FFP 372 | The Truth About IVF | Brett Russo

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🗓️ 9 July 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Brett Russo was born and raised in New Jersey. She graduated with a degree in business management from Bucknell University, where she also met her future husband. After graduation, Brett found her passion working beside her twin brother and father for her family's printing company, of which she is now the chief executive officer. She married her husband in 2015, and together they fought the hardest battle of their lives with their journey through IVF. Brett is the author of The Underwear In My Shoe: My Journey Through IVF. Brett lives in New Jersey with her husband and their two sons.

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Topics discussed in today's episode:

Brett's fertility challenges
Why Brett chose to write The Underwear In My Shoe: My Journey Through IVF
Brett's first period and how she managed her period
Brett's experience in tracking her fertility
How long it took Brett to choose IVF
How long Brett and her husband were trying to get pregnant before the Doctor recommended IUI
The commonality of IUI and IVF
How Brett and her husband coped during IVF
The difference in how men and women emotionally handle infertility

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Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic

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0:00.0	Ladies, we need to talk about temp drop.
0:03.4	Tempdrop gives you everything you need to effortlessly track your fertility.
0:07.1	Wear the tempterop sensor while you sleep for accurate temperature readings without the stress
0:11.1	of early morning wakeups.
0:12.8	Temtrops accompanying app enables you to chart an array of symptoms alongside your temperature,
0:18.1	including cervical mucous and OPECs.
0:20.8	Combine these fertility signs all in one place to identify your fertile window and confirm ovulation.
0:26.4	Whether you're trying to conceive, avoiding pregnancy, or want to chart for health reasons,
0:31.2	tempterop makes fertility awareness accessible to all women, even if you don't have regular
0:35.7	cycles or sleeping patterns.
0:43.2	Head over to fertility friday.com slash tempterop and use coupon code fertility Friday at checkout for 10% off your order.
0:46.6	That's fertility friday.com slash temp drop.
0:49.9	This is the fertility Friday podcast, episode number 372.
0:53.6	Thank you. This is the Fertility Friday Podcast, episode number 372.
1:04.4	Welcome to the Fertility Friday podcast, your source for information about the fertility awareness method and all things fertility.
1:06.7	I'm your host, Lisa Hendrickson Jack.
1:09.1	I'm the author of the Fifth Vital Sign and the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Journal. I'm a certified F Lisa Hendrickson Jack. I'm the author of the fifth vital sign and the fertility awareness mastery charting journal.
1:12.6	I'm a certified fertility awareness educator and holistic reproductive health practitioner
1:17.6	with nearly 20 years of experience teaching women to connect to their fifth vital sign through menstrual cycle charting,
1:23.6	balancing hormonal health, and optimizing the menstrual cycle without hormones.
1:29.7	I'm outspoken about hormonal birth control and its impact on fertility and overall health
1:34.2	because you have the right to know how your body works and how artificial hormones disrupt that
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