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Jul 2023

1h 31m

When you can't have what you've always w...

BRITTANY HOCKLEY AND LAURA BYRNE

About this episode

Hello beautiful Lifers,

Joining us today is the wonderful Chloe Fisher from the Darling Shine podcast

Chloe's life looks incredible from the outside. She travels the world with her husband, Grammy award nominated DJ Fisher. They look like they have it all; except the one thing that they truly want more than anything else, a baby.

Chloe has undergone IVF treatment 7 times, and had 4 miscarriages. She speaks very openly about her struggles with fertility and the toll that it can take.

In this chat we talk:

The mental load that fertility takes on us
How it can affect your relationship
How to help a friend going through fertility issues
The actual process of IVF

You can follow Chloe's journey on Instagram

You can also listen to Chloe's podcast Darling Shine

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