Episode 187 - I Was Supposed to Have a Baby
Updated: Feb 6
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Imagine traveling somewhere with no map. You know your destination but have no concept of how complicated the journey will be, or even how long.
That's us every day.
We have goals for ourselves. We want our marriages to be better. We want ourSELVES to be better.
And we dream up a map. If I put in x amount of work, it'll go like this and BOOM, success.
Then we get on our journey and we hit the part where success was supposed to happen and it... doesn't.
It's very easy at this point to think the destination was a dream, that the journey was pointless, that you wasted your effort.
But I find that the realization that I was just wrong (about how long it would take or how hard it would be) is actually a huge relief in this moment.
Back up, back on the path.
PS There's probably nowhere we cling to our invisible maps like we do when we're anticipating becoming a parent. Last week, Lauren Allen shared her infertility journey as it related to her physical health. In this week's episode, we took a deep dive into the whole topic of infertility and what we all need to know with Aimee Baron, MD, the founder of I Was Supposed to Have a Baby.
WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER IN THIS EPISODE:
How "I Was Supposed to Have a Baby" came to be
Finding the good in social media
Where can people find "I Was Supposed to Have a Baby"
How common is pregnancy loss
The experience of the husband and planning ahead
It's OK to grieve
How do we support someone with pregnancy loss or infertility
What is secondary infertility
The question we all need to stop asking
The question we should ask
It's OK to drop in and drop out
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Read more about Aimee below
Aimee's website: https://iwassupposedtohaveababy.org/
Instagram: @iwassupposedtohaveababy
Aimee's Bio:
Aimee Baron MD, FAAP, is the Founder and Executive Director of I Was Supposed to Have a Baby. Dr. Baron was formerly the Director of Innovation and Growth at NechamaComfort, and has also worked as an attending pediatrician at the Newborn Nursery and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital before taking a leave of absence after her third miscarriage. Aimee lives in the greater New York area with her husband and children, somehow managing to find time to whip up gourmet eats in between Instagram posts.
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