Before the BFP: A Fertility Podcast
Before the BFP is a story-first podcast capturing the real, raw, and emotional fertility journeys that happen before the big fat positive. From PCOS and IUI to IVF, loss, and everything in between. Each episode features honest voices, unfiltered experiences, and the moments that don’t always make it to the baby announcement. 🎙 Hosted by Hafsa 💌 Submit your story: www.beforethebfp.com/share
Episodes
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In this episode of Before the BFP, Hafsa speaks with Laura Ashton (@life.with.aps) about her fertility journey through recurrent pregnancy loss and her diagnosis of APS (antiphospholipid syndrome) — a rare autoimmune clotting disorder linked to miscarriage and infertility.
Laura shares her experience with:
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Courtney is a registered nurse who began her TTC journey at the start of the COVID pandemic. After three failed IUIs, she was diagnosed with unexplained infertility and turned to IVF. Her first...
In this episode, Norah Moore opens up about her journey through secondary infertility. She shares the heartbreak of miscarriage, chemical pregnancy, and an ectopic pregnancy after IVF, along with the emotional toll of failed IUIs. Norah also talks about navigating fertility clinics, finding support through online communities, and ultimately conceiving after years of struggle. If you’ve faced loss, IVF that didn’t go as planned, or ...
Rebekah never expected to struggle to conceive — but after a year of trying naturally, her path led her through early pregnancy losses, multiple IUIs, and two rounds of IVF before finally becoming pregnant with her son, Santino.
In this honest and often emotional episode, Rebekah shares:
What it’s like to experience repeated loss and keep trying
The trauma and silence around chemical pregnancies
Why her final embryo transfer almost...
🎙️ Episode 1 — How I Got Pregnant: My PCOS + IUI Story
Welcome to the very first episode of Before the BFP.
I’m Hafsa Khanum — a Muslim-American mom of two, and someone who never expected to face infertility. In this episode, I’m sharing the full story of how I went from not even thinking about kids… to tracking cycles, learning acronyms like IUI and BFP, and finally getting pregnant after a whirlwind year of PCOS, delayed diagnoses...
Before the positive test. Before the congratulations. Before the baby.
There’s a whole story.
This is Before the BFP — a podcast about the part of trying to conceive that most people don’t talk about.
IVF, IUI, loss, PCOS, unexplained infertility — it’s different for everyone, but the silence around it is the same.
I’ve been through it. And now I’m sharing real stories from people who’ve been there too.
Subscribe now. The first epis...
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