Hi guys welcome back to Privy Alliance podcast this is Sarah and I'm joined by Whitney and a very special guest today

Lisa McCarthy. She is a fan favorite of ours and fellow mom and we're so excited to welcome you Lisa and hear your story.

So welcome to Pre-Veely's podcast.

Thank you so much for having me.

So tell our listeners who don't know you, how we've got to know you in your story, just a little bit about you, and then we'll kind of dive into, I think, a really important message,

which is your story and what you're advocating for moms.

Sure.

So my name is Lisa, and I am a writer,

a women's health advocate and a mom.

Not last but not least.

And I have two kids I actually conceived via IVF.

I went through years of infertility and became a women's health advocate over the last couple of years because it's really important for me to not only share my story to help others feel less alone, but also to advocate for decreasing the stigma around

infertility and raising awareness on this common problem that affects millions of women.

And it is so common, me and Whitney both

have experienced the journey of infertility

in different routes and the shame and the stigma

we've talked about

and just feeling like, I mean,

I think there's nothing worse

when you're going through it

and you're secretly crying

when you get your period and you thought,

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