Ever wondered how two women make a baby? Host Katie Marenghi and her wife Allison are taking you along for the ride as they figure it out for themselves. Listen as they agonize over sperm donors, untangle fertility acronyms, and learn from other parents’ and want-to-be-parents’ stories.
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Katie Marenghi
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health & fitness · kids & family · society & culture
Katie and Allison go numb and things just happen.This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (trust me, we'll still be here). Find out more at nomatterpod.com and follow us on Instagram at @nomatterpod.This podcast is created by Katie Marenghi with...
6 Dec 2023
2.8 | We Get Knocked Down
Katie and Allison get some bad news. We talk about our feelings.This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (trust me, we'll still be here). Find out more at nomatterpod.com and follow us on Instagram at @nomatterpod.This podcast is created by Kati...
29 Nov 2023
2.7 | We Consider IVF feat. Alease Daniel Barnes
Katie and Allison feel the pressure now that Katie's days of health insurance are numbered. Embryologist Alease Daniel Barnes explains IVF (in-vitro fertilization) as we start to consider our options.You can find Alease on TikTok @aleasetheembryologist and Instagram @alease_the_embryologist.This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carr...
15 Nov 2023
2.6 | We Have a Plot Twist feat. Emma Byers and Cam Brennan
Katie and Allison get some unexpected news. Katie's Bookstagram pal Emma Byers and her partner Cam Brennan share a very timely story of how insurance laws and job turmoil landed them with 3 kids under 2.This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (...
1 Nov 2023
2.5 | We Try a New Drug feat. Laurel Hollen-Forbes
Katie and Allison take a second pregnancy test and change up the protocol. Plus, Katie talks to friend Laurel Hollen-Forbes about how it feels to go through an IUI cycle. This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (trust me, we'll still be he...
25 Oct 2023
2.4 | We Try Again feat. Ray Rachlin and Marea Goodman
Katie and Allison do their second IUI procedure. Plus, Katie talks to Ray Rachlin and Marea Goodman, authors of Baby Making for Everybody, about all the ways babies can be made for people with uteruses. This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season ...
18 Oct 2023
2.3 | We Take a Pregnancy Test
Did our first IUI work?! Are we pregnant!? Is this podcast already over?! Listen in as we get the results of our first pregnancy test after an agonizing two week wait. After, we're joined by Katie's grandma, Judy, to hear about her experience undergoing fertility treatments in the 1960s (spoiler: it's wild!).This episode contains mention of pregnancy loss and infertility, please take care when listening.This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatme...
11 Oct 2023
2.2 | We Do IUI!
Katie and Allison finally have their first IUI (intra-uterine insemination) cycle! Listen along as Katie undergoes a million tests, takes pills that make her ovulate, and is finally ready for her first fertility treatment. Plus, Allison breaks down the costs and answers the question everyone always asks... how are we paying for all this?This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI)...
4 Oct 2023
2.1 | We Start Fertility Treatments with Dr. Robert Setton
Previously on No Matter, you listened to Katie and Allison choose their sperm donor. Now they're putting that sperm to use (ew?) as they start fertility treatments! They're joined by their doctor, Dr. Robert Setton from Shady Grove Fertility as they prepare for their first cycle of intra-uterine insemination (IUI).This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic....
17 May 2023
Bonus: The Shortage of Black Sperm Donors with Amber Ferguson
While Katie was searching for her own sperm donor, she came across a Washington Post article on the "severe shortage" of Black sperm donors. Author of the article Amber Ferguson talks with Katie about why this shortage exists and what the impact is on Black women. Keep up with Amber's work in The Washington Post, on her blog Girl with Drive and on YouTube and Instagram @girlwithdrive.This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen al...
22 Feb 2023
1.5 | We Choose Our Sperm Donor
Jaimie Kelton from The Queer Family Podcast (formerly If These Ovaries Could Talk) gives Katie and Allison great advice and finally… WE CHOOSE A DONOR!This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (trust me, we'll still be here). Find out more a...
15 Feb 2023
1.4 | We Narrow Our Donor Search
Katie and Allison narrow down the donor search criteria with some special help from a genetic counselor. What criteria is most important? Is it really that bad to want a hot donor? And is loving sports… genetic?This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with seas...
15 Feb 2023
Bonus: The Spermabowl
Katie and Allison throw a party to help them select a sperm donor.This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (trust me, we'll still be here). Find out more at nomatterpod.com and follow us on Instagram at @nomatterpod.This podcast is created by Ka...
8 Feb 2023
Bonus: How Kat & Lexi Got Pregnant
Kat and Lexi tell their story of getting pregnant, which includes gift bags full of semen and creeping out hotel employees. They also share some advice for LGBTQ+ folks starting their fertility journeys.This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (...
8 Feb 2023
1.3 | We Consider Known Donors
Katie thinks of a way to bypass the sperm banks entirely. But how do you text a former coworker asking for his sperm? Special guests Kat and Lexi share their story of choosing a known donor.This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (trust me, we'...
1 Feb 2023
Bonus: The Psych Out
Katie and Allison go to their clinic-mandated psychiatry evaluation and get a very different experience than they bargained for.This episode contains mentions of homophobia, please take care when listening.This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season on...
1 Feb 2023
1.1 | We Decide to Make a Baby
Katie catches her wife Allison looking at sperm donors online… a year before they’re trying to conceive. Why is selecting a sperm donor so important to Allison? And how do two people with uteruses (uteri?) even make a baby?This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Sta...
1 Feb 2023
1.2 | We Go to the Sperm Bank
Katie and Allison start getting serious about their sperm donor search. But where do you even find a sperm donor? And what exactly are we looking for?This is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (trust me, we'll still be here). Find out more at noma...
14 Jan 2023
Introducing No Matter
Coming February 1! Follow host Katie Marenghi as she and her wife try to get pregnant.For more about the podcaast, visit nomatterpod.comThis is No Matter, a story of (in)fertility. This season, we're starting fertility treatments. Listen along as Katie undergoes intrauterine insemination (IUI) at a fertility clinic. Want to know who's carrying? How an LGBTQ+ couple conceives? How we chose a sperm donor? Start with season one (trust me, we'll still be here). Find out more at nomatterpod.com an...
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