Episode 209: Valentina D'Alessandro, REDUX!

Coming Out Pod

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Comedy, Mental Health

4.9 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

When she was first on the podcast back in December of 2018, Valentina D'Alessandro had only been in the U.S. for three years, and had been married to her wife Cynthia for just under two. What we did *not* reveal during that episode was the fact that she and Cynthia had also spent the past year trying for a baby. At that point, they were still hopeful, despite a number of emotional, biological, and financial hurdles that they'd already encountered. But after five years of trying absolutely everything they could to conceive, they were forced to come to terms with the fact that it was not meant to be. Valentina shares all aspects of the emotional rollercoaster she's been on for half a decade, and how the grief of infertility led her and Cynthia down the path of fostering. This episode is a beautiful and candid look at what it means to become a family, and we are so grateful to Valentina for sharing such an intimate part of her life.

Check out the *fantastic* resource Valentina has created (plus adorable pictures) at @queerfosterfam on Instagram!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everybody.
0:07.0	Hey y'all.
0:08.0	Hello.
0:09.0	Hello. Welcome to Coming out with Lauren and Nicole. We are a weekly podcast where we have on queer folks from all walks of life. They usually tell us the tales of how they came out to friends' family and the world at
0:21.6	large. Because who doesn't love a coming out story, usually? But on occasion, they have
0:26.3	already told us the story of how they came out to friends' family in the world at large. And years
0:31.5	have passed, so we like to have them back to give a little update on their situation. And that
0:36.8	is the case.
0:45.2	Today, we are very, very excited to be here with a dear friend, Valentina D'Alessandro.
0:47.0	Ooh, last time I rolled the R.
0:48.0	I couldn't do it this time.
0:48.6	Bro.
0:50.4	Thank you.
0:51.8	You did very well.
0:55.0	That was very kind of you.
0:58.9	Valentino was episode 28.
1:05.8	She has a distinction of being the last guest who was ever in Nicole's closet with us.
1:06.7	We switched over.
1:07.1	I know.
1:07.7	Isn't that cool?
1:29.7	We switched over to the recording studio right after you. So you are the final closet guess, which is a very cool distinction. And that was way the hell back in December of 2018. So three and a half years have passed. Now, if you haven't listened to Valentina's episode,
1:32.5	or if you listened to it when it first came out,
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