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EP 97 | You Asked, We Answered: The Season Finale

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EP 96 | Could Your Diet Be Affecting Your Fertility? With Clinical Nutritionist Monique Cormack

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EP 95 | Cancer & Fertility: Understanding Fertility Preservation with Dr Ben Kroon

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EP 94 | Am I over reacting !? Infertility Addition

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EP 93 | Genetic Testing 101: What It Is, Who It's For, and When to Start with Dr Tamara Hunter

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EP 92 | Reading Our IVF Diaries We Never Thought We'd Read Out Loud

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EP 91 | Fertility Care Wherever You Are: A Regional Care Conversation

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EP 90 | You Thought Part 1 Was Bad... More Pregnancy Announcements Gone Wrong

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EP 89 | Finding Your Own Path to Parenthood: Emily & Temica Gielnik’s Donor Conception Journey with Dr Ben Kroon

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EP 88 | Pregnancy Announcement Dilemmas: Your Stories Had Us Speechless

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EP 87 | Not Ready for IVF? Understanding Your Fertility Treatment Options with Dr Juliette Koch

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EP 86 | The Ultimate IVF Hacks Episode

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EP 85 | Embryology Explained: Inside the IVF Lab

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EP 84 | IVF Brain Is a Thing (And It’s Not Just You)

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EP 83 | The Male Fertility Wake-Up Call Couples Need

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EP 82 | Hey Friends & Family of Someone Trying to Conceive… Listen to This

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EP 81 | Navigating the IVF Noise with Dr Dhanushi Fernando

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EP 80 | The Emotional Toll of Infertility

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EP 79 | I Still Haven’t Spoken to My Sister-in-Law After What Happened at Her Baby Shower…

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EP 78 | Fertility Unfiltered: The Questions You Really Want Answered with Dr Ying Li

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EP 77 | A Wearable for Fertility… Meet OTO and Monday Fertility

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EP 76 | Talking All Things Egg Freezing with Dr Anthony Marren

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EP 75 | IVF Egg Retrieval Day, What Really Happens!?

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EP 74 | Strength Through It All: Sarah’s Journey with Crohn’s, IVF & Surrogacy

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EP 73 | Fertility Dilemmas Part Two, The Decisions That Keep You Up at Night

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EP | 72 Listener Fertility Dilemmas are back: IVF, Avoiding Pregnant Friends & Everything In Between

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EP 71 | We Answer the Listeners Questions, Nothing Was Off Limits!

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EP 70 | IVF and the Power of Community

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EP 69 | Endometriosis vs Adenomyosis: Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment

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EP 68 | Laparoscopy, Our Experience, Tips, Hospital Bag, Recovery & Do We Regret It?!

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EP 67 | Unexplained Infertility with Dr Kokum

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EP 66 | Your Most Unhinged Fertility Stories!

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EP 65 | Wrapped! Last Episode Of 2025

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EP 64 | Calming the Chaos: Jen Edmonds on Stress, Regulation & Her Personal Journey

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The Miracle Mini Series: Growing, Learning, Parenting: Our Current Update

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EP 63 | A Day in the Life of a Fertility Specialist with Dr Charley Zheng

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The Miracle Mini Series: Trimester 4

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EP 62 | Denied IVF: Ainara’s Fight as an HIV Positive Woman in Ireland

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The Miracle Mini Series: Lucys IVF Birth Story

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EP 61 | Unsolicited Fertility Advice: Our Pettiest Replies

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The Miracle Mini Series: Yaelle's IVF Birth Story

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EP 60 | Your Best Start, Preconception Health and Fertility with Dr Hector Georgiou

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The Mini Miracle Series: Our Successful IVF Pregnancies, From First Trimester to Third

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EP 59 | Fertility Dilemmas Are Back!

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The Mini Miracle Series: The Two Week Wait That Worked

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EP 58 | Our Spiciest Episode Yet: The Fertility Queen Herself, Dr Lynn Burmeister, Joins the Podcast

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The Mini Miracle Series: Our Successful IVF Transfers

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EP 57 | Courtney’s Story: Dual Factor Infertility, PCOS, OHSS & a First-Round IVF Success

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The Mini Miracle Series: Our Successful Egg Collections

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EP 56 | What We Wish We Knew Before Starting IVF

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EP 55 | Banking Embryos and Holding on to Hope: Trish’s IVF Story

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EP 54 | Alyce Returns: Hysterectomy, Healing, and the Gift of Embryo Adoption

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EP 53 | Hope, Loss & Next Steps: Bianca Jade’s Fertility Journey

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EP 52 | IVF Nurse Jordan’s Guide: Your Questions, Answered

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EP 51 | IVF Doctor Shopping: Finding the Right Specialist for You

