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Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

Jamie Massey

102 episodes

1 week ago

097. Jessica is on to share her spontaneous pregnancy story at 41. She is sharing her story 14 months postpartum. Jessica met her future husband at 33 and married him when she was 37. They discussed having kids briefly, but her priority was finishing school to become an occupational therapist. She knew she wanted a family. Before getting married she wanted to prepare her body for pregnancy by weening off birth control and getting her hormones tested. She took B vitamins, probiotics, and a mus...

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097. Jessica is on to share her spontaneous pregnancy story at 41. She is sharing her story 14 months postpartum. Jessica met her future husband at 33 and married him when she was 37. They discussed having kids briefly, but her priority was finishing school to become an occupational therapist. She knew she wanted a family. Before getting married she wanted to prepare her body for pregnancy by weening off birth control and getting her hormones tested. She took B vitamins, probiotics, and a mus...

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Personal Journals,

Society & Culture,

Health & Fitness

Episodes (20/102)

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

Spontaneous Pregnancy with Low AMH at 41

097. Jessica is on to share her spontaneous pregnancy story at 41. She is sharing her story 14 months postpartum. Jessica met her future husband at 33 and married him when she was 37. They discussed having kids briefly, but her priority was finishing school to become an occupational therapist. She knew she wanted a family. Before getting married she wanted to prepare her body for pregnancy by weening off birth control and getting her hormones tested. She took B vitamins, probiotics, and a mus...

1 week ago

1 hour 19 minutes

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

She did IVF to Prevent Autism at 43

096. On episode 96, we have Allison on to share her pregnancy journey at 43. Growing up, Allison was always babysitting and spent summers being a camp counselor. She spent lots of time around children, but being a mom wasn’t an obvious choice for her. She had friends that either couldn’t wait to be a mom or never wanted to be a mom, but she didn’t feel like she fit on either side. She’s been with her husband for 15 years who has two children who she is very close with. She loves to trav...

3 weeks ago

1 hour 12 minutes

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

Melissa’s IVF Pregnancy at 43 After 8 Egg Retrievals and 5 Transfers

095. We have single mother by choice, Melissa on to share her IVF journey at 43. At 40, she thought she was probably running out of time to have a baby but always wanted to be a mother. Her friends suggested she should get a dog instead. She got a golden retriever she named Marvin. After having Marvin for a year, Melissa decided she still wanted to conceive. She says she hasn’t met the person she wants to have a child with yet, so find out how she did this journey on her own. Get the transcri...

1 month ago

1 hour 13 minutes

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

How to Prepare for an IVF Transfer

BE04: We are discussing 10 ways to prepare for a transfer. I created this list based off of research, my experience of two transfers and ways that guests have shared from their stories. If you are like me, you are searching the internet on how to make this transfer successful. You might feel like the more you do, the higher the chances are of it being successful. I suggest doing what feels good to you from this list. Because you can do all of them and it work, and you can do none of the...

1 month ago

34 minutes

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

How Rosanne Austin Created a Fearless Pregnancy at 44

094. We have Rosanne Austin on to share her spontaneous pregnancy at 44. She is the creator of the Fearlessly Fertile Method and host of the Fearlessly Fertile Podcast. She helps women get and stay pregnant by leveraging the mind-body connection. She started her career as a prosecutor in California when she and her husband wanted to start a family. She was prosecuting sex crimes into her late 30's. Her plans for getting pregnant on her timeline weren't working. She didn't even want to bother ...

1 month ago

1 hour 5 minutes

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

From Not Ovulating to Kayla's Spontaneous Pregnancy at 41

093. We have Kayla on to share her spontaneous pregnancy at 41. Kayla lives in Bay City, Michigan with her husband and 13-month old son. Kayla never really wanted to have kids, that is until her 40th birthday. Her and her husband decided to try to have a baby. She had been on birth control for 26-years, so she assumed it would take some time for her body to adjust. She was pregnant quickly. Find out how loss of her first pregnancy made her desire for a baby even stronger and how back surgery ...

2 months ago

52 minutes

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

Selah's Spontaneous Pregnancy at 41 after IVF

092. We have Selah on to share her spontaneous pregnancy at 41. You might know her for her older mom and boy mom skits on IG or as the voice of Chloe Bourgeois. She started trying to conceive in her early thirties. After three years of trying, she started to be more intentional by tracking her ovulation and temperature, but nothing happened. She went to a fertility clinic for help. They cleaned out her fallopian tubes, scraped her uterus and removed a garden of polyps on her uterus. She...

2 months ago

1 hour 13 minutes

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

Neesha's Donor Egg Pregnancy at 44 after Post Menopause

091. Neesha is on to share her pregnancy story at 44, using donor eggs. She is originally from the Caribbean, but lives with her husband and daughter in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada . She married her husband when she was just 29 and wanted to enjoy each other before starting a family. At 33, she started thinking about having a baby. At 35, nothing was happening, so we wanted to see a doctor. Her husbands test results came back fine, so the doctor told her coldly, it was obviously her. A year lat...

3 months ago

1 hour 34 minutes

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

Bonus: Recovery

BE03. This is episode 3 of a 3-part series sharing my story. I'm talking about my recovery. During this recording, I'm six months postpartum. I am so lucky to be sharing my story! We left off the last episode with THE BIRTH STORY as us leaving the hospital as family of three. The first bonus episode we talked about being Over Due. Those two bonus episodes were in chronological order. However, in this show, there are over 25 topics I will to discuss and not be in any particular orde...

