September 19, 2025 • 27 mins
In Episode 6 of Sunny Side, Ashley talks about how it seems so many people nowadays (in a good way) are taking better care of themselves, drinking less, paying more attention to what we're eating. While certainly no expert, she discusses how getting workouts in helps with her mental health - how many options there are these days to find a workout that works for you - compared to 25 years ago.
Ashley wraps up this episode discussing a recent diagnosis of endometriosis, next steps, and where she and husband TJ are on their journey to have kids together.
Ashley wraps up this episode discussing a recent diagnosis of endometriosis, next steps, and where she and husband TJ are on their journey to have kids together.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Last week's episode is going to be hard to beat,
just because I had so much response about how everybody
loved hearing from my husband Tjan that he was a natural,
which was awesome. I loved having him on. It's another
episode of Sunnyside. Thanks for listening, Thanks for supporting. I
also love hearing from you on Instagram at Sunnyside with Ashley.
I'm getting lots of feedback on how much people also
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loved the bonus parenting episode and how a lot of
that stuff is not what people are talking about.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
So again, thank you for listening.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
It is really fun for me to do this and
get to talk to you and release different episodes about
what's going on in my life. And I'm really just
reminding myself each week when I start talking about just
different topics of like, hey, someone else is going through this,
or they might.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Be able to send this to somebody who's going to
be able to relate to it.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
So that's why I wanted to talk about what we're
going to talk about this episode. It is a mixture
of health and wellness changes over the years that I've made,
and I think that also, like a lot of society
is making and then Also, I'm going to throw in
like a little update here of our TTC, which I'm
seeing is what everybody's calling trying to conceive nowadays and
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all the social media platforms just talking about it. But
first I just wanted to start with health and wellness. Nowadays,
I feel like a lot of people are just so
focused on being healthier, which I love.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
I think it's awesome.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
This week I posted how last December I went to
a place called the Ranch Hudson Valley. Now, I will
tell you it was pricey, like definitely not the type
of vacations I'm taking multiple times a year or annually
by any means, But it was incredible if you're looking
for like that ultimate reset where you go and you're
on a schedule and a routine, but it's amazing. Like
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TJ picked me up from the airport from that trip,
which I will tell you was only four days.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
We only did the four day trip, and he was like,
you're glowing.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
You know why because we were eating all clean ingredients,
all clean food that were cooked by an executive chef.
We were going on daily hikes and I think at
the end of each day we were doing like ten miles.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
It was nuts, but it.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Was amazing, Like I would do it again in a
heartbeat again. So that was the Ranch Hutson Valley, and
I went as a normal person, Like I didn't get
a deal, I didn't get any perks. So they're not
getting any credit here for me mentioning it. I'm just
saying it was an awesome trip, and I talk about
that when we're talking about this whole health and wellness journey.
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I definitely I think the last ten years have really
kind of refocused on it, and I'm still not as
good as i'd like to be, Like, especially when it
comes to eating and ingredients, Like I'm still not oh,
probably checking the labels the way I would like to
think I should be doing a little bit more of.
And I also think this is because so much has
been uncovered over the last few years about how much
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junk is in our food here in the States compared
to like the EU and the different regulations the EU
has on their foods. And I've had friends that go
over to Europe and Italy and stuff. They're like, Yeah,
it's amazing, like the pizza and pasta when you get
done eating it there, you don't feel heavy and disgusting.
So I mean, you know, there's obviously truth to all
of that. You just got to do your research. And
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that's where I feel like I kind of am with
all of it.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
I'm still learning. There's a lot to learn with all
of that.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
And the other part of this that I really wanted
to touch on is drinking. And I'll tell you I
wasn't like a heavy, heavy drinker by any means. I
will tell you in college, I sure did have my heyday.
Yeah that's for sure, not proud of it. But I
also feel like college years, yeah, that's when it gets
out of your system. And then I also work in
an industry. I work in the entertainment industry and the
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media industry. You're at concerts, you're hanging around artists, and
you're going to shows that like early on in my
career too, you're going out and you're having drinks or
dinner with people that are coming in town, which you
could call quote unquote clients, but they are like your reps,
you know that you form relationships with.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
So you're having a good time and.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
I would have, you know, drink casually like that socially
with girlfriends and stuff. And then you know, you start
getting a little bit older, and I'll tell you, within
like the last four years, I've really cut back. I
was definitely drinking a lot more in my former marriage,
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and that's just because also too, like we were it
was a totally different lifestyle of like going out on
the boat, being on the water and you're kind of
going out to you're stopping at different beach bars, and
those were like our vacations back then, you know. So
there was a little bit more drinking that was going
on there, but nothing like excessive, but still too much.
Now looking back, I was like, Eh, I'm really glad
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I don't drink like that anymore. Also, my age probably
is a factor in that now that I don't really
drink that much anymore. You know, like you have a
glass of wine, you wake up the next morning and
you're like, what in the world, Like I had like
two glasses maybe, and I have a headache. So now
I'm just careful about what I drink when I drink,
especially nowadays too. I try and get up in the
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mornings and either work out with my orange theory class
or I go for a run, and you hate waking
up knowing you feel like crap. Because it's something you
did to yourself. That's where my mind goes. I'm like,
dang it, I did this to myself. Why did I
have to have that wine last night? I also want
to say I tried not to be too hard on
myself about that, because if you want to enjoy a
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glass of wine and that's kind of like your wine down,
there's nothing wrong with that either.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
But I will say being in.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
The country music industry, I've also seen so many artists
over the last few years be really open in talking
about their sobriety. And they're all like former drinkers, and
they've talked about how they've had scenarios happen that they
were just really embarrassed about the people that they were.
They didn't want to be that person anymore. They had these,
you know, just awakening moments that were like, you know
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what am I doing? I don't want to be that person.
I'm embarrassed after things I said or did or treated people.
