This Wasn’t the Plan is a podcast born from two best friends who met in their 30s while navigating breast cancer. Together, we’re creating a community for anyone trying to heal from life’s unexpected twists — from illness to heartbreak to everything in between. We share the hard stuff and the hopeful stuff in a real, raw way, because we believe the healing is in the telling. Whether you’re in the middle of it or finding your way forward, our goal is to help you feel seen, less alone, and inspired by the possibility of healing.
This Wasn’t the Plan is a podcast born from two best friends who met in their 30s while navigating breast cancer. Together, we’re creating a community for anyone trying to heal from life’s unexpected twists — from illness to heartbreak to everything in between. We share the hard stuff and the hopeful stuff in a real, raw way, because we believe the healing is in the telling. Whether you’re in the middle of it or finding your way forward, our goal is to help you feel seen, less alone, and inspired by the possibility of healing.
This week, Brittany and Kali dive into a deeply personal topic that affects countless young women: fertility after a breast cancer diagnosis.
They walk through their own stories, from diagnosis shock to the conversations they never expected to have in their 30s — about egg freezing, endocrine therapy, timing, treatment decisions, and the fear of whether motherhood would still be possible.
Inside the episode:
How fertility counseling is often introduced too late
The emotional stages of fertility grief
Why hormonally driven cancers add extra layers of complexity
What the POSITIVE Trial means for future pregnancies
How they’re navigating faith, timing, and hope in the “in-between”
This is a warm, honest, non-clinical look at what it means to hold onto the dream of a family while navigating healing.