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Matt and Doree's Eggcellent Adventure: An IVF Journey

Ep 499: The Waiting Is Still the Hardest Part

Season 2

We discuss our last week of being a Covid household and how we've both managed. Then we have some old-school IVF/infertility messages from listeners, including an egg signal about having a thin lining and thoughts on recurrent miscarriage. Plus, a listener shares that our advertiser Bombas really IS all that.


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