So so I love that it's so openly spoken about nowadays,
which is I think probably why I feel comfortable talking
about it too, because again I don't think I ever
had an issue, but I was a social drinker where
if I would be out with friends, I would probably
have a couple too many and I'd be like, you know,
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overconfident and say things. Yeah, you say things, and I'm like,
oh God, you wake up the next morning and sometimes
you're like, what did I say? That was the worst feeling.
So I'm talking about all of this just because I
feel like we've as a society kind of taken this
turn to wanting to be healthier, at least the people
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I'm around, you know. I know that definitely varies based
on your friend group, your families that you're around, But
for the most part, I think everybody's trying to be
a little bit healthier nowadays, take better care of themselves,
for their families, for their kids. But I will tell you,
like that is why I purposely stopped drinking the way
I was. I also think my lifestyle completely changed obviously
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now I'm married and have a ten year old bonus son,
as opposed to what my life looked like even just
three and a half years ago, very very different. So yeah,
the glass of wine every now during the week happens
when my husband and I have date nights.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
I still do.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
I'm like, especially if we go to a place that
has and we're having like a CHARCOUTERI date night. I'm like,
oh man, I feel like I like, I really want
a glass of red wine, and I have like one
or two, and that's fine.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
But if you're there, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
You know, everyone's different there, and I'm definitely not judgmental
in that front. I think if you want a glass
of wine, a few glasses of wine, do your thing.
I just knew I was in a place where I
was like, Okay, I don't like who I am when
I have vodka, so we're gonna go ahead and start
cutting that out, which I you know, for some people,
some of us, we do have those moments where we're like, ooh,
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I do not like the person I was or the
things I said when I was having drinks. You're like, okay,
well we know the reason. It's it's whatever you were
drinking and the person you became and the.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Things you said.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
So if we can cut that out or cut it back,
it makes a world of a difference, that's for sure.
And the other thing is like my husband TJ. When
we first met, so he didn't really drink at all,
which which is funny. It's like we actually kind of
had our roles reverse when it came to our relationships
with alcohol. So he didn't really drink at all in
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his previous marriage, which again like I didn't care obviously
I was I was going away from drinking, so I
didn't bother me that he didn't drink and he didn't
care if I had a drink. But I will say
he has now liked himself, likened himself a little bit
to a savignon blanc. He's like, it's so funny because
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he like, could care less about brands types, and I'm not.
I'm not like bougie in that way either. I don't
necessarily have to have like a certain brand or type,
like the very minimal in me and my knowledge of
wine is knowing that like a New Zealand sauvignon blanc
is a good crispy one, so that's normally what I
go for. Like, I literally don't know that much about wine.
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If I'm drinking red, which is definitely more rare of
these days, I like a cab So TJ hates red.
He's like, eugh no, that's all you you know? Also too,
it's like definitely on occasions, so when he goes on
his guy's fishing trip with all of his buddies from college.
They're all like crashing like bush lights, right, like okay,
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and they're all having a good time together. Nothing's going on.
And then when I have girls' nights, like when my
girlfriends are in town and we all make it a
point one night, that's like the only night in the
last like six months we all see each other. My
weakness is like a good spicy marg Even though I
try and stay away from liquor, I'm like.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Dang it, man. But again, I think it's that awareness.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
I think having the awareness is the biggest thing when
it comes to alcohol, relationships with alcohol nowadays. I will
also say what is so interesting to me? And a
colleague brought this up recently. He's younger. He is probably
ten years younger than me. I'm thirty seven. He's probably
in his late twenties. He was talking about how he
just recently started dating. They just started talking publicly that
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their boyfriend and girlfriend, and he was saying that they
don't really go out a whole lot because a lot
of people nowadays are either smoking pot, which is hilarious
because I feel like I'm so I feel like I
sound like a boomer when I'm talking about that, Like
the kids are smoking pot nowadays. But I know, like
this is so common, whether it's like vape, like oils, gummies.
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I will tell you, like I experimented in my high
school years. I know, which sounds crazy to say high school.
Ough that's terrible. And I never liked it. I never
I never had like a good reaction to it. So
I never went down that road. I always was, you know,
drinking as far as what's your drunk of choice. Right
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this new generation, he brought to my attention, is staying home.
Speaker 2 (11:03):
A lot more.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
They're not going out drinking, They're staying home. They're hanging
out in the privacy of their own homes. He also
brought up like social media, where he feels like they
don't go out as much anymore because nobody wants to
be caught, like doing something stupid on a video.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
And my mind was blown that this was.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Just something that they have to worry about nowadays, because
thank goodness, we did not have the social media to
the level we've gotten now when I was in college.
Let's just say that, I mean, I think Instagram was
like just a thing I don't know. I remember I
had to like request a Facebook email address when I
was going into college. I know most of you might
remember that. But all of that to say going back
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to like just the whole health and wellness stuff, because
I do post a lot about whether it's working out,
what we're eating, staying active, and I do love again,
at least my circles and the people I've been been
around recently, just try to be healthier, even if it's
like random workout classes that people are trying, Like, at
least you're trying and going. I'll tell you my favorite
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thing to see at my Orange Theory class is someone
that you can tell like is either just starting to
work out and maybe it's their first day, but like
I have so much respect for that person because they
made that choice to come. Like I always say, showing
up is the hardest part, Like getting out of bed
and getting there is the hardest part. Once you're there,
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it's like, all right, you there, you made it to
the workout. You're gonna get it done. And I always
love that expression too, like you never regret a workout
once you finished it, you killed it. And whether it
was like the best workout you've had or you just
kind of like, eh, you know, I got through it.
At least you went. That's the biggest thing. And I
it's funny. Working out for me is kind of like
my therapy. If I don't work out like a few days,
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I start to notice that I get a little more irritable.
