I Fought For You

TRIGGER WARNING - This episode describes a live pregnancy and graphic details of blood clots.

The second step in the IVF process - embryo transfer, and how COVID-19 affected our journey.

Well, it's been a LONNNNNNGGGGGG six months since I've provided any sort of update.  This episode details what has happened in those six months.  

In this episode, I explain my long absence, and the current status of our journey in trying to conceive, including discussing IUI.

During this episode, I interview my cousin, Misti, who is a 22-year leukemia survivor.  Misti was told she would never have kids, but she now has a health 13-year old son.  We also discuss Misti's miscarriage prior to getting pregnant with her son. I encourage everyone to visit http://join.bethematch.org/survivor to find out more about becoming a bone marrow donor. To donate to Misti's Light the Night Page, please visit https://pages.lightthenight.org/txg/Houston19/MRoussell-Vidrine. 

In this episode, my sister-in-law and I discuss complications in pregnancy.  Specifically, we discuss preeclampsia and premature babies.  We also discuss being a working mother versus being a stay-at-home mother.  

A short episode discussing Mother's Day after loss.

In this episode, I discuss my experiences at a fertility doctor (what they tested, and what we found out), my experiences with suction D&Cs, and things that people say that are hurtful, even though they mean well.

A conversation about parenting including going back to work after having your child, breastfeeding, being a single mom, mommy groups, mom shaming, and everything in between.

My husband discusses toxic masculinity, how the miscarriages affected him, and his perspective of what we went through.  

Why I'm doing the podcast, my back story, and topics I hope to cover in the future.