Today, author Tasha Van Howe shares her personal tale of tragedy and triumph, which includes navigating her marriage to her high school sweetheart through years of infertility; losing a son shortly after he was born; the inability to walk after labor; a roller coaster of failed attempts at IVF; suicidal thoughts; and an adoption gone wrong that ended in complete heartbreak. Now 43 with no living children at home, Tasha is here to talk about being hit with one tragic life event after another. In fact, she calls her own story, "a Lifetime movie."
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Infertility; unexplained infertility; IVF; infant and newborn loss; grief; suicidal thoughts and tendencies; surrogacy; adoption; adoption gone wrong
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