I also, knowingly in my head will be like, ooh,
you haven't worked out in a few days, like this
is probably why you're feeling low energy or feeling funky,
or why you might be a little off. Like a
workout always helps, it helps everything. And my mom too,
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I love this. It's probably where I get a lot
of it from. My mom has this expression and it's
the less you do, the less you do.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
And I'm like, okay at.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
First, I feel like for a while, for a long time,
I never truly knew what that meant.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
When she would say it.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
But she was basically telling me like, Okay, if you're
feeling tired and sluggish and all these things, like are
you doing anything to you know, have energy, when's the
last time you did work out? And I love this
about my mom. My mom still does Jane fond of
workouts at home. Yes, she literally I think burned them
from like the original VHS tapes onto DVDs and then
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I think, now she finds some on YouTube.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
But guess what, that's what works.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
For my mom, and I think that the end of
the day. Nowadays, people are just finding what works for them.
There's so many different options too. Like TJ and I
were talking and have talked about just working out. He's
super fit. He does CrossFit, which that's another story. If
you're listening and you do CrossFit, Like, I get it,
but you know how there's this whole there's this whole
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like cult kind of stereotype about CrossFit. Yeah, I'm not kidding.
He comes home every time he goes comes home from CrossFit.
I swear he's something hurts. So I'm like, I don't know,
Like I do appreciate the shape you're in, and I
love that you love taking care of yourself, and like
that's his out.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
He loves CrossFit, and I'm glad he loves it.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
But yeah, I just hope he remains in one piece
because we've got a lot of years left to live.
But on the other hand, there are so many options
of workout things places, and that's what CJ and I
were talking about we're like we don't remember because it
didn't exist to the level when we were kids, Like
we don't remember our parents being super into fitness and
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eating and being healthy the way we are like we
are just so he goes. He literally takes his lunch
break every day and he goes and gets his workout in,
whether it's at the fire station or it's actually at
the CrossFit gym he goes to. Like he finds a
way to get it in, which I think is amazing.
He's super disciplined. But you think about all the different places,
like I've been a member of Orange Theory I think
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for probably going on ten years nine ten years. Again,
I do not endorse them. I've been trying to so
if anyone has any Orange Theory marketing leads with the
higher ups, hello, I'm your girl. Let's talk about it.
But places like Orange Theory F forty five, you've got
a lot of one off like boutique gyms nowadays too,
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that are really cool. I've been to a few of them,
and I live in Saint Pete. There's actually a place
that I'm gonna try here soon. Once I go and
try it, I'll talk about it. But I'm excited because
it's like a different environment that I think will be
really fun to go try. So at the end of
the day, I think that you know, once you find
the thing you like. There's also so many like yoga
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and pilates studios nowadays that are some of these things
get trendy and then they kind of die off. But again,
like I feel like for a while, Orange Theory was
kind of the trendy thing before F forty five came out,
before Barry's boot Camp came out, all these places, right,
but I found it worked best for me. So even
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though all these other places come out, I have tried
classes at those other places that's been the most convenient
for me their locations. And then also like somebody telling
me what to do. I know it's gonna be sixty minutes,
it's gonna be an hour of my day, and they're
gonna tell me exactly what I need to do. And
if I need to go at my own pace, I can.
If I need to change things up, I can. And
I also love that there's like every level of person
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in those classes, Like you can have anybody literally eighteen
years old all the way up to somebody in their
seventies and everyone's kind of going at their own pace,
but everyone's there for the same reason to take care
of themselves. And I've mentioned this before, like when I
used to do a morning show, I used to be
so bitter about the people they got to work out.
Like I would be at work at five AM and
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I would see people like getting their morning workouts in.
I'm like, man, I cannot wait till I'm not working
a morning show and I can work out in the mornings.
So I do kind of like hold myself accountable for
that now because now I don't have those morning show hours,
I will go to like the six oh five workout
class done by seven oh five, showered, all the things,
and I can still be at work by eight thirty.
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So that's what I love. I love starting my day
that way. It is just nice to get it done
and over with. But overall, I think it's like the eating.
It's the eating and food that I need to cone
in on, because like meal prepping, for example, I'm the
worst unless we pack or unless we cook extra from
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dinner the night before on purpose to have stuff for lunches.
I'm kind of like normally pressing, like, oh man, what
I'm gonna eat today, and then you sometimes end up
eating junk because you didn't prepare. And it's that whole
like prepare to fail, fail to plan type expression. So
I know a lot of people are really good at
me ill prepping. One of my colleagues, she's actually amazing
at it. She's also a really good cook, and she
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loves to cook, so she always has, you know, a
nice healthy lunch.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
But that's the other thing. I don't love to cook.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
So I'm like, if I find something healthy that I like,
I'm like, all right, I guess we're sticking with this
for the next six weeks because I'm not learning anything else.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
But also to like the last podcast you heard TJ
talk about how he cooks our dinners.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
He is amazing, thank goodness, And he.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Will say I'm not amazing, but he really like is experimental.
I need recipe, like I need a follow directions, and
then I still never like it.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
I never like anything I make. So that's a struggle.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
But just talking about overall health and wellness and everybody nowadays,
I do love that it seems like it is Uh,
it is a priority for families too. Just because we
were talking about like back in the day. I just
don't think parents knew better. Not everybody was in tune
to all the stuff that's going on now. Plus you
didn't evacts us to as much information, right, I mean,
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our parents did not have the internet is to the
level we do now or social media at all, where
all these people can provide like healthy recipes or workout videos. Right,
totally different generation, totally different like realm of life that
we're living in that our parents were not. I will
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also say, to the point of social media and the Internet,
it's like, have you used chatchipt to create a meal
plan or ask it anything like that.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
I actually did this a few weeks ago.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
I was like, create me a meal plan for seven
days to help with, you know, clearing my skin or something.
So it would literally create a day by day meal
plan based on foods that are good in certain ingredients
to help with like clearing up your skin or whatever.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
Yeah, try it if you haven't chat gept. It's amazing.
