You got problems that you either can't serve with, you don't know how you're supposed to earn it or what to do with it or how to keep it.

You're a freak with a dark shameful secret, but you're not the only one.

Teach your hidden financial fears with a blast of sun.

Now your healing has begun. It's back with money with Gabby.

Hello and welcome to Bad With Money, a show about finances and feelings where we don't talk down to you. I'm Gabby Dunn, I'm your host.

We've been doing these episodes lately that are listener generated, meaning I provide a topic and you all write in or call in or leave a voice memo with your thoughts and experiences on that topic.

I did one about pet insurance and pets which got a huge reaction. For the second one, I wanted to talk about childcare costs, pregnancy, IVF, abortion, surrogacy, all things related to pregnancy and childcare and abortion.

You guys wrote in and called in with amazing content. Thank you so much.

I'm going to go through your stories and listen to your voice mails on this topic. I cannot thank you enough for being vulnerable and for sharing the way that you guys do.

I think these listener generated episodes really help because it gives a wide variety of perspectives. I just love hearing from you guys.

Let's start off with an email from Darian.

Hi there Gabby. I've been listening to your show since season one and just wanted to start out by thanking you for being the voice in finance that I and so many others need.

I could go on about how your advice has helped me manage my credit and debt or how you and your guests have helped my partner and I work together through money issues despite challenges with ADHD and OCD and so much more.

But I wanted to write in response to share my experience with IVF and specifically with my experience as an egg donor.

I'll try to keep it short but I'm not known for my brevity and I'm still working through a lot of emotions from the experience.

When my cousin and his husband asked if I would be their egg donor in the fall of 2020, it was a no question, no brainer, yes.

We have always been the close fabulous queer duo among our family back in Appalachia and I love him dearly.

I also thought the act would help me cope with my own reproductive past after my abortion in 2013.

Spoiler alert, I'm happy to say they welcomed their baby in April of 2022.

As happy as we all are that their daughter is here, I think all three of us share some degree of emotional trauma from the ordeal for several reasons.

Let me start by saying that my situation is rare in the assistive reproductive tech industry.

Most egg donations are matched by agencies and donors don't always have the relationship prior to working with an agency.

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