day stigmas around women and fertility.
They also discuss the hit Hulu series, The Handmaids Tale, and talk about how infertility is portrayed in this modern day drama and what the show gets right and what it gets very wrong!
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Mafia Meet Dr. Mary Samplaski - Reproductive Urologist
Kaela interviews board certified urologist, Dr. Mary Samplaski, who specializes in male factor infertility. Dr. Samplaski answers listener questions on a number of topics including - who should see a reproductive urologist, what’s the deal with morphology, what is a varicocele and when should it be repaired, sperm DNA fragmentation, frequency of ejaculation, environmental effects on male fertility, general tips for success, and so much more.
Sarah and Kaela also discuss their experience with the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and reflect on Sarah’s viral Instagram post!
Find Dr. Mary Samplaski here:
Instagram: @drmarysamplaski
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Very Superstitious: TTC Myths - Fact or Fiction?
Sarah & Kaela are discussing TTC superstitions including: McDonald's french fries, pomegranate juice, brazil nuts, pineapple core, warm socks, and even Mucinex! Are these based in any factual evidence? Listen to find out!
They also discuss a surrogacy row scandal, and defend some unpopular opinions!
Lisa Ransome joins the podcast again to talk about how to regulate our feelings.Lisa Ransome: @seeds_for_hope
5 IVF Superstitions
Surrogacy Row
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Mafia Meet Regina - The Broken Brown Egg
Kaela interviews Regina Townsend, founder of The Broken Brown Egg. She shares her perspective on what it means to be a person of color in the infertility community. Regina also shares her personal experience of missed diagnoses and being dismissed by doctors, the significance of self advocacy and compassionate medical care, and the importance of mental health during infertility, pregnancy, postpartum and beyond.
Follow Regina here:https://thebrokenbrownegg.org/
Customer Reviews
Great podcast
Exactly what I need. Currently bingeing 🙂
Amazingly real, hilarious and touching all at once. ❤️
My husband and I have unexplained infertility and have been TTC for about three years. I was experiencing extreme anxiety recently (like panic attacks, insomnia, etc) because I had to get yet another HSG and possible tubal cannulation (after an AWFUL first experience in which it was discovered I had a blocked right Fallopian tube) and listening to the episode about “Things I Wish I Had Known” and the episode about Endo with the hilarious Canadian lady made me laugh (really laugh) for the first time in weeks! I was much calmer going into my procedure and - MIRACLE OF MIRACLES- both my tubes showed up open this time!! Thank the good Lord for these lovely ladies and the hilarious, normalizing spin they put on infertility. ❤️
IVF or Remain Infertile
All I’m getting out of this podcast is that if you don’t do IVF, you won’t get pregnant. I feel like they forgot the feeling of emptiness and sensitivity during time of being infertile. I understand they’re trying to be “real”, but you can be real without forgetting about fellow TTC-ers that are still battling through difficult times of negative tests. I also feel like they make up information, or go off what they hear and not scientific facts. Sorry, just wasn’t for me.