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Oct 28
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Denise Phillips : Miracles Do Happen (re...

Síle Seoige
About this episode

Topics covered : Fertility, multiple rounds of IVF, miscarriage, acceptance, magic.


​This is a re-release of a conversation I recorded with business woman Denise Phillips back in April 2021 when she had just come from an appointment in the Coombe hospital where she found out she was 29 weeks pregnant!

It's the most incredible story.

Now 4.5 years on, her daughter Beth is 10 and her son Jude is 4 and she just announced that she is pregnant again!

So I thought it was the perfect time to reshare this gorgeous conversation that is sure to resonate with a lot of you.


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Denise Phillips lives in Newbridge, Co. Kildare with her husband Mark, their 6 year old daughter Beth and she’s also step mother to 16 year old Ellie.

She’s hugely successful in her career as the owner of Pelo hairdressing and the co-owner of Irish hair brand Voduz and last week she got the surprise of her life when she found out she was over 6 months pregnant!

For the past 10 years, she had lived with unexplained infertility, no periods, no ovulation and the lining of her womb was very thin.

On their 9th cycle of IVF she went on to have their little girl and when Beth was a baby, she also took part in TV documentary ‘The Babymakers’, which followed the lives of couples for over a year, who were trying to conceive and showed the reality of IVF.

This was one of my favourite chats ever on the podcast, it’s full of wisdom and practical advice, especially for those who are navigating the often-challenging road to parenthood. She speaks about acceptance and gratitude and the importance of staying in your own lane.

And when we spoke on Tuesday when she had just come from all her pregnancy appointments in the Coombe hospital, where she found out she was almost 29 weeks pregnant!


Book mentions:

Deepak Chopra’s The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

Vishen Lakhiani’s The Code of the Extraordinary Mind


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