IVF Before and After Podcast
Welcome to the IVF Before and After Podcast where we will talk about the emotional rollercoaster journey we are about to embark on. Tune in to a series of podcasts on stories and tips to help you feel you are not alone on your fertility or parenting journey. We will openly discuss success and failure. We will attempt to pick you up when your down and celebrate when your heads in the clouds. Kay Dempsey, your host, can't wait to get started finding your way through IVF and parenting journey.
Episodes
January 17, 2021 • 7 mins
Being pregnant when you have a toddler can be challenging for anyone but it’s a short period in your life so don’t feel guilty about lapsed good habits or asking for help. it should simply be about getting through it the best way you can.
Pregnant life when you have a toddler is hard work and Kay shares some great practical tips that will make a difference and help you get through.
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Sleep when your toddler sleep...
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January 3, 2021 • 6 mins
Kay wants what many parents want for their children something extraordinary. She reflects why it is that many think an acceptable response whatever the question is ‘it’ll be fine.
Is fine what you want for your children or are you willing to put in the time to put them on the path to extraordinary through taking the time to ask the right questions and do the research?
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I don’t want my kids to have an OK life I w...
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December 20, 2020 • 11 mins
Kay is on a rant today following a scene she witnessed whilst out and about. A distressed child was sent on the last part of the journey to the school gate alone by the adult who was with them.
Kay looks at why children deserve to always feel special and safe and why parents and adults need to have compassion and understanding.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
It was a rainy day and everyone was going about their business.
As adults and paren...
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December 6, 2020 • 12 mins
Every parent wants their children to be happy but what is the best way to achieve this?
Kay looks at the importance of teaching your children how to create their own happiness so that they can achieve happiness throughout their lives.
When you are with your children they are looking to you to learn and those children who practice positivity grow up to be adults who can create their own happiness so how you interact, communicate a...
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November 22, 2020 • 24 mins
In this fascinating episode, Kay shares great advice and information about sleep apnoea in children.
She highlights a range of indicators that mean sleep apnoea should be considered and explains what to do if you think your child is struggling with sleep apnoea.
It’s important to understand how sleep apnoea can potentially impact on a child in the long term and in knowing what the indicators are you are in a much better position ...
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November 8, 2020 • 7 mins
Kay shares a reflective and entertaining account of the summer of 2020 in this episode.
For everyone, the world has been different and if you have children it has been not only different but exhausting as parents moved to fulfil the role of teachers when we all had to stay at home.
When your children are all grown up with little ones of their own and they reflect on the challenges of the long summer holiday from school your reply...
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October 25, 2020 • 17 mins
Kay reflects on working at home with her little ones back at nursery. After such a long time with everyone together, it’s very different and she explains how even though you know you are doing the best for your little ones the Mummy guilt is quick to appear.
This episode and the feelings of Mummy guilt will resonante with many Mums who are sending their little ones back to nursery and school after being with them at home for many ...
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October 11, 2020 • 11 mins
Kay is in the middle of a very special day because it’s the first day back at nursery. She is going back to work and her twins are returning to the nurturing environment of nursery.
As she tries to juggle many different things over the day she reflects on the changes to nursery and the importance of being with others to further nurture and happiness when you are little.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
I was apprehensive but it all seems to be...
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September 27, 2020 • 13 mins
Kay has a rant about the differences between men and women, why they need to have explicit instructions to achieve anything at home and how they don’t listen to anything you are saying.
She asks, ‘how should we plan to tell our other halves how not to be arses and do something that would help?’
KEY TAKEAWAYS
With men, you have to slow it down for them and put everything in order.
You have to be explicit about what you wan...
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September 13, 2020 • 18 mins
Kay continues sharing her day to day experiences of being a Mum of twins and in this episode discusses how it’s can be so important to find so time away from being a Mummy, a time where you are able to just be you.
When you have children, every day is an emotional rollercoaster and some can bring more complex emotions to deal with and get through.
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When you have more than one child the time you have with them in...
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August 30, 2020 • 8 mins
Kay shares the ups and downs of ‘Day 4’ with the excitement of visitors and playing outside through to the reality all parents have to face – that someone else’s food always tastes better to children than the food they have at home.
This is an insight into a routine day that every parent will be able to identify with -it comes with both highs and lows which is a reflection of what it’s like being a parent every day.
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August 16, 2020 • 12 mins
In this episode, Kay gives an honest insight into the challenges she is facing as a Mum at the moment.
It’s easy for people to always give the impression that everything is going well but life with little ones is continually changing as they grow. What works one day may not work the next so being a Mum is always a balancing act. Kay shares how you can go from a day of desperation to a brighter one and the importance of accepting h...
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August 2, 2020 • 9 mins
Kay has been looking at ‘Pregnancy Miracle’ a publication that brings together the perspectives of western and eastern medicines and identifies practical steps that can be taken by anyone to improve the strength and function of those organs and functions involved in both conception and pregnancy.
Kay shares a balanced view of the book and its step by step program to getting pregnant naturally that will support individuals who are ...
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July 19, 2020 • 13 mins
In this episode, Kay looks at the benefits of acupuncture. As someone who had this treatment during her own fertility treatment, Kay offers both a personal view and great information about acupuncture and the role it can play in supporting good egg quality through increased blood flow.
Kay also discusses the importance of believing in the acupuncture treatment if you want to optimise it and the possible outcomes as part of your fe...
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July 5, 2020 • 19 mins
Kay contemplates, as every parent does, the answer to the question ‘Have I not given them enough? or have I given them too much?’
Parenting can be hard and Kay shares how in even a very short time small people can be both hugely challenging and hugely loving as they try to find themselves in the world.
There are days when every parent can feel broken by the experience and wonder what they can do to make things better and why they...
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June 21, 2020 • 7 mins
In this episode Kay reflects on how lockdown is affecting lots of people in different ways and asks the question:
‘Has the pandemic and the lockdown just highlighted the loneliness for some?’
For many, it has been about coming together and community but if you are someone without family and friends it can be challenging watching the rest of the world getting together even if they are doing it whilst socially distancing.
KEY T...
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June 7, 2020 • 19 mins
Kay explains the huge significance and exactly why she knows what she was doing 4 years ago.
She shares her experience of IVF conception and what its truly like in this great episode that shares with honesty both the experience and what IVF actually means for those who struggle to conceive.
If you want it enough anything is possible and dreams do come true.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
The new protocol for IVF was very daunting but with i...
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May 24, 2020 • 8 mins
Kay asked the community to let her know about their questions and in this ‘preview episode’ she is giving a sneak peek about what’s up and coming in the next weeks. The questions about IVF are wide-ranging and in upcoming episodes, Kay will be investigating both the big questions and the small, but still vitally important ones. Listen in and find out what you can look forward to hearing about.
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Anyone contemplatin...
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May 10, 2020 • 5 mins
In this episode of IVF Before and After, Kay shares a story from an anonymous source about the experience of being an NICU parent, having the joy of bringing a new baby into this world being immediately transformed into a world of anxiety and pain. Having a baby in intensive care is a horror that no parent wants to go through and is an experience that can cause PTSD symptoms for many years. By sharing this story, Kay hopes that tho...
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April 26, 2020 • 8 mins
In this episode of IVF Before & After, Kay shares a blog from the Twins Trust Forum, celebrating parents of twins and triplets and the quirks associated with it, the instant communication that twins and triplets have from birth and the secret language that they hold. Double the effort reaps double the reward, with double the hugs and double the love! Twins and triplets will always have each other, and whilst they may be at each oth...
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