RERUN - Navigating Reproductive Grief, Pregnancy Loss, and the Emotional Impact of Fertility Challenges with Dr. Molly Burrets
Conversations with Cam
Cameron Oaks Rogers
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Trigger Warning: Discussion of Infertility and Pregnancy Loss.
In this episode (originally aired on 3/5/25), I sit down with Dr. Molly Burrets, a clinical psychologist and fertility expert, to discuss reproductive grief and the emotional challenges of infertility. We explore the concept of reproductive grief, its impact on individuals and relationships, and strategies for coping with fertility struggles. Dr. Burrets shares her personal journey with secondary infertility, IVF, and the complexities of navigating pregnancy after loss. We discuss the importance of setting boundaries, finding joy amidst grief, and how to support loved ones experiencing fertility challenges. This conversation offers insights for anyone touched by infertility or reproductive loss, and provides a compassionate perspective on an often misunderstood and deeply personal journey.
Key Takeaway / Points:
A few timely updates on life
Defining reproductive grief and its impact
Dr. Burrets’ personal journey with secondary infertility and IVF
The emotional toll of canceled IVF cycles and pregnancy loss
Strategies for coping with fertility struggles and finding joy
How to support friends experiencing infertility or loss
The importance of setting boundaries during fertility treatments
Navigating pregnancy after loss and managing anxiety
The complexities of grief even after successful pregnancy
Finding ways to fill your cup and prioritize self-care during fertility struggles
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another rerun episode of Conversations with Cam with a little timely update in the beginning. |
| 0:07.4 | If you're watching this on video, which you can now do on Spotify, you may see I have a pimple patch on my chin. |
| 0:14.0 | And that's because I have a crater on my face that I don't know how it got here or what the hell it is. Well, I actually, |
| 0:23.0 | I think I know how it got here because I had a facial last week and she said, like, |
| 0:27.1 | be expecting your chin specifically to purge because we were working on this area. But it's not even |
| 0:33.4 | a pimple. It's not even an underground pimple. It is a growth. I don't understand. And it's utterly |
| 0:41.2 | driving me insane. And I have been ignoring it for four days and not touching it and not trying to |
| 0:47.7 | squeeze it and being very good. And I broke. I simply just broke when I got out of the shower |
| 0:53.1 | because I looked in the mirror and I was like, |
| 0:54.4 | what the actual F are you? And I attacked it. And you know what? I didn't get anything. And now it's |
| 0:59.8 | worse. So once again, I've learned my lesson to not pick my face. I want to do a quick little update |
| 1:08.1 | on life before we dive into this rerun episode. We just finished up Thanksgiving |
| 1:13.9 | and I'm not going to lie, it was a great success. And I feel very proud and kind of like I'm |
| 1:21.7 | healing this like inner child within me, which seems dramatic because I had such an incredible |
| 1:26.9 | childhood and upbringing. However, |
| 1:30.6 | holidays and hosting and certain things were very loud and intense and there was a lot of |
| 1:40.2 | anxiety leading into it and fighting and it was just a lot and that is something that |
| 1:45.1 | joe and i have had many discussions over in the sense of once we had kids and now that we have |
| 1:50.7 | kids if we choose to host we want it to be a very calm inviting and fun experience for everyone |
| 1:59.2 | not just for the people entering our house, but for the people |
| 2:01.5 | who live in our house because that was not always, I love you, mom and dad, how we felt as the kids |
| 2:08.7 | of the hosting house growing up. And we very clearly divided who owns what tasks. Shout out |
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