I've done it for all sorts of stuff.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
But what's interesting, I'll tell you about why I use
that particular chatchipt meal plan.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
We can switch gears here over.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
To us trying to conceive and I think one of
the well it is actually the last episode, I'm not
gonna lie. TJ threw me off a little bit when
he totally told everybody that he had a mis sect
to me.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
I was not even expecting that.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
On the last podcast, I was like, oh, I was
just looking at M like okay, we're going there.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
My husband TJ, in his previous marriage, had a sected
me after they had a baby, and we had to
go through the whole reversal process of that because he
wanted more children. And then when he met me, I
of course want children just to begin with, I don't
have any of my own yet, and he was like, okay,
well I want to do whatever it takes, like I
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want more kids too. So back in April, TJ did
have the reversal done. We went to a doctor who
is highly recommended by actually colleague of mine whose husband
went through the process as well.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
So that was successful.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
We've gotten all the different things back that we needed
to check after a reversal. And when it comes to
the man, however, I just recently learned that I have
endometriosis and a fibroid. I will tell you right now
I'm not like overly worried because my whole mentality is
like it's in God's hands. It's God's timing, when it's
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meant for us, it'll happen. And listen, Yes, of course
there's things that you can do to try and like
figure things out right. And people have asked me about
IVF and you know going down that route. Well, I
will tell you the process. And where we are right
now is my doctor is not worried yet. She's like,
I know plenty of people who've gotten pregnant with endometriosis.
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And here's the crazy thing, Like, I had no signs
of endometriosis, like at all. I don't have painful periods
like TMI. Maybe for some of you, probably not. We're
having an honest podcast. I had no signs of endometriosis,
no painful periods, nothing outside of the normal period. It
comes at the same time every month, it's very regular.
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So she was not worried about it. And the reason
why we even kind of found it is because I
had an ultrasound done just to check a cyst. Well
turns out yes, that particular cyst. She's like, that looks
like anometriosis and it also looks like there's a fibroid
back there.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
So that's where we are.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
My next step that I'm having done, I'm having an
hs SG done. And this is a procedure where they
basically put dye into your fallopian tubes to make sure
that they're open and that things are you know, flowing
through properly the way they need to and that things
can get to where they need to go. But again,
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I'm trying to like stay lighthearted about it all because
I know it can be tough. I mean, don't get
me wrong. Like the other day when I got my period, I.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
Was like, oh, dang it.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
It's funny because like there's some people who maybe are
done with kids or don't even want to think about
getting pregnant again. And that's a relief for you, Well
for me, I get it, and I'm like, dang it.
And then to have to tell TJ, like he's so
supportive and he would never be upset obviously, like you know,
we're trying to do what we can, but like still
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to tell him, like I got my period, like I
know that's a disappointment too for him. And so hopefully
with this procedure we'll be able to find out more
and what our next steps are going to be. And again,
like my doctor's not worried because she's like, listen, you've
only been trying for real, for like a few months.
You've only been tracking the actual window. And then you know,
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I've gotten the aura ring, which I talked about. It
checks your body temperature, it keeps track of all these
different things to help you really narrow in on your
fertility window. So yes, we are doing all of those
things and trying to keep it romantic because when you're like,
oh my fertility window is this day cool?
Speaker 2 (23:54):
And then you've got like five minutes, you just got
to figure it out.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
But we're going with it and thoughts and prayers there
in that one for us because hopefully it happens naturally.
You know, isn't that everyone's wish? You hope that it
will happen naturally for you. I am still a little
bit mixed when it comes to IVF. I told TJ
that I think I would go through one round of it,
but after that, I don't know, Like if it didn't
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work after one round, that I could probably take that
as my sign from God of like you're gonna be
an amazing bonus, mom, you have amazing nieces and nephews.
And I know that might sound like morbid to think
that way too, but this is the reality of things
going on in my head where I'm like, Okay, as
much as I would love my own baby and my
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own child, my own kid have with TJ two in
our lives, I don't know how much I'm willing to
put my body through to get there.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
So, like where I'm at now mentally is I.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
Think if we ever get to the point that we
have to do IVF or consider it, then we'll look
at what the first round looks like just in general.
And I know everyone's different too and how their bodies react,
so I also I am trying to keep that in mind,
but again trying to stay positive, trying to just kind
of see if we can make this happen naturally. But
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I do know like after this procedure, where we can
make sure things are flowing the way they need to,
that'll answer some questions and then we'll just take it
step by step. And what I'm so realizing about this
whole process now is like you have to wait every month,
like every month you've got to try and then you
wait days until your period comes or it doesn't, and
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it's just like a weird, a weird thing. And then
you have people too that are like want to ask
you about it, and you're like, we're trying. Yeah, so
this is That's why I'm like, I might as well
just put it all out there on the podcast. If
anyone has any questions about our attempt to conceive, please
listen to episode six of Sunnyside. No. But in all seriousness,
I do know so many different peoples have had different
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journeys with getting pregn with IVF, with pregnancy complications, with
so many different things nowadays. I mean literally two weeks ago,
when I was going in for a follow up ultrasound,
specifically on the cyst, I was saying to the tech
I was like, I just feel like so many people
I know nowadays have more complications than like normal pregnancies, Like,
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and I hate to say that, but more people I
know in my personal life, friends, colleagues, friends of friends.
I'm here, I just hear more stories of something not
going right or somebody having a specific condition that's preventing
pregnancy and doing this, and I'm just like, what the
heck is going on in our bodies?
Speaker 2 (26:38):
What is happening in our world? Why is this happening?
Speaker 1 (26:40):
So I'm just trying not to go or drive myself
crazy with all of those questions, and again give it
to God and know that if it's meant for me
and if it's meant for us.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
It'll happen. And you know, if we want to explore IVF,
we'll also go down that route. Oh when the time comes.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
So that's the update there. This has been a great episode.
I feel like you're getting a lot of things here.
But last episode was with TJ. If you miss it,
make sure to go back and listen to the episode
with my husband. He did such a great job. Everyone's like,
I think you have a new co host and he
loved that. He loved it, so we'll have to get
him back on.
Speaker 2 (27:16):
But thanks again.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
I hope you have a great weekend or whenever you
may be listening to this your Sunday night, your Saturday morning,
it's Sunnyside with Ashley. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram.
