Content note: This episode discusses infertility, miscarriage and pregnancy loss. Please take care while listening if these subjects are difficult for you.
In Episode Four of Season Three of The emPOWER Breakfast Podcast, Founder and Host Athene Parker is joined by award-winning Production Director Keeley Dwight for an honest, deeply moving conversation about infertility, IVF, donor conception, resilience and the many different ways love can create a family.
Keeley has built an exceptional career across the creative industries, producing award-winning work for some of advertising's most celebrated agencies before becoming Production Director at Mother London. Yet alongside that successful career, she and her husband were quietly navigating a journey that would change their lives forever.
Over many years they experienced the heartbreak of infertility, eight rounds of IVF, failed treatment cycles, miscarriage and the emotional complexity of pregnancy after loss, before ultimately welcoming their son, Freddie, through egg donor conception during the Covid pandemic.
With extraordinary openness, Keeley reflects on the realities that exist beyond the happy ending. She speaks candidly about the isolation of fertility treatment, the online communities that helped sustain her, and why breaking the silence around infertility and donor conception matters so deeply.
Together, Athene and Keeley explore:
This conversation is about far more than fertility.
It is about resilience. It is about partnership. It is about redefining what makes a family.
And it is a powerful reminder that while our paths to parenthood may all look different, love is what creates belonging.
🎧 Listen to the Keeley Dwight Spotify Playlist
Track 1 – Saturday Night At The Movies - The Drifters
Track 2 – World Hold On - Bob Sinclair
Track 3 – Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Track 4 – You're All I Need To Get By - Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terell
Track 5 – Baby I Love You - Ramones
Keeley Dwight, Mother London, Mother Agency, Production Director, advertising production, IVF, infertility, fertility treatment, fertility journey, egg donor conception, donor conception, donor conceived families, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, pregnancy after miscarriage, women's health, fertility support, fertility in the workplace, family building, modern families, resilience, advertising industry, women in advertising, The emPOWER Breakfast Podcast, Athene Parker
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