Fertility 101, Egg Freezing, IVF, & IUI with Jess McNamara, Fertility Nurse.
The Cellfie Show
Tori Meskin x Sam Manassero
4.9 • 553 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2023
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Jess McNamara RN. Jess is a Fertility Registered Nurse and she is coming on to spill all the fertility treatment juice with you today. These are the things no one else is talking about or telling you during this time.
Are you wondering if now is the right time to freeze your eggs? Are you currently in an IUI, IVF, or FET cycle? Are you feeling lost or don't know where to start in your fertility journey and want some support? You're in the right place. No matter what stage you're currently in, Jess can help! Her goal is for you to feel prepared, confident, and supported in all aspects of your fertility treatment process.
Today we are getting into hot topics related to fertility with some myth-busting!
- Egg Freezing, IUI, IVF & FET cycles
- The medications typically prescribed during each cycle and how to administer them yourself
- You're feeling lost before, during, or after your treatment cycle and need some guidance
- Common questions about IVF, IUI, Egg Freezing, FET
- $ Cost of Egg Freezing, IVF, and Fertility Treatments
- Fertility Q/A (Fads)
- How to pick a Fertility Clinic
- Do’s and Dont's of Egg Freezing
- How to advocate for yourself during your cycle
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DISCLAIMER: This is not medical advice. The information in this episode is for informational and recreational purposes only. It is not recommended to use this episode as medical advice. Contact your physician for questions. Do your due diligence. Fertility Treatment Support LLC.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys. |
| 0:15.0 | Welcome back to the selfie show. |
| 0:17.0 | It's Tori and Sam. |
| 0:18.5 | Two besties bring you all things health care humor and unpopular opinions |
| 0:22.7 | this one gets me fired up yes absolutely and it's very aligned with this episode so um many of you know |
| 0:29.9 | i have been sharing the fertility journey over on IG and today we're going to deep dive into all the things that I didn't say on |
| 0:40.1 | IG. This is like behind the scenes. But actually, what's funny about this is Jess and I had |
| 0:46.7 | connected through Instagram. She reached out once I was sharing my journey. And it's so insane because for, this is like where the world |
| 0:59.4 | is like kismet and everything happens the way it should. And like people come into your life at |
| 1:03.7 | these times. Just came into my life at the perfect time. And so I thought we have to bring her on the |
| 1:10.3 | show and share this with all of you because there's so many things that she brought to me and helped me through this process. |
| 1:19.4 | And so today is like all things fertility 101, all the things that they don't tell you, all of the behind the scenes, like we're breaking down |
| 1:28.2 | the hard questions. |
| 1:29.9 | This is just a fucking good episode, you guys. |
| 1:33.1 | It's so good. |
| 1:34.2 | Lots of good information. |
| 1:35.9 | Mm-hmm. |
| 1:36.7 | Okay. |
| 1:37.1 | Before we get into that, we got to know what is the unpopular opinion this week, Miss Samantha. |
| 1:43.4 | I'm not even talking health care system in general or just the health care we receive. |
| 1:49.1 | I'm talking specifically insurance companies and insurance coverage is insanely misogynistic |
| 1:55.5 | for what they choose to cover and not cover. |
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