Send me a message, especially if you've gone through any
of your own trying to conceive pregnancy. All the things
at Sunnyside with Ashley on Instagram,
Last week's episode is going to be hard to beat,
just because I had so much response about how everybody
loved hearing from my husband Tjan that he was a natural,
which was awesome. I loved having him on. It's another
episode of Sunnyside. Thanks for listening, Thanks for supporting. I
also love hearing from you on Instagram at Sunnyside with Ashley.
I'm getting lots of feedback on how much people also
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loved the bonus parenting episode and how a lot of
that stuff is not what people are talking about.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
So again, thank you for listening.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
It is really fun for me to do this and
get to talk to you and release different episodes about
what's going on in my life. And I'm really just
reminding myself each week when I start talking about just
different topics of like, hey, someone else is going through this,
or they might.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Be able to send this to somebody who's going to
be able to relate to it.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
So that's why I wanted to talk about what we're
going to talk about this episode. It is a mixture
of health and wellness changes over the years that I've made,
and I think that also, like a lot of society
is making and then Also, I'm going to throw in
like a little update here of our TTC, which I'm
seeing is what everybody's calling trying to conceive nowadays and
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all the social media platforms just talking about it. But
first I just wanted to start with health and wellness. Nowadays,
I feel like a lot of people are just so
focused on being healthier, which I love.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
I think it's awesome.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
This week I posted how last December I went to
a place called the Ranch Hudson Valley. Now, I will
tell you it was pricey, like definitely not the type
of vacations I'm taking multiple times a year or annually
by any means, But it was incredible if you're looking
for like that ultimate reset where you go and you're
on a schedule and a routine, but it's amazing. Like
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TJ picked me up from the airport from that trip,
which I will tell you was only four days.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
We only did the four day trip, and he was like,
you're glowing.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
You know why because we were eating all clean ingredients,
all clean food that were cooked by an executive chef.
We were going on daily hikes and I think at
the end of each day we were doing like ten miles.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
It was nuts, but it.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Was amazing, Like I would do it again in a
heartbeat again. So that was the Ranch Hutson Valley, and
I went as a normal person, Like I didn't get
a deal, I didn't get any perks. So they're not
getting any credit here for me mentioning it. I'm just
saying it was an awesome trip, and I talk about
that when we're talking about this whole health and wellness journey.
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I definitely I think the last ten years have really
kind of refocused on it, and I'm still not as
good as i'd like to be, Like, especially when it
comes to eating and ingredients, Like I'm still not oh,
probably checking the labels the way I would like to
think I should be doing a little bit more of.
And I also think this is because so much has
been uncovered over the last few years about how much
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junk is in our food here in the States compared
to like the EU and the different regulations the EU
has on their foods. And I've had friends that go
over to Europe and Italy and stuff. They're like, Yeah,
it's amazing, like the pizza and pasta when you get
done eating it there, you don't feel heavy and disgusting.
So I mean, you know, there's obviously truth to all
of that. You just got to do your research. And
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that's where I feel like I kind of am with
all of it.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
I'm still learning. There's a lot to learn with all
of that.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
And the other part of this that I really wanted
to touch on is drinking. And I'll tell you I
wasn't like a heavy, heavy drinker by any means. I
will tell you in college, I sure did have my heyday.
Yeah that's for sure, not proud of it. But I
also feel like college years, yeah, that's when it gets
out of your system. And then I also work in
an industry. I work in the entertainment industry and the
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media industry. You're at concerts, you're hanging around artists, and
you're going to shows that like early on in my
career too, you're going out and you're having drinks or
dinner with people that are coming in town, which you
could call quote unquote clients, but they are like your reps,
you know that you form relationships with.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
So you're having a good time and.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
I would have, you know, drink casually like that socially
with girlfriends and stuff. And then you know, you start
getting a little bit older, and I'll tell you, within
like the last four years, I've really cut back. I
was definitely drinking a lot more in my former marriage,
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and that's just because also too, like we were it
was a totally different lifestyle of like going out on
the boat, being on the water and you're kind of
going out to you're stopping at different beach bars, and
those were like our vacations back then, you know. So
there was a little bit more drinking that was going
on there, but nothing like excessive, but still too much.
Now looking back, I was like, Eh, I'm really glad
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I don't drink like that anymore. Also, my age probably
is a factor in that now that I don't really
drink that much anymore. You know, like you have a
glass of wine, you wake up the next morning and
you're like, what in the world, Like I had like
two glasses maybe, and I have a headache. So now
I'm just careful about what I drink when I drink,
especially nowadays too. I try and get up in the
(05:02):
mornings and either work out with my orange theory class
or I go for a run, and you hate waking
up knowing you feel like crap. Because it's something you
did to yourself. That's where my mind goes. I'm like,
dang it, I did this to myself. Why did I
have to have that wine last night? I also want
to say I tried not to be too hard on
myself about that, because if you want to enjoy a
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glass of wine and that's kind of like your wine down,
there's nothing wrong with that either.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
But I will say being in.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
The country music industry, I've also seen so many artists
over the last few years be really open in talking
about their sobriety. And they're all like former drinkers, and
they've talked about how they've had scenarios happen that they
were just really embarrassed about the people that they were.
They didn't want to be that person anymore. They had these,
you know, just awakening moments that were like, you know
(05:54):
what am I doing? I don't want to be that person.
I'm embarrassed after things I said or did or treated people.
So so I love that it's so openly spoken about nowadays,
which is I think probably why I feel comfortable talking
about it too, because again I don't think I ever
had an issue, but I was a social drinker where
if I would be out with friends, I would probably
have a couple too many and I'd be like, you know,
(06:16):
overconfident and say things. Yeah, you say things, and I'm like,
oh God, you wake up the next morning and sometimes
you're like, what did I say? That was the worst feeling.
