Badass Fertility

With the holidays coming it’s really hard to stay in a good headspace when you’re on the fertility journey. From anxiety about family gatherings, to disappointment, even grief, that you aren’t where you hoped to be, this can be a dreadful time of year. But it doesn’t have to be. What if rather than being the hardest time of year, this moment ushered in the possibility of an entirely different and wayyy more badass year next year ?A...

If you’ve been trying everything to become a mom and nothing is working, then it’s time to pull out your top-secret weapon for success on this journey. On today’s episode, I’m talking about why success on this journey requires a different set of tools than in other areas of your life. We’re taking a little quiz to see if you’re maximizing (or neglecting) your secret weapon on your journey. And we’re coming up with ways to take adv...

With Thanksgiving in the US fast approaching and the holiday season coming right up after that, there’s a lot of dread, anxiety and mixed emotions among women in the BFP community. Odds are, you’d hoped 2024 would be your year. You envisioned having a baby at the family holidays or you dreamed of finally having a pregnant belly and getting all the attention you've been giving other people for years. It's really hard. And you're to...

You've probably heard a some scary statistics or gotten your share of skeptical looks from doctors and other experts on this journey.

That's probably why you may find yourself saying things like: "I waited too long" or "I'm running out of time" or "This just isn't going to happen for me."

If you’ve had failed IVF treatments, suffered from a miscarriage, been told you have unexplained infertility or any other of the host of things t...

This week’s Badass Fertility Podcast, Ep 77. is one you’re going to want to download and play on repeat.

It’s the best fertility pep talk you ever heard.

It’s short, it’s sweet and it’ll be the reminder you need when you start to doubt yourself and your “chances” of becoming a mom.

Listen to it, download it and play it on repeat when you need it.

This five minute reminder will lift you up and reaffirm your belief that the calling ...

What do doctor’s do when they struggle to get pregnant?

On today’s episode of the Badass Fertility Podcast, we sit down with women’s health and holistic health expert, Dr. Katie Wood.

Dr. Katie is a pharmacist who views fertility through a multi-dimensional lens. She developed this perspective through her frustrations on her own journey to get pregnant with her daughter. 

 In this episode you’ll hear about:

• How living her...

Elevated stress, feeling out of control, feeling like you (or your body) is being controlled by someone or something else..., these are all some of the most wonderful parts of the fertility journey. (Just kidding.) They suck.

On today's episode I'm sharing the hard won wisdom of women who've walked this path and become moms despite having the odds stacked against them.

After listening, you'll know:

• The biggest mistake women ...

Amy Beckler joins us today on the Badass Fertility Podcast to share her hard-won wisdom and insights on the journey to her rainbow baby. 

The truths she uncovered on her path to her rainbow baby are truly priceless.  She shares with us:

• The depth of darkness that came over her when she lost her first pregnancy. 
• The surprise she experienced when she realized how many women suffer the same thing. 
• The significant changes ...

There’s so much information out there, it’s no wonder women who are struggling to get pregnant or carry to term experience elevated stress and anxiety.

 And let’s be honest, it’s not the information itself that’s stressful it’s the pressure of making the “right” decision.

 But that “pressure” puts us in a state of fear that can make us more susceptible to the wrong choice.

 And then whole cycle repeats itself… until you try somethi...

Every woman on her journey to her baby has had at least one moment where it felt like time was her enemy.

Most of us have at least one moment like that everyday.

There's fear that we:

• waited too long
• have "old" eggs
• will have "geriatric" pregnancies
• should have started sooner

and the list goes on and on.

This is totally normal and expected, especially when you consider most of us have heard about our "ticking clock...

On this journey we spend a lot of time thinking that we’re doing things “wrong” and we obsess about being "perfect."

We imagine that when women are getting closer to their baby they suddenly feel confident ALL the time.

We think:

•  Their stress has melted away
• They’re radiant
• They’ve stopped feeling jealous or resentful

 While it IS true that women who master the tools in the BFP feel calmer, more excited and more o...

What do women who beat the odds learn on their journey to success?

There are nuggets of wisdom I hear over and over again among women who get pregnant after joining the BFP.

So, I want to share 10 of those nuggets with you today.

If one or two of them resonates, write it down! Repeat it. OWN it.

To learn more about how to embody and LIVE these pieces of wisdom, I'm teaching my 3-step system for exiting conception chaos and ent...

We’re sitting down with the incredible BFP Alumni Rosey.

Diagnosed with “unexplained infertility” for basically her entire ten-year journey, Rosey never really knew why she wasn’t getting pregnant.

Struggling with primary and then secondary infertility, Rosey encountered numerous obstacles that might have made her give up on her dream of becoming a mom.

Starting out at 33 years old, she was optimistic she’d get pregnant fast. Bu...

There’s a simple tool that smart, creative, professional women overlook all the time on this journey, only because it’s easy to miss.

There’s SO much demanding our attention at any given moment when we’re trying to get pregnant. Even the most focused person can get sidelined from the simple stuff that makes a significant impact.

On today’s *bonus* episode I’m sharing one of the most basic and most powerful tools savvy wo...

When BFP member Adrienne decided to have a baby, she and her wife were told their odds of conceiving with either of their eggs were low.  Adrienne was told she was in early menopause at 34 years old. 

But Adrienne and her wife refused to be defined by the numbers. They did their research, advocated for themselves and overcame numerous setbacks on their journey.  And now they’re expecting TWINS.

On this not to be missed episode of ...

Sometimes it feels like the ideas we hear about can seem pretty abstract and therefore hard to achieve. Statements like “find your feminine to amplify your fertility” sound pretty…, (but… wtf does that really mean?)

This week, I’m taking you with me on the journey to my daughter, who I had naturally at 40 after miscarriage, failed egg retrievals and being given less than 5% odds.

 I’m sharing my fertility journey because it's ...

The two-week-wait (TWW) doesn’t have to be a time of dread. No matter where you are in your journey to become a mom if you're:

• trying naturally
• doing IUI cycle
• transferring an embryo
• working with a surrogate

whether you've been trying for 6 months or 6 years, the time between ovulation and your period is always a roller coaster.

 It's totally normal: You just want to know, am I pregnant yet?

 So you get...

Becoming a mom is something most women expect will happen at some point in their life.

But what happens when reaching that dream, or having that expectation, turns into a far off hope or a flat out nightmare?

For 1 in 6 women struggling to conceive stress levels are higher than in the average population. Anxiety is common. And fear of the future becomes normal.

All of this makes getting pregnant harder, not just because it turns y...

In today’s episode of the Badass Fertility Podcast we sit down with Laura Watson, fertility coach and mother of two egg donor conceived children.  Laura endured multiple unsuccessful rounds of IVF, egg retrievals with no genetically normal eggs and several heartbreaking pregnancy losses. When she entered the world of donor eggs at 40, she felt “relieved”

Despite her clarity on the choice that felt right for her and her family, Lau...