IVFU

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IVFU invites you in for no-holds-barred, candid conversations about making families the new-fashioned way. Host Sam Shaber, a mother via egg donor and surrogate, introduces you to a diverse group of people, (straight, gay, lesbian, and single intended parents), who built their families through IVF, adoption, fostering, donor sperm and eggs and much more - even a couple who’ve chosen to live happily childfree after infertility. Whether you've ridden the fertility rollercoaster yourself, or watched someone you love go through it, join Sam and her guests as they talk openly about the quest to become parents, from the darkest moments of doubt to the warmest feels of joy, and all the identity-challenging, life-changing moments in between.

Get more info on IVFU and download our theme song "Freak in

Love" at www.ivfupodcast.com.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best IVFU episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to IVFU for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite IVFU episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Facebook Groups: the Ultimate Love/Hate Affair

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11/03/21 • 45 min

Fertility coach Oana Gharbi shares her story and strategies for coping with IVF, secondary infertility, hormones, protocols, pompous doctors, and sometimes, when it's best to stop and live your life. Having experienced her own personal pain and loss with the death of her first husband, then acute secondary infertility with her second husband, Oana discovered her true calling as a coach and advocate for people still on the journey to family after deciding to stop IVF and restore peace and happiness to her life, her marriage, and her family. She and Sam discuss the good and bad of IVF Facebook groups, the difference in TTC for women over 40, low ovarian reserve, egg donation, pineapple core, myths and medical breakthroughs.

Find Oana on her Facebook Group and her website www.getthegoldenegg.com.

SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS for our Season 2 finale with fertility therapist Savannah Sanfield. Ask anything, get free answers. Questions due by 11/11. Send to [email protected] or DM Sam at www.instagram.com/ivfupodcast.

Get more info on IVFU and download our theme song "Freak in Love" at www.ivfupodcast.com. Keep up with the latest IVFU updates and special announcements! Follow us at www.instagram.com/ivfupodcast, www.facebook.com/ivfupodcast and www.twitter.com/ivfupodcast. Donate to help IVFU keep going at Venmo.com/ivfupodcast and PayPal.me/ivfupodcast. Get in touch! Email us your thoughts, questions and transcript requests at [email protected].

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The Infertility Soda Machine – How IVF Changed Comedian Jay Palumbo

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10/20/21 • 47 min

Comedian/writer/advocate Jennifer 'Jay' Palumbo talks openly about how infertility changed her career, her priorities and her marriage – and how she still comes out laughing. After grueling IVF treatments, embryo transfers, pregnancy fails and office baby showers, Jay finally had a successful pregnancy which produced her son Michael and moved her to become an advocate and a figurehead in the fertility/infertility fight. Then she got pregnant by accident which surprised the entire world - and forced her to do a lot of explaining!

Jay is the Founder and CEO of Wonder Woman Writer, LLC, a freelance writer, stand-up comic, and proud mompreneur to two boys, one with special needs. Find her pieces in Time Magazine, Parents Magazine, Huffington Post (HuffPo), and ScaryMommy, and find Jay herself in Self, Fast Company, Medium, and more. As an infertility subject matter expert, she’s been interviewed on news outlets such as CNN, NPR, FOX, NBC, and BBC America, plus the documentary, “Vegas Baby”. Her blog, "The Two Week Wait", was awarded the Hope Award for Best Blog from Resolve: The National Infertility Association and was also named the “Best IVF Blog” by Egg Donation Friends.

Visit Jay at Twitter or Instagram @jennjaypal.

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Happy as a Family of Two (and No One Wants Your Ass-vice)

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10/06/21 • 50 min

Resolve activist and fertility advocate Brooke Kingston shares the rewards of living child-free - and giving your dogs their own living room. Sam and Brooke talk openly about the possibilities for happiness and self-empowerment when choosing to live child-free after infertility, or "child-free not by choice." Baby showers, pregnant sisters and sibling rivalry, women's rights, IVF and infertility support, marital issues, march on Washington, RESOLVE's advocacy day and the rewards of being an aunt are all discussed with candor, love and humor in this intimate conversation about the one family alternative that's rarely given its due – or should we say, "duo."

Learn more about RESOLVE at resolve.org.

Get involved with RESOLVE's Advocacy Day at https://resolve.org/get-involved/events/advocacy-day/.

Find the book that inspired and helped Brooke, Sweet Grapes, at your local bookseller and at https://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Grapes-Being-Infertile-Living/dp/0944934234/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=sweet+grapes&qid=1633457622&sr=8-3.

Have questions about infertility or adoption? Get ready for our IVFU Season 2 Finale by sending in your questions for our expert therapist Savannah Sanfield! Questions due by Nov 11 (11/11). Send to [email protected] or DM Sam at www.instagram.com/ivfupodcast.

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Two Dads Foster-to-Adopt Pt 2: The Greatest Reward of All

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09/29/21 • 48 min

Chris and Jesse's second experience with fost-adopt was "a completely different rodeo," as they became a beautiful family with a fragile baby and his toddler brother. Learn how they were supported through foster-to-adopt and family services organization Vista Del Mar as they worked to care for children who were victims of abuse and mental illness, the sacrifices they made to ensure the kids got the best physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and medical support, and the ways in which they're all thriving as a family of four today, with school age children learning about Mexican culture, Jewish culture, LGBTQ community and more. You'll feel the love when you meet this incredible pair of gay dads who've survived the dark times and come through to the light despite all obstacles.

Find out more about Chris Brune Horan at Christopherbrunehoran.com.