So I'm talking about all of this just because I
feel like we've as a society kind of taken this
turn to wanting to be healthier, at least the people
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I'm around, you know. I know that definitely varies based
on your friend group, your families that you're around, But
for the most part, I think everybody's trying to be
a little bit healthier nowadays, take better care of themselves,
for their families, for their kids. But I will tell you,
like that is why I purposely stopped drinking the way
I was. I also think my lifestyle completely changed obviously
(06:59):
now I'm married and have a ten year old bonus son,
as opposed to what my life looked like even just
three and a half years ago, very very different. So yeah,
the glass of wine every now during the week happens
when my husband and I have date nights.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
I still do.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
I'm like, especially if we go to a place that
has and we're having like a CHARCOUTERI date night. I'm like,
oh man, I feel like I like, I really want
a glass of red wine, and I have like one
or two, and that's fine.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
But if you're there, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
You know, everyone's different there, and I'm definitely not judgmental
in that front. I think if you want a glass
of wine, a few glasses of wine, do your thing.
I just knew I was in a place where I
was like, Okay, I don't like who I am when
I have vodka, so we're gonna go ahead and start
cutting that out, which I you know, for some people,
some of us, we do have those moments where we're like, ooh,
(07:49):
I do not like the person I was or the
things I said when I was having drinks. You're like, okay,
well we know the reason. It's it's whatever you were
drinking and the person you became and the.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Things you said.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
So if we can cut that out or cut it back,
it makes a world of a difference, that's for sure.
And the other thing is like my husband TJ. When
we first met, so he didn't really drink at all,
which which is funny. It's like we actually kind of
had our roles reverse when it came to our relationships
with alcohol. So he didn't really drink at all in
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his previous marriage, which again like I didn't care obviously
I was I was going away from drinking, so I
didn't bother me that he didn't drink and he didn't
care if I had a drink. But I will say
he has now liked himself, likened himself a little bit
to a savignon blanc. He's like, it's so funny because
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he like, could care less about brands types, and I'm not.
I'm not like bougie in that way either. I don't
necessarily have to have like a certain brand or type,
like the very minimal in me and my knowledge of
wine is knowing that like a New Zealand sauvignon blanc
is a good crispy one, so that's normally what I
go for. Like, I literally don't know that much about wine.
(09:05):
If I'm drinking red, which is definitely more rare of
these days, I like a cab So TJ hates red.
He's like, eugh no, that's all you you know? Also too,
it's like definitely on occasions, so when he goes on
his guy's fishing trip with all of his buddies from college.
They're all like crashing like bush lights, right, like okay,
(09:26):
and they're all having a good time together. Nothing's going on.
And then when I have girls' nights, like when my
girlfriends are in town and we all make it a
point one night, that's like the only night in the
last like six months we all see each other. My
weakness is like a good spicy marg Even though I
try and stay away from liquor, I'm like.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Dang it, man. But again, I think it's that awareness.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
I think having the awareness is the biggest thing when
it comes to alcohol, relationships with alcohol nowadays. I will
also say what is so interesting to me? And a
colleague brought this up recently. He's younger. He is probably
ten years younger than me. I'm thirty seven. He's probably
in his late twenties. He was talking about how he
just recently started dating. They just started talking publicly that
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their boyfriend and girlfriend, and he was saying that they
don't really go out a whole lot because a lot
of people nowadays are either smoking pot, which is hilarious
because I feel like I'm so I feel like I
sound like a boomer when I'm talking about that, Like
the kids are smoking pot nowadays. But I know, like
this is so common, whether it's like vape, like oils, gummies.
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I will tell you, like I experimented in my high
school years. I know, which sounds crazy to say high school.
Ough that's terrible. And I never liked it. I never
I never had like a good reaction to it. So
I never went down that road. I always was, you know,
drinking as far as what's your drunk of choice. Right
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this new generation, he brought to my attention, is staying home.
Speaker 2 (11:03):
A lot more.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
They're not going out drinking, They're staying home. They're hanging
out in the privacy of their own homes. He also
brought up like social media, where he feels like they
don't go out as much anymore because nobody wants to
be caught, like doing something stupid on a video.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
And my mind was blown that this was.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Just something that they have to worry about nowadays, because
thank goodness, we did not have the social media to
the level we've gotten now when I was in college.
Let's just say that, I mean, I think Instagram was
like just a thing I don't know. I remember I
had to like request a Facebook email address when I
was going into college. I know most of you might
remember that. But all of that to say going back
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to like just the whole health and wellness stuff, because
I do post a lot about whether it's working out,
what we're eating, staying active, and I do love again,
at least my circles and the people I've been been
around recently, just try to be healthier, even if it's
like random workout classes that people are trying, Like, at
least you're trying and going. I'll tell you my favorite
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thing to see at my Orange Theory class is someone
that you can tell like is either just starting to
work out and maybe it's their first day, but like
I have so much respect for that person because they
made that choice to come. Like I always say, showing
up is the hardest part, Like getting out of bed
and getting there is the hardest part. Once you're there,
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it's like, all right, you there, you made it to
the workout. You're gonna get it done. And I always
love that expression too, like you never regret a workout
once you finished it, you killed it. And whether it
was like the best workout you've had or you just
kind of like, eh, you know, I got through it.
At least you went. That's the biggest thing. And I
it's funny. Working out for me is kind of like
my therapy. If I don't work out like a few days,
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I start to notice that I get a little more irritable.
I also, knowingly in my head will be like, ooh,
you haven't worked out in a few days, like this
is probably why you're feeling low energy or feeling funky,
or why you might be a little off. Like a
workout always helps, it helps everything. And my mom too,
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I love this. It's probably where I get a lot
of it from. My mom has this expression and it's
the less you do, the less you do.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
And I'm like, okay at.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
First, I feel like for a while, for a long time,
I never truly knew what that meant.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
When she would say it.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
But she was basically telling me like, Okay, if you're
feeling tired and sluggish and all these things, like are
you doing anything to you know, have energy, when's the
last time you did work out? And I love this
about my mom. My mom still does Jane fond of
workouts at home. Yes, she literally I think burned them
from like the original VHS tapes onto DVDs and then
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I think, now she finds some on YouTube.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
But guess what, that's what works.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
For my mom, and I think that the end of
the day. Nowadays, people are just finding what works for them.
