5-MINUTE FRIDAY: A $14,000 Act of Self-Love
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Emily shares an update following her egg retrieval procedure on Tuesday. She discusses the physical and emotional transition from the procedure to recovery, reflecting on the importance of self-care and the empowerment that comes with being proactive about her future. She also addresses the financial realities of fertility treatments and why she views this as her greatest act of self-love yet. Plus, she answers a listener question about managing negative comments on social media and shares a helpful boundary setting tip from a recent interview with ESPN’s Andrea Carter.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.8 | Hey there, this is Josh from Stuff You Should Know with a message that could change your life. |
| 0:11.7 | The Stuff You Should Know Think Spring podcast playlist is available now. |
| 0:16.2 | Whether spring has sprung in your neck of the woods yet or not, the stuff you should |
| 0:20.3 | know, think spring playlist, |
| 0:21.8 | will make you want to get your overalls on, |
| 0:23.8 | get outside, and get your hands in the dirt. |
| 0:26.3 | You can get the stuff you should know think spring playlist |
| 0:28.7 | on the IHeartRadio app, |
| 0:30.4 | Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:33.2 | You know, |
| 0:34.8 | You know, What's up, y'all? |
| 0:51.5 | It's M, obviously. |
| 1:13.0 | You're listening to Five Minute Friday on Hurtle. I'm feeling a little silly. And honestly, I am feeling so much better than I did yesterday. I've been talking about this for a little while now. This is the last episode I'm going to talk about it in. I did my egg retrieval on Tuesday. Wednesday, I was in a very dark place. And thankfully, I, my fingers are crossed. |
| 1:21.3 | I'm knocking on wood as I'm telling you this, I feel as though I have turned the corner. |
| 1:26.4 | I've gotten a lot of questions in my DMs about how it went, |
| 1:29.1 | how I'm feeling, et cetera. How it went was I haven't been under anesthesia in 20 plus years until |
| 1:36.6 | Tuesday. I got to the clinic quite early at 715. My retrieval was scheduled for 8.30 by, I felt like clockwork. |
| 1:46.3 | Like by 720, I was in my gown. |
| 1:49.5 | By 725, someone was explaining everything to me. |
| 1:52.7 | By 735, I had been offered eye patches and I was relaxing and finding some calm before |
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