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The Mom Room

EP290. Astrid Loch on Infertility, IVF, and Making Treatments Accessible

The Mom Room

Renee Reina & Podcast Nation

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8602 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2023

⏱️ 43 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. RENEE REINA www.themomroom.com Instagram: @themomroompodcast | @themomroom TikTok: @reneereina_ Facebook Community Youtube: Renee Reina- The Mom Room Podcast ASTRID LOCH Instagram: @astridloch SPONSORS SuperGut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Lots of items are heading to school and they're not always necessarily coming back.

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trusted by parents nationwide. Welcome to Thursday's not solo episode because this week is

1:21.2

Fertility Awareness Week in Canada. I wanted to do two episodes dedicated to fertility interviews. So today I'm speaking with Astrid

1:31.5

Locke. Many of you probably follow her on Instagram and watched her on The Bachelor and Bachelor

1:36.7

in Paradise. Astrid and her husband Kevin went through their own fertility journey. Their first

1:42.3

child, Augie, I think his full name is August, which is such a

1:46.2

cute name, was born via IVF, and they are newly pregnant with their second, which was also conceived

1:54.4

via IVF. Astrid is now part of the Fertility Friends Foundation, which provides educational resources and financial support

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