3 months ago

42 minutes

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

Bonus: Birth Story

BE02. This is episode 2 of a 3-part (maybe 4) series sharing my story. I'm talking about my birth story with my good friend, Chantel. During this recording, I'm 4.5 months postpartum. I am so lucky to be sharing my story! We left off OVER DUE BONUS EPISODE 1 with my midwife appointment on Friday where I was scheduled to be induced on Sunday. This episode I share how we went our Saturday, how labor started on Sunday, and then the birth of my baby boy.If this is your first time here, I’m J...

10 months ago

54 minutes

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

Bonus: Over Due

BE01. This is episode 1 of a 3-party series sharing my story. We are talking about the ECV, when the doctor turned the baby from breech to head down, my expectations of starting labor, my birth plan, ways we tried to turn the baby head down, and how we tried to induce labor. The next episode is the BIRTH STORY, and the last one is postpartum RECOVERY. If this is your first time here, I’m Jamie Massey, 43 and the host of the podcast. It took us 3 years, 5 pregnancies, failed IVF, and a failed ...

1 year ago

37 minutes

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

Pregnancy After Loss Over 40 Round Table Discussion

090. We have two returning guests on to discuss pregnancy after loss over 40. The goal of this show is to share our experiences and normalize loss over 40 because loss is a part of so many of our journeys and we are not alone. We have returning guest from episode 48, Jamey. Jamey had a 10-year IVF journey that included two miscarriages and many other losses along the way to her pregnancy at 41 with her daughter using embryo adoption. Jenna, from episode 44 had four daughters with four losses ...

1 year ago

1 hour 27 minutes

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

Alice's Natural Pregnancy at 44 After Assuming Perimenopause

089. Alice Grist lives in the UK with her husband and three children. She was happy with her two daughters who were 12 and 8. She says she wasn't one of those little girls who fantasized about babies. Alice was 44 and assumed she was perimenopause and couldn't have more children, so little precaution was used to prevent it. Join us as Alice shares how babies weren't even something she was thinking about and how this pregnancy ended up being the toughest. If you are trying to have a baby over ...

1 year ago

1 hour 6 minutes

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

Kerra’s Natural Pregnancy at 42 When Her Partner Couldn’t Have Children

088. Kerra lives in small town Graham, Texas with her husband and six boys. Kerra's journey to motherhood started when she was just 18 years old in high school. She went on to have four more boys with a previous marriage. Kerra had no intention of getting married again or having more children until her best friend turned into her husband. He told her he couldn’t have children because he had cancer a few years back. It didn’t matter to her because she already had five children, but in the back...

1 year ago

1 hour 25 minutes

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

Kristen’s Natural Pregnancy and Rainbow Baby at 41

087. Kristen is from Rochester Hills, Michigan. She moved to Barcelona, Spain, after graduating with a masters in Spanish and met her husband there. They married when she was 27. Her first pregnancy she says was easy and assumed any pregnancy following it would be the same. Baby number two was a rainbow that didn’t come so easy. She wanted a third baby over 40 but wasn’t sure she was ready for the possibility of another loss. Join us as Kristen shares her journey to her natural pregnancy with...

1 year ago

1 hour 38 minutes

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

Lorraine’s IVF Pregnancy at 44 After Fibroids & Breast Cancer

086. Lorraine was born and raised in Azusa, California. She lives there with her 15-month-old healthy boy and husband. At 37, she lost her fiancé to 11-month battle with cancer. At 40, she met her husband and knew they would need fertility treatments. In the middle of her IVF journey and right before her wedding, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Join us, as she shares her emotional journey to motherhood at 44.If you are trying to have a baby over 40, I’d love to invite you to 40.40 Socie...

1 year ago

1 hour

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

Judy’s Natural Pregnancy at 46 After PCOS and Diabetes

085. Judy was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at 12 years old and PCOS at 16 years old. Doctors told her she could never have children. She tried to have a baby in her 20’s but nothing happened. Judy believes it was a miracle to have a healthy baby at 37 years old and deliver at only 24-weeks of gestation. After a loss at 41, she never thought pregnancy would be an option again for her. Join us as Judy shares her pregnancy to her second baby at 46 and what she believes helped her get pregnant....

1 year ago

36 minutes

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

Erica's Natural Pregnancy at 42 After Double Ovulation

084. Erica is a 42 year old single mom in Akron, Ohio with two boys, one ten years old and the other is seven weeks old during the recording of the show. She is a coordinator at a high school and also teaches teen girls about self-empowerment and self-esteem building. Erica’s journey to motherhood started when she was 33 years old. Join us as she shares her surprise baby after meeting a blast from the past. “I love your podcast!” If that sounds like you, please consider rating and ...

1 year ago

1 hour 13 minutes

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

Katie’s Pregnancy at 42 After Breast Cancer and Denial of Her Embryos

083. Katie’s journey started when she was 34 when she had breast cancer and recently gotten back together with an ex-boyfriend. Knowing that chemotherapy was going to affect her fertility, she did one round of IVF and froze two embryos. Her boyfriend told her no matter what happened, he wanted her to have the embryos. Little did she know she would be denied access years later. Join us as Katie shares her story to motherhood with donor eggs.If you are just starting your journey to conception w...

1 year ago

1 hour 45 minutes

Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

Jen’s Natural Pregnancy at 41 after Premature Ovarian Failure

082. Jen lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband Dave and their three children: Alli, her 11 year-old daughter, Taylor, her 8 year old daughter, Dylan, her 8 month old son. Jen had her first two daughters at 29 and 33. She never felt her family was complete and wanted a third. After a year of trying, she looked at fertility treatment and was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure. Her husband wasn’t willing to go use fertility treatment. It wouldn’t be until five years of trying...

1 year ago

57 minutes