Trying to Get Pregnant While Trying Not to Fall Apart
Seeing Other People
Ilana Dunn
4.5 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
When this week’s guest decided to freeze her eggs at 30, she thought she was biding her and her husband time. Instead, she was hit with the news that she had a diminished ovarian reserve and that getting pregnant would be far more difficult than expected. In this episode, she opens up about the rollercoaster of fertility treatments, the pressure women carry when it comes to family planning, and how it’s impacted her relationship. We talk about the conversations with friends that helped her feel less alone, the way her husband has shown up for her, and the quiet strength it takes to keep going when the path to motherhood isn’t what you imagined.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:07.7 | I'm anonymous. I'm in my early 30s and I live in the East Coast. And I am here to talk about |
| 0:14.5 | infertility. Thank you for coming on. We've been talking about recording this for a while, and I am really, |
| 0:25.6 | really glad we are. First of all, I actually got a few emails recently of people asking for more |
| 0:31.3 | episodes about trying to conceive infertility, IVF, all of that. So A, I'm really happy that this is happening at this |
| 0:40.7 | time when it's clearly needed, but also I just want to, you know, say thank you. And I'm probably |
| 0:46.9 | going to say it a million times for sharing your story. I know it's, I mean, I can imagine it's |
| 0:52.1 | incredibly difficult to go through and also difficult to talk about. |
| 0:55.6 | So I really appreciate you. |
| 1:04.1 | I really appreciate having the opportunity to come on because I think there's something, |
| 1:09.4 | whenever you go through something difficult, you're like, look for what's the purpose in it or like, what can I do about it? |
| 1:15.3 | And so this is, if I can, the things that have helped me the most so far has been when I can hear a story that makes me feel less alone. |
| 1:23.3 | So if I can do that for one person and honestly, it would help me just as much for that person to reach out to me and talk to me. |
| 1:29.9 | So it's a little selfish. |
| 1:31.7 | And also I do hope that I help someone and do a little education along the way. |
| 1:36.6 | Absolutely. |
| 1:37.3 | And guys, just letting you know if you do want to talk to anonymous, she will stay anonymous for the episode. |
| 1:42.5 | But if you want to connect with her |
| 1:44.1 | after listening, you can email me, seeing other people podcasts at gmail.com and write |
| 1:50.0 | infertility guest connection. And I, she has so graciously offered to connect with anyone. |
| 1:57.9 | So I will absolutely connect and make that happen. Okay. So where does your |
| 2:04.1 | fertility or infertility journey begin? Yeah. I'll give a little bit of background about my |
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