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It was the most vulnerable thing I've ever posted on the internet.

My transfer did not work.

I thought it was 100% going to work.

I cannot post this on the internet.

I can barely even watch this footage because it's like so triggering and heartbreaking to me.

You also don't owe super personal details to the whole world and that's something that you have to learn over time.

It is way more common than a lot of people realize, even like miscarriages. Because I was like the only one in my immediate friend group going through, I just felt very isolated. It was just very easy for everyone else and it wasn't for me. And I'm just like, what is wrong with me? My husband had childhood cancer. He had leukemia. With all the testing that we ever got done, the only thing that was off was the morphology of his sperm. By getting that information because it felt like, okay, there is something that we can do. It was like a year of trying, naturally, wasn't happening. Fertility treatments and trying to figure it out. I was like, honestly, I just want to take a break. Putting it out of our mind for literally two years and it still didn't happen. I thought it was going to be successful. I really did. I just had a really good feeling about all of it. And it just didn't work. Devoting my life to IVF for months. It's just never going to work. Like, I get emotional talking about it now because it was just like so, so sad and so hard. It was just such bad timing, you know.

Welcome back, Lemon Drops to another episode of The Squeeze.

Happy Wednesday, if you are listening on a Wednesday, if not happy whatever day of the week it is that you're listening on.

I am so excited to have you here today listening and just being a part of our community.

It truly means the world that you guys tune in each week

to hear what our incredible guests have to say. And I just am feeling so lucky recently to be

able to do this job. And heading into this week's episode, I want to introduce you to J.C.

Marie Smith. She's an LA-based lifestyle

creator, entrepreneur, and former portrait and wedding photographer who transitioned from

photography to full-time digital content creation. She also shares education products and has a

podcast called What We Said. Beyond podcasting, though, she has built a creator-focused brand that

includes selling photo presets and educational resources for aspiring content creators.

And she's publicly spoken on topics such as evolving spirituality, marriage, creator burnout,

and her fertility journey, including undergoing IUI and IVF before a successful pregnancy.

We definitely talk a lot about infertility and miscarriage. So if those topics are

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