One Last Try: An Infertility Podcast
Mike and Karen share the story of their ongoing infertility journey. Follow along as they either have a miracle baby or have their hearts and souls crushed beyond belief forever on this journey that they will never emotionally or financially recover from!
Episodes
20 episodes
Ep 20: 10 Weeks Pregnant and Baby's Gender
An update from 10 weeks pregnant, including our 8.5 week ultrasound, finding out our baby's gender, and the frustrations of working with multiple clinics.
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17:35
Ep 19: 7 Weeks Pregnant
An update at 7 weeks pregnant, including our first ultrasound and frustration around working with multiple clinics.
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35:02
17: Two-Week Wait Update
While we wait for test day, we discuss our pregnancy test plan, symptoms, and how we're feeling.
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41:36
16: Embryo Updates and CCRM FET 1
In this episode we share our final embryo results and recap our first frozen embryo transfer at CCRM.
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31:51
15: Making Embryos!
In this episode we recap our trip to Denver for egg thawing and fertilization and impatiently await our embryo update.
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39:50
14: Frozen Eggs Part 2 And Some Existential Thoughts on Not Having Children
In this episode we recap a visit with our doctor to finalize our frozen egg plan, the pain of spending massive amounts of money at once, and Karen discusses a family trip to see a dying relative that brings up some heavy feelings.
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27:52
13: Mother's Day is the Worst
It's Mother's Day/Father's Day season and Karen has issues. Then we read some Reddit AITA entries about talking to ladies of the night in Vegas, buying meat, hot sauce, and Taylor Swift concert tickets.
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37:09
12: Switching to Frozen Eggs?
Recorded August 10, 2022. After our third egg donor dropout and no prospects for fresh donors, we started considering switching to frozen eggs.
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18:53
Infertility Story Part 10: First Trip to CCRM and Our Criminal Egg Donor!
In this episode we talk about our first visit to CCRM, the testing we did there, and why the first two egg donors we picked didn't work out.
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50:04
Infertility Story Part 9: From Spain To Colorado
In this episode we discuss the impact COVID had on our infertility journey, being at a stalemate in terms of next steps, going to marriage counseling, signing a contract between us for future fertility treatments, and ultimately deciding to go ...
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1:05:21
Infertility Story Part 8: Spain Embryo Transfers 2 and 3
In this episode we discuss our trips to Spain for our second and third embryo transfers, whether or not we got COVID in Europe in February 2020, and some additional testing we underwent including an ERA and the Receptiva test for endometriosis....
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42:09
Infertility Story Part 7: First Donor Egg Cycle In Spain
In this episode we discuss our first donor egg cycle in Spain, travel logistics, buying international medications, and why Karen fired her therapist!
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37:50
Infertility Story Part 6: The Theranos of Fertility Treatment, Deciding on Donor Eggs and Going To Spain
In this episode we discuss how we decided to use donor eggs, our consultation at our clinic in Spain, and a procedure that we considered that just might be the Theranos of infertility!
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53:15
Infertility Story Part 5: Our Second IVF Cycle
In this episode we discuss our second IVF cycle, the lowest point (hopefully) of our infertility journey. Also discussed: fertility meds, using HGH for egg quality, and getting second opinions from other fertility clinics.
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48:25
Infertility Story Part 4: Our First IVF Cycle
In this episode we discuss our ill-fated first IVF attempt.
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44:14
Infertility Story Part 3: Meds, IUI, and deciding on IVF
Part 3 of our infertility story, in which we tried fertility medications (Letrozole and Clomid), did one IUI, got a dog, and decided to pursue IVF.
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47:34