What the IVF?

It’s nearly Christmas and it’s time for us to take a break! This week we discuss the year that was, and how Hayley is feeling ahead of her IVF journey. Merry Christmas, ya’ll! Have a safe festive season, we’ll catch you next year!Thank you so much to everyone that tuned in for season one, we are blown away by your support and can’t wait to join you for another season of What the IVF? next year!

This week we tackle an issue affecting women trying to conceive – recurrent miscarriage. Miscarriage remains a topic not many of us will discuss openly, but we are here to do just that and we’re doing it with one of the best – Professor Shaun Brennecke. Professor Brenecke oversees the Royal Women's Hospital's Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic where he works very hard at helping women achieve pregnancy. While we can’t promise you a magic wand that will fix miscarriages, we can promise you A LOT of insight into what is a really tough issue for many women out there.Thank you to everybody who has left a review, rated and subscribed to the show, and to everybody who has asked a question on Instagram @whattheivfpodcast. Fee and Hayley will try to answer a few questions every other week, so keep them coming!

This week we catch up with friend and AFL teammate of Hayley's, Lisa Rose. Lisa opens up on her journey to undergo IVF solo, and in doing is helping break the stigma around solo IVF parenting. Tune in to hear how she told her friends and family, and how she's been handling the experience just days away from giving birth.Thank you to everybody who has left a review, rated and subscribed to the show, and to everybody who has asked a question on Instagram @whattheivfpodcast. Fee and Hayley will try to answer a few questions every other week, so keep them coming!

This week Australia fast bowler and Adelaide Strikers captain Megan Schutt chats to Hayley and Fee about the IVF journey she is embarking on with her wife Jess, how they met and decided to have children, and the hurdles she faces as a professional athlete. Hayley and Fee also provide a life update which leaves little to the imagination! Thank you to everybody who has left a review, rated and subscribed to the show, and to everybody who has asked a question on Instagram @whattheivfpodcast. Fee and Hayley will try to answer a few questions every other week, so keep them coming!

This week Hayley & Fee chat with Olivia Nydam. Olivia is currently on her IVF journey with her husband Nick and in this episode she shares her story of multiple setbacks and opens up on the big decision she's facing moving forward on her path to starting a family.Thank you to everybody who has left a review, rated and subscribed to the show, and to everybody who has asked a question on Instagram @whattheivfpodcast. Fee and Hayley will try to answer a few questions every other week, so keep them coming!

Introducing Brooke Campbell - boss lady, barrel of laughs and IVF warrior. Brooke juggled being an executive producer of a breakfast radio show before becoming the Managing Editor of Nine.com.au and along the way underwent years of fertility treatment to today have two beautiful daughters to show for it.This week Brooke joins Hayley & Fee to discuss her struggles to start a family, and the big decision on what to do with embryos when she had completed her IVF journey.Thank you to everybody who has left a review, rated and subscribed to the show, and to everybody who has asked a question on Instagram @whattheivfpodcast. Fee and Hayley will try to answer a few questions every other week, so keep them coming!

This week Fee and Hayley chat to a true inspiration. Karen Platt refused to give up on her dream of motherhood, going through 18 rounds of IVF before she was blessed with a lovely daughter. Hear Karen's story, her advice and how she overcame the tough times (spoiler: it involved wine). Check out Karen's great label, One P, at onepdesign.com.auThank you to everybody who has left a review, rated and subscribed to the show, and to everybody who has asked a question on Instagram @whattheivfpodcast. Fee and Hayley will try to answer a few questions every other week, so keep them coming!

Fee and Hayley provide an update on their fertility journey, from how Fee has been dealing with little Emby to revealing little Emby's gender! Then Fee and Hayley answer your questions as best they can. Thank you to everybody who has left a review, rated and subscribed to the show, and to everybody who has asked a question on Instagram @whattheivfpodcast. Fee and Hayley will try to answer a few questions every other week, so keep them coming!

This week's episode explores the kind of grief no mother should go have to go through, but through the pain comes strength and optimism we should all admire. Rachael Casella is the author of Mackenzie's Mission and a well-known woman in the fertility community. Tune in for this special episode, as Rachael shares her incredible story with Hayley and Fee.Learn more about Mackenzie's Mission at https://www.mackenziesmission.org.au/ and follow Rachael's journey on Instagram at @mylifeof_love.Thank you to everybody who has left a review, rated and subscribed to the show, and to everybody who has asked a question on Instagram @whattheivfpodcast. Fee and Hayley will try to answer a few questions every other week, so keep them coming!