EPISODE · Jun 17, 2026 · 33 MIN
Breaking The Taboo Of Infertility
from Stop. Sit. Surrogate. · host Kenedi & Ellen Smith
#surrogacy #ivf #surrogatePregnantish’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pregnantish?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==Infertility gets labeled “medical” and quietly filed away, but it rarely stays contained. It shows up in your relationship, your finances, your body image, your faith, your friendships, and the way you picture the future. We sit down with relationships author Andrea Surtash, the founder of Pregnantish, to talk about what happens when the old script “first comes love, then baby” stops working and you still want a family more than anything.Andrea shares how she pitched infertility stories to major TV producers and kept hearing the same response: it’s too niche. So she built her own platform, anchored in fact-checked fertility education and premium storytelling, and a single vulnerable Facebook post about IVF shots, bruises, and heartbreak sparked the kind of viral response that proved the audience was always there. We unpack why telling the truth out loud helps people find care, build community, and stop feeling like they’re in a secret society.We also connect the dots to gestational surrogacy and the stigma that intended parents and surrogates fight every day, including the harmful “transactional” narrative that ignores what surrogacy really looks like in healthy, ethical arrangements. Then Andrea introduces the World Fertility Project, a global movement inviting people to take a free pledge to break the taboo of infertility, plus Fertility Curious, live events designed for anyone who wants fertility testing and reproductive health info before they’re in crisis.Subscribe, share this with someone who needs it, and leave a review so more people can find honest conversations about infertility, IVF, egg freezing, and surrogacy.Website: pregnantish Magazine | Infertility, IVF, Fertility Treatments & MoreSend us Fan Mailhttps://stopsitsurrogate.com
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#surrogacy #ivf #surrogate Pregnantish’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pregnantish?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Infertility gets labeled “medical” and quietly filed away, but it rarely stays contained. It shows up in your relationship, your finances, your body image, your faith, your friendships, and the way you picture the future. We sit down with relationships author Andrea Surtash, the founder of Pregnantish, to talk about what happens when the old script “first comes love, then baby”...
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