There's so many different options too. Like TJ and I
were talking and have talked about just working out. He's
super fit. He does CrossFit, which that's another story. If
you're listening and you do CrossFit, Like, I get it,
but you know how there's this whole there's this whole
(14:11):
like cult kind of stereotype about CrossFit. Yeah, I'm not kidding.
He comes home every time he goes comes home from CrossFit.
I swear he's something hurts. So I'm like, I don't know,
Like I do appreciate the shape you're in, and I
love that you love taking care of yourself, and like
that's his out.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
He loves CrossFit, and I'm glad he loves it.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
But yeah, I just hope he remains in one piece
because we've got a lot of years left to live.
But on the other hand, there are so many options
of workout things places, and that's what CJ and I
were talking about we're like we don't remember because it
didn't exist to the level when we were kids, Like
we don't remember our parents being super into fitness and
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eating and being healthy the way we are like we
are just so he goes. He literally takes his lunch
break every day and he goes and gets his workout in,
whether it's at the fire station or it's actually at
the CrossFit gym he goes to. Like he finds a
way to get it in, which I think is amazing.
He's super disciplined. But you think about all the different places,
like I've been a member of Orange Theory I think
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for probably going on ten years nine ten years. Again,
I do not endorse them. I've been trying to so
if anyone has any Orange Theory marketing leads with the
higher ups, hello, I'm your girl. Let's talk about it.
But places like Orange Theory F forty five, you've got
a lot of one off like boutique gyms nowadays too,
(15:34):
that are really cool. I've been to a few of them,
and I live in Saint Pete. There's actually a place
that I'm gonna try here soon. Once I go and
try it, I'll talk about it. But I'm excited because
it's like a different environment that I think will be
really fun to go try. So at the end of
the day, I think that you know, once you find
the thing you like. There's also so many like yoga
(15:54):
and pilates studios nowadays that are some of these things
get trendy and then they kind of die off. But again,
like I feel like for a while, Orange Theory was
kind of the trendy thing before F forty five came out,
before Barry's boot Camp came out, all these places, right,
but I found it worked best for me. So even
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though all these other places come out, I have tried
classes at those other places that's been the most convenient
for me their locations. And then also like somebody telling
me what to do. I know it's gonna be sixty minutes,
it's gonna be an hour of my day, and they're
gonna tell me exactly what I need to do. And
if I need to go at my own pace, I can.
If I need to change things up, I can. And
I also love that there's like every level of person
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in those classes, Like you can have anybody literally eighteen
years old all the way up to somebody in their
seventies and everyone's kind of going at their own pace,
but everyone's there for the same reason to take care
of themselves. And I've mentioned this before, like when I
used to do a morning show, I used to be
so bitter about the people they got to work out.
Like I would be at work at five AM and
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I would see people like getting their morning workouts in.
I'm like, man, I cannot wait till I'm not working
a morning show and I can work out in the mornings.
So I do kind of like hold myself accountable for
that now because now I don't have those morning show hours,
I will go to like the six oh five workout
class done by seven oh five, showered, all the things,
and I can still be at work by eight thirty.
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So that's what I love. I love starting my day
that way. It is just nice to get it done
and over with. But overall, I think it's like the eating.
It's the eating and food that I need to cone
in on, because like meal prepping, for example, I'm the
worst unless we pack or unless we cook extra from
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dinner the night before on purpose to have stuff for lunches.
I'm kind of like normally pressing, like, oh man, what
I'm gonna eat today, and then you sometimes end up
eating junk because you didn't prepare. And it's that whole
like prepare to fail, fail to plan type expression. So
I know a lot of people are really good at
me ill prepping. One of my colleagues, she's actually amazing
at it. She's also a really good cook, and she
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loves to cook, so she always has, you know, a
nice healthy lunch.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
But that's the other thing. I don't love to cook.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
So I'm like, if I find something healthy that I like,
I'm like, all right, I guess we're sticking with this
for the next six weeks because I'm not learning anything else.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
But also to like the last podcast you heard TJ
talk about how he cooks our dinners.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
He is amazing, thank goodness, And he.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Will say I'm not amazing, but he really like is experimental.
I need recipe, like I need a follow directions, and
then I still never like it.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
I never like anything I make. So that's a struggle.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
But just talking about overall health and wellness and everybody nowadays,
I do love that it seems like it is Uh,
it is a priority for families too. Just because we
were talking about like back in the day. I just
don't think parents knew better. Not everybody was in tune
to all the stuff that's going on now. Plus you
didn't evacts us to as much information, right, I mean,
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our parents did not have the internet is to the
level we do now or social media at all, where
all these people can provide like healthy recipes or workout videos. Right,
totally different generation, totally different like realm of life that
we're living in that our parents were not. I will
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also say, to the point of social media and the Internet,
it's like, have you used chatchipt to create a meal
plan or ask it anything like that.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
I actually did this a few weeks ago.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
I was like, create me a meal plan for seven
days to help with, you know, clearing my skin or something.
So it would literally create a day by day meal
plan based on foods that are good in certain ingredients
to help with like clearing up your skin or whatever.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
Yeah, try it if you haven't chat gept. It's amazing.
