This month on the Twin Peas Podcast we have Evelina Sterling the co-author of Budgeting for Infertility: Bringing Home Baby Without Breaking the Bank. Ms. Sterling offers some great tips on how to negotiate the cost of your fertility treatments - did you know that you could do this? I didn’t. She also talks about [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Twin Peas Podcast (Episode 21): Do You Resent Your Partner?Infertility is often misunderstood. Many people who don’t know much about the medical issues that cause infertility often assume that it is a woman’s issue. While it is true that women are the one who have to deal with the hormone injections and manage the side effects of the medications from fertility treatments, it is [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Re-Write Your Story (Twin Peas Podcast, Episode 20)Are you living a joyful life? Is there something in your life that you would like to change? Do you think it is possible to live the life of your dreams?
These are tough questions when you are in the midst of infertility. How can you life a happy life when you are so sad you [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Creating Holiday Joy (Podcast Episode 19)
It’s that time of year when everyone is full of holiday cheer - or at least that is the hope. However, holidays can be very stressful. It’s the time when family members get together, some for the first time since the last holiday season. The holidays are extra stressful because people say or do things [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Using Acupuncture with Fertility Treatments (Twin Peas Pod Epsiode 18)Are you using alternative medicines during your fertility treatments? Acupuncture is being touted as one of the best complementary medicinal methods for a fertility treatment cycle, whether it be IVF, IUI, Clomid, etc. What exactly is acupuncture and why should you consider it? Listen to what Joanna Wiscombe from Ancient Asian Healing Arts has to [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Dr. Gary Steinman author of Womb Mates (Twin Peas Pod episode 17)Dr. Gary Steinman is the co-author of Womb Mates, A Modern Guide to Fertility and Twinning. Dr. Steinman is a practicing Ob/Gyn in New York. He delivered a set of idential quads and his interest in twinning started along with his extensive research in this area. His book is very interesting as it provides both [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Hannah Bajor, Infertility & Pregnancy Coach (Twin Peas Pod episode 16)After 10 years of struggling with her own infertility, Hannah, finally became pregnant without the use of assisted reproductive technologies. Although she understand the desire for a woman to have a baby and the pursuit of motherhood through ART, she has committed her life to helping women get pregnant “naturally.”
Hannah tried artificial insemination (aka IUI) [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Advocacy for Infertility: An Interview with Renee Whitley a Volunteer for RESOLVE (Twin Peas Pod epsiode 15)This is a MUST listen to podcast. Renee talks about what type of advocacy RESOLVE participates in with regard to infertility treatments. Because of RESOLVE’s efforts there are 15 states that have mandated insurance coverage. Although these 15 states have different types of fertility coverage, they a least offer something! Check to see if one [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Better BedRest, a Non-Profit Organization (Twin Peas Pod Episode 14)I went on vacation and forgot how to setup the interview so that the sound would be clear and crisp. The sound quaility isn’t perfect, but it’s not too bad. I swear I’m getting better at this…
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I recognize that many of my listeners are in the world of infertility and might not be worried [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Relating with friends and family during your infertility journey (Episode 3)cc photo courtesy of Flickr user theparadigmshifter.
In today’s episode, I discuss how to manage relationships as you navigate your infertility journey. I openly discuss how I handled my relationships during our infertility. Infertility creates an interesting dynamic between the fertile and infertile as well as those who just don’t “get it.”
When we found out one of [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Navigating Infertility Doctors: Tips on finding your Reproductive Endocrinologist (Episode 2)Reproductive Endocrinologist Jeffrey Fisch , M.D.
Welcome to episode 2 of the Twin Peas Podcast. This episode features 4 great tips to help you select the best fertility doctor for you!
In today’s episode, I discuss how my husband Dave and I navigated finding an RE (Reproductive Endocrinologist) for our IVF treatment. I [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Learning we were infertile and its impact on our marriage (Podcast Ep. 1)CC photo “The Promise…” by Flickr user HappyHorizons
Hello and welcome to episode one of The Twin Peas Podcast with Kelly Damron.
In today’s episode, our host Kelly openly describes the time when she and her husband found out they were an infertile couple. First, she noticed that her cycles were not quite right. Then she had [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website