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Podcast: The Fertility Podcast
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Words of Resillience - Part 2
Category: Health
Duration: 00:39:51
Publish Date: 2025-05-23 04:00:00
Description:

In this moving conclusion to our poetry mini-series, Natalie and Stacey bring the final chapters of Stacy’s IVF journey to life through her stunning poems. If you’ve been walking this path or loving someone who is this episode is a powerful companion.

Stacey shares not just the pain and loss, but the moments of quiet courage and the slow emergence of hope. From letting go to holding on, from disbelief to the unspoken darkness, and finally to The Light.

What we discuss:

  • The Hopeless: Letting go, hitting emotional and physical limits, and facing a new reality.
  • The Disbelief: Surrendering control, choosing silence for self-preservation, and the tentative reappearance of hope.
  • The Unspoken Darkness: What no one tells you about after a successful IVF — fear, anxiety, and the struggle to feel joy again.
  • The Light: Healing doesn’t mean forgetting. The journey shapes us — even when the darkness begins to fade.
  • Navigating pregnancy after infertility — and the neuroses it brings
  • Feeling robbed of joy even after good news — and why that’s okay
  • Parenting one child and answering complex questions about family and origin
  • Why the pain of infertility never fully disappears, but transforms over time
  • How poetry became a powerful outlet — and how you can start writing, too

"The journey shaped me. It tested me. It broke us down. It built us up. It will never fully go away — but it feels distant now. Smaller. In the rearview mirror."

Also, check out the recommended podcast Finally Pregnant by Cat Strawbridge for more on pregnancy after infertility.

⚠️ Trigger Warning

This episode includes discussion of IVF trauma, pregnancy loss, PTSD, and emotional distress during and after fertility treatment. Please take care when listening, and pause if it feels overwhelming.
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