251. Listener Storytime: Entering Menopause at 36
Finding Mr. Height: The Podcast
Ali Jackson
3.9 • 712 Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2025
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Content note for this episode: we talk in detail about menopause, infertility and IVF, chronic pain, medical dismissal, and depression.
This week, Ali is joined by longtime listener Sara, who shares a powerful Storytime about discovering she was essentially in menopause at 36. After years of symptoms like debilitating periods, anxiety, depression, fatigue, Sara finally got answers when fertility testing revealed primary ovarian insufficiency likely caused by endometriosis.
Sara walks us through her journey from “something feels off” to tracking her cycle, being dismissed by multiple providers, finally landing in a fertility clinic where she uncovered what had been happening to her body all along. She opens up about the emotional toll of IVF with very low ovarian reserve, moving to egg donor, navigating failed transfers, and what it has meant for her identity, her mental health, and her marriage.
In Updates, Ali is back in NYC and reflecting on relational skills she’s grown while in a relationship with Skyline.
Where to find Sara: On Instagram @blankplatepod, on TikTok @blankplatepod, at www.blankplatepodcast.com.
Timestamps: Sara joins us at around minute 22.
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| 0:00.0 | It's been so interesting. |
| 0:01.6 | Like there was one day that I was actually listening to the new Taylor Swift album. |
| 0:06.4 | And it was like a really dreary day outside. |
| 0:08.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:09.5 | And I was like, wow, this album puts me in such a good mood, which it does. |
| 0:15.9 | Yeah, it's the album. |
| 0:17.3 | But then I was like, wait a second. |
| 0:19.6 | I started estrogen three days ago. I was like, wait a second. I started estrogen three days ago. |
| 0:22.4 | I was like, no. |
| 0:24.0 | I think I'm just feeling the effects of the estrogen. |
| 0:26.9 | You're like, I like this music, but I don't think that's why. |
| 0:31.7 | Yeah, it's not just Taylor Swift. |
| 0:33.6 | Yeah. Swift. Hello, and welcome to another episode of Finding Mr. Hyde the podcast. I'm your host, |
| 0:48.0 | Ali Jackson, and I am bringing you my positive and practical approach to dating relationships |
| 0:51.9 | and a whole lot of else about life based on my |
| 0:56.1 | life experience. I'm so happy to be here with you. I spoke too soon. Last week when I said that I had |
| 1:03.3 | figured out the Wi-Fi issues in my upstairs recording studio. We are back on the couch. I am very |
| 1:08.0 | annoyed about it. But I have my whole setup down here. I just have to record during the |
| 1:11.9 | day because I don't have all my lights working on getting that figured out. But it's not going to |
| 1:17.5 | really matter because this is the last episode of the year that I'm recording from my house. |
| 1:21.8 | Oh my goodness. Maybe I'll record next week's here with my mom. TBD. In any case, |
| 1:27.4 | hello, it is lovely to chat with you again. |
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