Credit Card Families

Adrienne and Ash speak to acupuncturist extraordinaire, Nicholas Conte of Health Balance in Geelong, Victoria. Listen in to learn more about how acupuncture works and the ways it may support your fertility journey. Stick around at the end of the episode to hear about how pregnant life is treating Ash and Adrienne.

Episode 11: Ash and Adrienne give a monthly roundup of the how the eggs collection went, feeling a sense of closure with IVF and discuss queer/femme invisibility in pregnancy. Our Guest: Tallace is a cisgender, queer woman who went through several rounds of IUI/IVF. She started the journey of trying to conceive with one partner and when relationship ended she knew she still wanted to have children. She now has a 3 years child with her new partner. She discusses navigating the IVF system with various partners, medical conditions and queer parenting.

Ash & Adrienne are back with a short episode this week! Things have been hard in the HP house with Ash preparing for an egg collection and Adrienne struggling with morning sickness. We've got some changes to the podcast to announce as well as the 411 on our last two weeks.

Ash and Adrienne fill you in their first scan and all the doozies of the past two weeks. Today's guest: Leigh is a cis, queer male who is a known sperm donor for two queer women. He shares his insights of being a donor from the initial conversations, to counselling and advise for those considering being a donor.

On this episode you'll get the insider info on what's been happening for Ash and Adrienne in the last two weeks. Our amazing guest, Sarah, is a cisgender, "Straighty-180" who took being an ally to the next level. She has two children, one conceived through IVF and one naturally. She has donated her eggs and just recently was a surrogate to a beautiful baby for two dads. You won't want to miss this episode as Sarah shares insights and experiences into the world of surrogacy.

Ash and Adrienne spill the beans on the dreaded two week wait (2ww). Guests: Eleanor & EP met at a queer disco when they were 15. Fast forward twelve years and they've living a wonderful life together with their beautiful daughter, Frankie. Eleanor has Type 1 diabetes and a blood condition which required a team effort of constant monitoring and meticulous planning in order to conceive and have a healthy baby.

Ash and Adrienne reflect on their last two weeks- dealing with the emotional fallout from our last negative while maintaining hope for the future, starting a new cycle, medical self-advocacy and Ash's egg's in an esky. Our guest: Pia is a queer woman, rainbow family mum of a 7 and 4 year-old and solo parent. She is co-founder of Feminist Family Salon and an all around badass.

Lish navigated the IVF system as a “single”, cisgender, queer woman. She now has a beautiful 5 five-year-old kiddo and a new partner, Gabe. Lish speaks about connection to community, the complexities of having a blended rainbow family, power yoga, and whether or not she and Gabe will have more children.

Jess, 36, and Ruth, 41, are cisgender, queer women who started their conception journey 7 years ago. A story that began in Sydney with an international donor, has since moved to Melbourne with a known donor. They have completed 5 IUIs, one that was successful but sadly later resulted in miscarriage. With a successful egg collection at the end of 2017 they venture into their first fresh embryo transfer in 2018.

Alice and her wife are both cisgender, masc-of-centre people with an incredible story to tell. They embarked on an international fertility journey over a year ago. With 4 cycles in NYC (1 resulting in miscarriage) and 1 in New Zealand, Alice is now 20 weeks pregnant and here to tell you more about her story.

Ash and Adrienne bring you their first weekly update- injections and blood tests! Meet Beth: Beth and her partner knew almost as soon as they met that wanted to create a family together. Beth is a cis woman and her partner a trans man so they knew they would they would need a lot of money, time and luck to make it happen. Ten years later their dream is a reality and they have two beautiful children, aged 2 and 4, conceived through IVF and IUI. This is their story.

Have a quick listen at our Podcast preview to get a better idea of what to expect from Credit Card Families. We're a podcast by and for Queer, Trans and Gender Diverse folks going through or who have gone through IUI/IVF. Our official launch is December 18th, 2017. Please check back then for more episodes.

Welcome to the first episode of Credit Card Families! In this episode you meet Ash And Adrienne. They give you the details of their IUI/IVF family conception story up to this point in time. They will share the highs and lows as well as everything in between over the past two years. They will explain how and why they’ve chosen to do this podcast and what you can expect from Credit Card Families.