This is episode 46 and today’s episode is with Doctor Dina who is a hospitalist and struggling with her fertility in her 40s. Today’s episode (though this was recorded about a year ago) is all about the roller coaster ride of IVF and the multiple cycles it took for her to get her story. I’ve had several physicians on the show and sometimes we think that it’s easier for them and it really isn’t. She had to struggle with being dismissed and turned away like so many of us have. She struggled with unexplained infertility and the experience of trying to find a fertility team that could help her.
Like so many of the other amazing warriors, Dina is so kind and wonderful and supportive. We hit it off instantly and she is just such a lovely person. I’m grateful that she trusted me with telling her story and experience. We do cover quite a few topics on this episode and some of the topics I don’t think we think about because of where our focus is during all the egg retrieval phase of our path. She gives us a lot to think about, but also give us support and we talk about what feelings sometimes come up that may surprise us. She was ultimately able to find a team to help her and she talks about that experience.
Thank you, Dina for being here. Thank you for sharing your meaningful story with us and I’m so grateful to have your friendship!
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To round out your IVF survival guide, I would recommend the following episodes before your first IVF cycle:
Episode 23: What Happens to Your Fertility in your 20s, 30s, and 40s
Episode 19: All About Sperm
Episode 24: Controlling Your Weigh During IVF
Episode 20: Stimulation Protocols
Episode 21: All About Your Embryos in the lab
Episode 33: All About Genetic Testing
Episode 38: The Emotions of Infertility and How to Manage These Feelings
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Episodes about the Emotional Aspects of Infertility:
Episode 12: WARRIOR STORY - The Infertility Journey of LuckyBabyLam AKA Annie at age 42
Episode 14 - ASK THE EXPERT - Grief, Trauma and Mother's Day Triggers with Dr. Wiyatta Fahnbulleh, PsyD
Episode 26: WARRIOR STORY When a therapist is infertile. @Infertile_therapist_in_therapy shares her infertility struggle at 40, her experience with immunotherapy abroad, and struggling as a therapist
Episode 28 - ASK THE EXPERT - The Emotions of Infertility and How to Manage Your Emotions and The Expectations of Yourself and Others with Miss Conception Coach AKA Chiemi
Episode 30 - Infertility Man Jon Summers Talks Getting A Cancer Diagnosis, Dating While Going Through IVF with Male Factor Infertility, and Mindset in the Face of Your Medical Challenges.
Episode 32 - WARRIOR STORY - Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Endometriosis, Adenomyosis, Müllerian Anomaly and Finding Humor, Your Voice and Sanity During Infertility with @for_the_barreness - Meghan Faith
Episode 37: WARRIOR STORY with Annie Kuo, DO - Integrative Medicine Physician discussing her 20 IVF Cycles Along with Endometriosis, Surrogacy, and Male Factor Infertility
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ON THIS EPISODE:
Dr. Dina: https://www.instagram.com/doctordina/