Trying to conceive and going through infertility can feel like a private battle that tests our endurance. As the months and years pass, many feel isolated while they quietly grieve each cycle that ends without a positive test.
Infertility is usually shared in hindsight, once the story has an ending. This podcast is different.
It is a space for honest conversations about what it is like to be in infertility and how it shapes who we are. Hosted by two women who became friends through years of infertility and pregnancy loss, it is a place to share the challenges and emotions of this journey – while also exploring the insights and unexpected growth that come from walking it. Because, whether we want to or not, this is a season that changes us.
This podcast is for those who are still going through it, not knowing how their story will unfold – or whether they will end up with a baby in their arms. These are the stories of being in it. <br/><br/><a href="https://infertilitystories.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">infertilitystories.substack.com</a>
InFertility Stories
Claim This Podcastby Honest conversations about what it is like to go through infertility
Podcast Overview
Trying to conceive and going through infertility can feel like a private battle that tests our endurance. As the months and years pass, many feel isolated while they quietly grieve each cycle that ends without a positive test. Infertility is usually shared in hindsight, once the story has an ending. This podcast is different. It is a space for honest conversations about what it is like to be in infertility and how it shapes who we are. Hosted by two women who became friends through years of infertility and pregnancy loss, it is a place to share the challenges and emotions of this journey – while also exploring the insights and unexpected growth that come from walking it. Because, whether we want to or not, this is a season that changes us. This podcast is for those who are still going through it, not knowing how their story will unfold – or whether they will end up with a baby in their arms. These are the stories of being in it. <br/><br/><a href="https://infertilitystories.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">infertilitystories.substack.com</a>
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June 29, 2026
8. "Trust and Check" | Navigating doctors, invasive testing, (mis)diagnoses, and the medical system through infertility
<p>Have you ever found out that the answer to your infertility was sitting in your own medical file the entire time — it was just never mentioned or explained to you? Or felt exhausted by all the testing, poking and prodding by doctors without it leading anywhere?</p><p>In this episode, Miriam and Elise go deep on what it actually takes to navigate the medical system while trying to conceive: the doctors who don’t listen, the diagnoses that get missed, and the slow, exhausting realisation that you have to become your own advocate and specialist.</p><p>In this episode, Miriam and Elise talk about:</p><p>* What it’s like to trust a doctor completely, only to find out months or years later that something important was missed or never mentioned — even though the information was already there</p><p>* How medical language can feel cold or even weaponised when you’re already in an emotional, vulnerable state</p><p>* The power dynamic between doctor and patient, and why the smallest comment from a doctor can stay with you for years</p><p>* Why “unexplained infertility” can be one of the most psychologically damaging diagnoses to receive — and what it means to find the answers that were there all along</p><p>* The difference between general practitioners and true specialists, and why not every endocrinologist or gynecologist knows what you assume they know</p><p>* The toll of repeated invasive testing, and what it feels like when your body starts to resist procedures that are supposed to help you</p><p>* Using tools like ChatGPT to help interpret medical results and prepare better questions for doctors — and why “trust and check” might be the most useful approach of all</p><p>* Why navigating referrals, next steps, and the system itself can feel like its own full-time job, with no one laying out the path for you</p><p>* Their key takeaways: advocating for yourself, getting support so you don’t carry it all alone, and making space for what you need outside of what a doctor alone can give you</p><p>This podcast is for those who are still in it, not knowing how their story will unfold. These are the stories of being in the midst of the unknown. Welcome to the InFertility Stories Podcast.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://infertilitystories.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">infertilitystories.substack.com</a>
June 15, 2026
7. "What I was most afraid of" | The Plastic Detox, Mother’s Day, and Seeing Endometriosis and Adenomyosis on an MRI | Miriam’s Update
