Messy in the Middle: The Journey of Infertility Podcast

Mar 03 2024 16 ep. 67 mins
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We are led to believe that falling pregnant is just a matter of having unprotected sex and voila! Reality hits hard. Recurrent miscarriage and infertility are unfortunately a truth so many of us face, and Jessica Leigh is right there in the trenches with you – struggling with secondary infertility, 2 losses - which could have been many more if she didn’t advocate for herself and fight to get answers before continuing to try again. Messy in the Middle is a podcast featuring real women’s stories about their journey, the messy part, the trials and tribulations to get from recurrent miscarriage and infertility to baby. Join us as we talk, cry, laugh and get unbelievably vulnerable to feel less alone in the gang that no one wanted to be a part of.

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Mar 03 2024 96 mins  
Katrina’s first pregnancy devastatingly ended up being ectopic, resulting in emergent surgery. After 18 months trying to conceive naturally, Katrina and her husband discovered after further testing that his sperm wasn’t optimal. It was a shock to them both, especially when Katrina had blamed herself for so long that they weren’t getting a positive pregnancy test. It was then

Your Host, Jessica Leigh’s Birth Story (PPROM, Incompetent Cervix, Postpartum Hemorrhage)

Dec 12 2023 69 mins  
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Medically Infertile at 29 – with Liss (IVF, unexplained infertility, endometriosis, fibroids)

Oct 02 2023 56 mins  
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Aug 16 2023 89 mins  
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Why your mindset matters – with Fertility Coach Louise Siwicki

Aug 01 2023 59 mins  
Louise is a Fertility Coach who has her own background of struggling to conceive. After years of negative tests and failed IUI and IVF cycles, Louise was told by her fertility specialist to take 6 months off to focus on healing her mental and physical health. As hard as it was for her to “take a break”, that’s exactly what she did. She enlisted the help from acupuncturists, h

We started young and it still took us 5 years to conceive our first child - With Leticia (unexplained infertility, miscarriage, IVF)

Jul 12 2023 61 mins  
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Jun 21 2023 139 mins  
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Apr 11 2023 85 mins  
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