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Baby Steps: Finding Happiness When Your Infertility Journey Sucks Ft. Tara Lipinski

1h 4m · Oversharing · 26 Apr 04:00

During hard times, sometimes laughter and understanding is the best kind of healing. In this second episode of Baby Steps Season 2, presented by First Response, Jordana is joined by Tara Lipinski, Olympic gold medalist and host of the podcast Unexpecting, to discuss Tara's fertility journey and her emotional rollercoaster of going through multiple miscarriages, surgeries, and IVF treatments. Together, they explore the mental and emotional toll of infertility and the importance of creating a community that understands you. Then, Tara offers words of encouragement to those experiencing infertility, emphasizing it's possible to find light at the end of the tunnel and that sometimes ... its ok to just need a joke, not pity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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