EP290. Astrid Loch on Infertility, IVF, and Making Treatments Accessible
The Mom Room
Renee Reina & Podcast Nation
4.8 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
EP290. Astrid Loch is a former Bachelor & Bachelor In Paradise contestant who is now using her platform to bring awareness to the many difficulties women and couples face when struggling with infertility. After being diagnosed with unexplained infertility and becoming pregnant with her first child through IVF, she knew she wanted to use her platform to help break the stigma around infertility. In this episode, Astrid tells us about her experience with IVF and what the Fertility Friends Foundation is doing to help make fertility treatments more accessible.
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| 0:00.0 | Is drinking raw milk safe like RFK Jr. suggests? Can you reduce a glucose spike if you eat your food in, quote, unquote, the right order? I'm registered dietitian Abby Sharp. I host a nutrition myth-busting podcast called Bite Back with Abby Sharp. And those are just some of the questions I tackle with qualified experts on my show. |
| 0:21.4 | There is so much food misinformation and disinformation out there, and it can feel impossible |
| 0:27.9 | to know what's real and what's BS. |
| 0:30.7 | On Biteback, my goal is to help listeners create a pleasurable relationship with food, |
| 0:35.3 | their body, and themselves, which in my opinion is the |
| 0:38.6 | fundamental secret to good health. Listen to bite back wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:44.9 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. Welcome to Thursday's not solo episode. Because |
| 0:53.6 | this week is Fertility Awareness Week in Canada. |
| 0:58.0 | I wanted to do two episodes dedicated to fertility interviews. So today I'm speaking with Astrid |
| 1:05.6 | Locke. Many of you probably follow her on Instagram and watched her on The Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise. |
| 1:12.0 | Astrid and her husband Kevin went through their own fertility journey. Their first child, |
| 1:17.0 | Augie, I think his full name is August, which is such a cute name, was born via IVF, and they |
| 1:24.2 | are newly pregnant with their second, which was also conceived via IVF. |
| 1:29.9 | Astrid is now part of the Fertility Friends Foundation, which provides educational resources |
| 1:36.2 | and financial support for families going through fertility treatments. |
| 1:40.5 | She tells us all about that foundation and her involvement in this episode. |
| 1:44.7 | She shares about her and her husband's fertility journey and just motherhood in general, of course. |
| 1:51.2 | And then I also get into Love is Blind because I was like, who better to talk to about Love is Blind than a former Bachelor contestant? |
| 1:59.4 | So I ask her what she thinks the difference is between |
| 2:02.7 | a dating show like The Bachelor versus Love is Blind. So we go all over the place. It was a pleasure |
| 2:09.3 | to meet her. So please welcome Astrid Locke to the mom room. All right. So today I'm speaking with |
| 2:16.9 | Astrid Locke. Is that how you pronounce your last |
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