The Baby Making Business

Today is a balance of silly buggers and “Getting deep Deborahs.”

Lauren reveals that she used to have the bladder of a camel but now in her third trimester it’s the size of a teeny, tiny…well Camel. Lauren expands on what other physical deficiencies she now has in her third trimester; including regularly getting stuck on the floor.

We talk about the eternal balance of feeling grateful that we are this deep into a pregnancy, but the lens of IVF meaning it never feels real, and that it could go away at any second. With this in mind we do a review of our baby-shower and how we never thought we would enjoy that. Although David got drunk, this time gets a pass. 

We have an argument about nesting and how we have completely opposing ideas about what needs doing and when.

We discuss Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, perhaps the most publicly known figure in America to ever talk about freezing her eggs. This prompts a deep conversation about visibility when it comes to infertility and IVF, and what is a realistic way of helping to ensure that  people who come after us in their quest, don’t have such a shock.

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To mark IVF day, we celebrate Jean Purdy, perhaps the greatest unsung hero of IVF. In doing so, we discover Rabbits were also trailblazers in the science of IVF.

The racist guy over the road interrupts our recording, David raps and we speculate whether or not our baby will inherit his hip-hop stylings.

Lauren adds potential gestational diabetes, pelvic girdle pain and an ectropion cervix to her pregnancy bingo card.

David lies to Lauren and tells her she has svelte ankles.

We are (kind of) away on our babymoon - but we’ve trashed the joint. 

This week we talk about how navigating grief recently has made us reflect on our IVF journey. This throws up lots of questions: when and how do you process all of this; especially if you are still navigating it, how has IVF impacted our relationship and how will it impact us as parents?

We visit Slough and discuss Boomer Dad’s love of roads. 

Do Camels have multiple bladders? Lauren does an offensive Welsh accent to Welsh people and also gets up to pee mid episode. Unprofessional. 

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https://www.themalefertilityhub.com/

https://www.glasshouseretreat.co.uk/

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Trigger warning; this week we discuss loss and grief.

WE. ARE. BACK BABIES!

We loop our listeners in on where the hell we have been. Spoiler…some good…some horrendous.

We discuss navigating grief, but specifically whilst expecting, and all the complicated emotions that come with that.

The Nursery is getting done up and obviously David helped but we did have to send out the bat-signal to the father-in-law to do anything harder than painting. 

It’s too hot to be pregnant and we decide we will probably move to Ireland or Alaska.

We talk about baby-names and is it cruel to name them something outlandish? When is too soon to decide on a name? What if they don’t LOOK like a Jonathan (regardless of gender).

We discuss a bit of a buzz topic in the media this week: “why is no one talking about men’s infertility?” - despite the fact we’ve been waffling on about it for years now! We talk about how men’s infertility gets sidelined in the NHS pathway, putting more focus and pressure on the women.

Also…we talk about how painful it really is to be kicked in the nuts. 

Show Links - 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2w4kz7z1ko

https://www.themalefertilityhub.com/

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This week we are going back to the beginning. With it being opening night for David, and Lauren being sick, we thought now was the perfect time to reintroduce ourselves for those of you that are new here.
Listen to this weeks episode to find out who we are, what we are about, and what made us start the baby making business.
We will be back with tonnes of sweet sweet content soon!