<p>Living through infertility is anything but static. One day, we feel hopeful, motivated, and inspired. The next, we can barely get out of bed.</p><p>There are seemingly endless periods of waiting — for the next appointment, the next test result, the next treatment cycle. In those spaces between answers, it’s easy to fill in the blanks with our fears and worst-case scenarios. Then new information arrives, and once again we have to recalibrate, pivot, and find a way forward.</p><p>In this personal update, Miriam shares what life with infertility has looked like over the past few months — from navigating Mother’s Day and making lifestyle changes to receiving the MRI results she feared the most, and facing the possibility of the new diagnoses of endometriosis and adenomyosis.</p><p>In this episode, Miriam discusses:</p><p>* How Netflix’s The Plastic Detox documentary changed the way she thinks about plastic — and what she’s choosing to wear because of it.</p><p>* How Mother’s Day went from one of her most painful days of the year to one of her most meaningful — and what made the difference.</p><p>* The anti-inflammatory diet she just started, why she chose it, and why it’s the first time in a long time she’s felt genuinely motivated to do something for her health and fertility.</p><p>* Receiving the MRI results she feared most, including signs of deep infiltrating endometriosis and diffuse adenomyosis, and what those diagnoses mean for conception.</p><p>* The frustration of spending years seeing doctors, undergoing two IUI cycles, and spending thousands of dollars — only to find a path to diagnosis through a Reddit forum and other women’s peer support.</p><p>* How sewing a dress for a baby she may never have is helping her find moments of healing, creativity, and joy amid uncertainty.</p><p>This podcast is for anyone living in the middle of an unfinished story — without answers, guarantees, or a clear path forward. These are the stories of navigating infertility while still in the midst of the unknown.</p><p>Welcome to the InFertility Stories Podcast.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://infertilitystories.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">infertilitystories.substack.com</a>
June 1, 2026
6. "But What If I Am?" | The endless loop of the two-week wait
<p>Have you ever found yourself convinced you're pregnant one moment — and certain you're not the next? Have you ever gone to get an x-ray at the dentist, not sure how to answer the question of whether you’re pregnant? </p><p>If you have, this episode is for you.</p><p>The two-week wait — the 14 days between ovulation and your period — is one of the most universally recognised experiences of trying to conceive. In this episode, Miriam and Elise talk about why this window is so hard, what it does to your mind and body, and how they have each learned to get through it.</p><p><strong>In this episode, Miriam and Elise talk about:</strong></p><p>What the two-week wait actually is — and why for some people it isn't two weeks</p><p>The Schrödinger's pregnancy: why during this phase you are simultaneously pregnant and not pregnant, and why your brain struggles to hold both as true at the same time</p><p>Why the hardest part isn't the waiting itself but the total absence of anything you can do to influence the outcome</p><p>Symptom confusion: why pregnancy symptoms and PMS symptoms are nearly identical, and how that uncertainty plays out cycle after cycle</p><p>How physical symptoms after surgery or pregnancy loss can add an entirely new layer of fear to the luteal phase</p><p>Progesterone supplementation during IUI and IVF: how it affects the two-week wait differently for different people — and why it isn't always a negative experience</p><p>The internal dialogue that loops endlessly: but what if I am pregnant? / I'm probably not / but what if I am?</p><p>Two opposite coping strategies — lowering your expectations vs. letting yourself dream — and why both can be valid depending on where you are in your journey</p><p>The obsessive tracking spiral: checking your app, reading your temperature, trying to extract certainty from data you already put in yourself</p><p>Practical strategies that have actually helped</p><p>Years of quiet lifestyle restriction — no alcohol, no sauna, no caffeine — and how to find a balance that doesn't put your whole life on hold</p><p>The partner gap: why the two-week wait lives so differently in the body of the person trying to get pregnant</p><p>This podcast is for those who are still in it, not knowing how their story will unfold. These are the stories of being in the midst of the unknown. Welcome to the InFertility Stories Podcast.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://infertilitystories.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">infertilitystories.substack.com</a>
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