Find out more about Jesse Brune Horan at thefedcollective.com.

Learn more about the history, mission and services of Vista Del Mar, the agency who helped Chris and Jesse form their perfect family, at vistadelmar.org.

Get ready for our IVFU Season 2 Finale by sending in your questions for our expert therapist Savannah Sanfield! Questions due by Nov 11 (11/11). Send to [email protected] or DM Sam at www.instagram.com/ivfupodcast.

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Two Dads Foster-to-Adopt Pt 1: Love and Heartbreak

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09/29/21 • 42 min

Married couple Chris and Jesse share their turbulent story of trying to make a family through the foster-to-adopt system. You'll learn about their big gay wedding (one of the first in California after gay marriage became legal), their entry into the fost-adopt emergency placement system with guidance from historic adoption and child placement agency Vista Del Mar, their unexpected relationship with the baby's birth mother, and their emotional experience with childhood sickness in the form of the very rare Kawasaki disease – a tragic turn of events that could've happened to anyone, gay dads or straight couples parenting.

Find out more about Chris Brune Horan at Christopherbrunehoran.com.

Find out more about Jesse Brune Horan at thefedcollective.com.

Learn more about the history, mission and services of Vista Del Mar, the agency who helped Chris and Jesse form their perfect family, at vistadelmar.org.

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The Biggest Surprise of All (Bonus!)

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11/17/20 • 15 min

In one complete live story, Sam brings you on a journey through her years of fertility fails, giving up, going forward, getting a huge gift, and starting on a path to surrogacy – only to meet the greatest surprise of all once Darwyn was finally in her arms.

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Part of Our Family

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11/09/20 • 48 min

Season finale: Hear Sam & Kaylee's postpartum secrets and surprises. Kaylee and Sam reconvene after Darwyn's birth to discuss the adventure they've shared, confess what they were both thinking in the hospital, and explore the surprising secrets of motherhood no one ever talks about.

For episode transcripts and to download our theme song, “Freak in Love,” visit ivfupodcast.com

For more information about Sam’s live stories, performances and music please visit samshaber.com

We want to hear from you! Send your comments, questions, and stories to [email protected]

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I Was Put Here to Be Clementine's Mom

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10/20/20 • 43 min

Hear Kathleen's transracial adoption story. What happens when you know you want to adopt, but no one wants you back? Maybe you wind up finding the perfect match in a child who is nothing like you.

To read Kathleen's blog about parenting visit thisoldmom.com.

For Kathleen's essays about transracial parenting:

I Racially Profiled My Black Child – This Old Mom

Why Am I Brown? – This Old Mom

How Does A White Mom Explain Michael Jackson to Her Black Child? – This Old Mom

For episode transcripts and to download our theme song, “Freak in Love,” visit ivfupodcast.com

For more information about Sam’s live stories, performances and music please visit samshaber.com

We want to hear from you! Send your comments, questions, and stories to [email protected]

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You Might Need to Cry in Your Car

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10/13/20 • 40 min

Therapist Savannah keeps us sane. Sam talks with her own therapist, Savannah, whose specialty in infertility issues stems from her own journey to have a child through egg donation. Together, they unpack the emotional minefield of infertility - a minefield that's different for every person who walks through it.

Savannah Sanfield is a marriage and family therapist, certified parent coach and maternal mental health specialist. She supports post and preconception families (prenatal to 6 years) as they tackle both common and complex parenting challenges. She is also the proud mother of dragons... err that is, twins.

For episode transcripts and to download our theme song, “Freak in Love,” visit ivfupodcast.com

For more information about Sam’s live stories, performances and music please visit samshaber.com

We want to hear from you! Send your comments, questions, and stories to [email protected]

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Season 2 Finale: Therapist Savannah Answers Your Questions

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11/24/21 • 47 min

Therapist and fertility/adoption expert Savannah Sanfield answers your questions about emotions, self-care, marriage during infertility, adoption, surrogacy, childfree living, third party reproduction, jealousy, resentment, self-image, self-hatred, RESOLVE.org insecurity, identity crises, co-dependency, baby showers, parenting after infertility, love, partnership, empathy, babies, postpartum depression, early childhood parenting, and more. With personal experience of infertility and 3rd party reproduction, Savannah brings us very special insights into the ups and downs of the fertility IVF journey based on her professional and personal expertise. Grab a seat on the couch and get ready to be restored and enlightened!

For more information on the RAIN approach to self-care mentioned by Savannah, (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture), check out Tarabrach.com.

For help with talking to your loved ones about how to support you in your journey, and for general, comprehensive support resources, visit RESOLVE.org.

For direct inquiries, reach out to Savannah at [email protected].

Get more info on IVFU and download our theme song "Freak in Love" at www.ivfupodcast.com.

Keep up with the latest IVFU updates and special announcements! Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter at @ivfupodcast.

Donate to help IVFU keep going at Venmo.com/ivfupodcast and PayPal.me/ivfupodcast.

Get in touch! Email us your thoughts, questions and transcript requests at [email protected].

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FAQ

How many episodes does IVFU have?

IVFU currently has 27 episodes available.

What topics does IVFU cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Adoption, Kids & Family, Ivf and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on IVFU?

The episode title 'From a Salsa Jar to My Son: Alix Olson's Alternative Road to Motherhood' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on IVFU?

The average episode length on IVFU is 42 minutes.

How often are episodes of IVFU released?

Episodes of IVFU are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of IVFU?

The first episode of IVFU was released on Aug 18, 2020.

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