Ep 4: Pregnancy, Loss, and FertilityIQ
b'Today\\u2019s episode isn\\u2019t an easy one. We recorded this episode when we were at the end of the third trimester, but shortly after the conversation, we suffered a miscarriage (as you may have heard about). Even though we\\u2019re in a different space now, we still absolutely wanted to share this episode with you.\\nA year and a half after we got married, we got pregnant with our son Jonathan. We were so excited, and publicly shared that we were pregnant with our first baby. Just a week later, we found out that the pregnancy wasn\\u2019t viable and we were going to end up losing our baby. Naturally we wanted to find a reason or an explanation, and a way to make sure it wouldn\\u2019t ever happen again. But the hard truth is that sometimes it\\u2019s just out of your control.\\nIn the first part of this episode, we\\u2019ll dig into that first pregnancy experience, including the aftermath, how we dealt with losing Jonathan, and why bunnies have become so important to us.\\nWe\\u2019ll then move onto talking with our guests, Deb and Jake from FertilityIQ. Their website helps people find a doctor who will be a good fit based on anonymous reviews. The two of them were fertility patients who got pregnant and had two miscarriages, and felt like no one could give them a straight answer about anything. Ending up with the wrong doctor was a waste of time and money, and they were frustrated with not being able to find the right information.\\nDeb and Jake decided to do something about both of these problems! They started FertilityIQ to help people find the right doctor and to provide real data to help people make the right decisions. In our conversation, they\\u2019ll also talk about their own journey with infertility, including some of the things that they tried. No matter where you are along your fertility journey, this conversation should help you understand that you\\u2019re not alone and there are resources out there to help.\\n\\xa0\\nToday\\u2019s Guests:\\nFertilityIQ\\nFertilityIQ on Instagram\\nFertilityIQ on Facebook\\nFertilityIQ on Twitter\\n Deborah Anderson-Bialis on LinkedIn\\n Jake Anderson-Bialis on LinkedIn\\n\\xa0\\nIn This Episode:\\n[01:51] - Jamie and Doug welcome listeners to the episode, joke about a fourth episode anniversary, and mention today\\u2019s guests, before talking about their experience with their first pregnancy.\\n[06:56] - A week after announcing their pregnancy, Jamie and Doug found that it wasn\\u2019t viable. They share details of the experience.\\n[12:22] - Jamie and Doug describe the moment that they learned that their pregnancy wasn\\u2019t viable.\\n[17:08] - We hear about the impact that Jonathan made on Jamie and Doug.\\n[22:00] - It\\u2019s nice to be around positivity, Doug points out.\\n[23:00] - Jamie introduces today\\u2019s guests, Deb and Jake from FertilityIQ, before we hear messages...\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'