Pregnancy Loss, Anxiety, IVF and Finding Your Village

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Up the Duff

Brittany Darling

19 episodes

4 days ago

Welcome to Up The Duff, a podcast that highlights the experiences and challenges faced by fertility seekers. The guests share their journeys of coping with loss and grief, overcoming societal judgement, and navigating the emotional rollercoaster of trying to conceive. With inspiring stories of resilience and hope, season one offers relatable content for anyone on a similar path. Tune in to hear personal accounts of triumph and the power of never giving up.

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Pregnancy Loss, Anxiety, IVF and Finding Your Village - With Melissa Hemsley

Up the Duff

40 minutes 42 seconds

2 years ago

Pregnancy Loss, Anxiety, IVF and Finding Your Village - With Melissa Hemsley

In this episode of Up the Duff, we speak to Melissa Hemsley about her fertility journey and the challenges she faced along the way. Melissa opens up about her surprise diagnosis of generalised anxiety disorder and ADHD, and how it impacted her path to parenthood. She also discusses her struggles with anxiety during early pregnancy and the support she received following her miscarriages. Melissa's strength, resilience and bubbly personality shines through as she shares both the highs and lows of her journey. Tune in to hear her story and gain insights on mindset and resilience in the face of fertility struggles.

In this episode you'll discover:

[00:01:32] Melissa's fertility journey.

[00:05:03] Weird pregnancy aversions

[00:09:10] The loss of the babies.

[00:12:23] Miscarriage and surgery.

[00:17:13] Coming home to yourself.

[00:21:17] Sacred rituals after childbirth.

[00:26:49] The village and support.

[00:31:07] ADHD and fertility.

[00:33:13] Research and self-care tips.

[00:37:10] Involving partner in fertility journey.

[00:40:26] Facebook group and community.

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