I've done it for all sorts of stuff.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
But what's interesting, I'll tell you about why I use
that particular chatchipt meal plan.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
We can switch gears here over.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
To us trying to conceive and I think one of
the well it is actually the last episode, I'm not
gonna lie. TJ threw me off a little bit when
he totally told everybody that he had a mis sect
to me.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
I was not even expecting that.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
On the last podcast, I was like, oh, I was
just looking at M like okay, we're going there.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
My husband TJ, in his previous marriage, had a sected
me after they had a baby, and we had to
go through the whole reversal process of that because he
wanted more children. And then when he met me, I
of course want children just to begin with, I don't
have any of my own yet, and he was like, okay,
well I want to do whatever it takes, like I
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want more kids too. So back in April, TJ did
have the reversal done. We went to a doctor who
is highly recommended by actually colleague of mine whose husband
went through the process as well.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
So that was successful.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
We've gotten all the different things back that we needed
to check after a reversal. And when it comes to
the man, however, I just recently learned that I have
endometriosis and a fibroid. I will tell you right now
I'm not like overly worried because my whole mentality is
like it's in God's hands. It's God's timing, when it's
(21:23):
meant for us, it'll happen. And listen, Yes, of course
there's things that you can do to try and like
figure things out right. And people have asked me about
IVF and you know going down that route. Well, I
will tell you the process. And where we are right
now is my doctor is not worried yet. She's like,
I know plenty of people who've gotten pregnant with endometriosis.
(21:44):
And here's the crazy thing, Like, I had no signs
of endometriosis, like at all. I don't have painful periods
like TMI. Maybe for some of you, probably not. We're
having an honest podcast. I had no signs of endometriosis,
no painful periods, nothing outside of the normal period. It
comes at the same time every month, it's very regular.
(22:05):
So she was not worried about it. And the reason
why we even kind of found it is because I
had an ultrasound done just to check a cyst. Well
turns out yes, that particular cyst. She's like, that looks
like anometriosis and it also looks like there's a fibroid
back there.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
So that's where we are.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
My next step that I'm having done, I'm having an
hs SG done. And this is a procedure where they
basically put dye into your fallopian tubes to make sure
that they're open and that things are you know, flowing
through properly the way they need to and that things
can get to where they need to go. But again,
(22:45):
I'm trying to like stay lighthearted about it all because
I know it can be tough. I mean, don't get
me wrong. Like the other day when I got my period, I.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
Was like, oh, dang it.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
It's funny because like there's some people who maybe are
done with kids or don't even want to think about
getting pregnant again. And that's a relief for you, Well
for me, I get it, and I'm like, dang it.
And then to have to tell TJ, like he's so
supportive and he would never be upset obviously, like you know,
we're trying to do what we can, but like still
(23:14):
to tell him, like I got my period, like I
know that's a disappointment too for him. And so hopefully
with this procedure we'll be able to find out more
and what our next steps are going to be. And again,
like my doctor's not worried because she's like, listen, you've
only been trying for real, for like a few months.
You've only been tracking the actual window. And then you know,
(23:35):
I've gotten the aura ring, which I talked about. It
checks your body temperature, it keeps track of all these
different things to help you really narrow in on your
fertility window. So yes, we are doing all of those
things and trying to keep it romantic because when you're like,
oh my fertility window is this day cool?
Speaker 2 (23:54):
And then you've got like five minutes, you just got
to figure it out.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
But we're going with it and thoughts and prayers there
in that one for us because hopefully it happens naturally.
You know, isn't that everyone's wish? You hope that it
will happen naturally for you. I am still a little
bit mixed when it comes to IVF. I told TJ
that I think I would go through one round of it,
but after that, I don't know, Like if it didn't
(24:18):
work after one round, that I could probably take that
as my sign from God of like you're gonna be
an amazing bonus, mom, you have amazing nieces and nephews.
And I know that might sound like morbid to think
that way too, but this is the reality of things
going on in my head where I'm like, Okay, as
much as I would love my own baby and my
(24:38):
own child, my own kid have with TJ two in
our lives, I don't know how much I'm willing to
put my body through to get there.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
So, like where I'm at now mentally is I.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
Think if we ever get to the point that we
have to do IVF or consider it, then we'll look
at what the first round looks like just in general.
And I know everyone's different too and how their bodies react,
so I also I am trying to keep that in mind,
but again trying to stay positive, trying to just kind
of see if we can make this happen naturally. But
(25:11):
I do know like after this procedure, where we can
make sure things are flowing the way they need to,
that'll answer some questions and then we'll just take it
step by step. And what I'm so realizing about this
whole process now is like you have to wait every month,
like every month you've got to try and then you
wait days until your period comes or it doesn't, and
(25:34):
it's just like a weird, a weird thing. And then
you have people too that are like want to ask
you about it, and you're like, we're trying. Yeah, so
this is That's why I'm like, I might as well
just put it all out there on the podcast. If
anyone has any questions about our attempt to conceive, please
listen to episode six of Sunnyside. No. But in all seriousness,
I do know so many different peoples have had different
(25:57):
journeys with getting pregn with IVF, with pregnancy complications, with
so many different things nowadays. I mean literally two weeks ago,
when I was going in for a follow up ultrasound,
specifically on the cyst, I was saying to the tech
I was like, I just feel like so many people
I know nowadays have more complications than like normal pregnancies, Like,
(26:21):
and I hate to say that, but more people I
know in my personal life, friends, colleagues, friends of friends.
I'm here, I just hear more stories of something not
going right or somebody having a specific condition that's preventing
pregnancy and doing this, and I'm just like, what the
heck is going on in our bodies?
Speaker 2 (26:38):
What is happening in our world? Why is this happening?
Speaker 1 (26:40):
So I'm just trying not to go or drive myself
crazy with all of those questions, and again give it
to God and know that if it's meant for me
and if it's meant for us.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
It'll happen. And you know, if we want to explore IVF,
we'll also go down that route. Oh when the time comes.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
So that's the update there. This has been a great episode.
I feel like you're getting a lot of things here.
But last episode was with TJ. If you miss it,
make sure to go back and listen to the episode
with my husband. He did such a great job. Everyone's like,
I think you have a new co host and he
loved that. He loved it, so we'll have to get
him back on.
Speaker 2 (27:16):
But thanks again.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
I hope you have a great weekend or whenever you
may be listening to this your Sunday night, your Saturday morning,
it's Sunnyside with Ashley. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram.
Send me a message, especially if you've gone through any
of your own trying to conceive pregnancy. All the things
at Sunnyside with Ashley on Instagram,
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