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EP 50 | The Shifting Age of Motherhood: A Conversation on Fertility, Choice and the Future of Parenthood with Dr Joe Sgroi

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EP 49 | Keri’s IVF Journey: Unexplained Infertility and No Answers

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EP 48 | We’re Back! Listeners Fertility Dilemmas – Part 2

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EP 47 | Season Finale: Listener Dilemmas Answered

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EP 46 | After IVF Fails: Emma’s 7-Year Fertility Journey and Success with Traditional Chinese Medicine | DQ Alpha Full Match, High NKC's

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EP 45 | Simone Was 24 When She Was Told She Was in Early Menopause | IVF, Egg Donor, Graves Disease

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EP 44 | Elizabeth Carr: Life as the First US IVF Baby & What She Wants You to Know

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EP 43 | International Surrogacy Unpacked: What Intended Parents Need to Know

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EP 42 | Patient vs Doctor: We ask our Fertility Specialist Dr Charley Zheng all of our burning unanswered questions

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EP 41 | Your IVF Success: Understanding Clinic Success Rates and Your Personal IVF Estimator with Professor Georgina Chambers

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EP 40 | Tiny Miracles: Inside the World of an Embryologist

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EP 39 | Still Fighting, Still Hoping with Ilina from Big Miracles

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Ep 38 | What to Know About IVF, Secondary Infertility & Seeing a Specialist

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EP 37 | Bree & Lou’s Journey | IVF, IUI, Same-Sex

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EP 36 | The Rise of Solo Motherhood by Choice: Empowering Women Through IVF with Dr Violet Kieu

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EP 35 | IVF Abroad: What You Need to Know with Blanka from Genitrix IVF

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EP 34 | IVF Extras Explained: A Patient’s Guide to Informed Choices with Dr Sarah Lensen

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EP 33 | Reflections & Signs

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EP 32 | Does the Pill Affect Your Fertility? When is it Time to Get A Second Opinion? And Can I Have My Coffee? with Dr. I-Ferne Tan, Reproductive Surgeon & Fertility Specialist

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EP 31 | Big Miracles: Billie's Journey of Being Born Without a Uterus and Her Sister Shannen's Gift of Surrogacy

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EP 30 | A Controversial Talk with A/Prof Dr. Michael Cooper on Endometriosis, IVF & Fertility

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EP 29 | Male Factor with The Infertility Man

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EP 28 | Jo & Adrian's Journey | IVF, Recurrent miscarriages, partial DQ alpha match, the immune protocol, ovarian PRP, septum

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EP 27 | McDonalds Fries for IVF Transfer!?!?

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EP 26 | Talking Endometriosis with Excision Surgeon Dr. Mikhail Sarofim

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EP 25 | The Immune Protocol with A/Prof Gavin Sacks

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EP 24 | Chantelle's Journey | IVF, OI, Polycystic Ovaries, Miscarriage, Hyperthyroidism, The Immune Protocol

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EP 23 | Q&A with Acupuncturist Carissa

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EP 22 | Yana's Journey | IVF Abroad in Russia during a war!? total fertilisation failure, Ectopic miscarriage, MTOP

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EP 21 | Sarah's Journey | Cancer, ovulation induction, male factor, PCOS, IVF

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EP 20 | Dee's Journey | IVF, Endometriosis, MF, recurrent miscarriages, partial DQ alpha match, balanced translocation, donor embryo

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EP 19 | Stacy's Journey | IVF, Endometriosis, Adenomyosis

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EP 18 | Q&A with IVF Sonographer Lisa

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EP 17 | Sammi's Journey | IVF, OI, PCOS, Endometriosis, Adenomyosis, Miscarriage

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EP 16 | Season Finale Q&A - We answer all of your questions

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EP 15 | Liz's Journey | IVF, low AMH, mild endometriosis, blocked tubes, male factor, miscarriage

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EP 14 | Early pregnancy loss, miscarriage and grief with Jen Robertson

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EP 13 | Navigating triggers and events when trying to conceive

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EP 12 | Q&A with Embryologist Simone

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EP 11 | Kelsi's Journey | Ectopic miscarriage, Low AMH, Donor Egg

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EP 10 | Q&A with our fertility specialist Dr Charley Zheng | All things fertility and IVF

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Ep 9 | Joanna's Journey | IVF Aboard, Advanced maternal age, Donor Egg

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Ep 8 | Dani's Journey | IVF, Asherman's syndrome, recurrent loss, endometriosis, PCOS, ADHD

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Ep 7 | A step by step guide of what to expect from an IVF cycle

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Ep 6 | Alyce's Journey | IVF, low progesterone, endometriosis, adenomyosis