Show Notes
ATHENS WEEK 2! What a week. Lauren’s been prodded and poked, drained of blood and taken up the Acropolis. We get into the nitty-gritty about IVF in Athens - the treatments, the clinic, the scans, the blood tests. We discuss whether culturally it feels like they have different bedside manner here. Lauren gets triggered (by her trigger injection) and David gets triggered by everything else. Some news from Great Ormond Street about our failed last round, throws up lots of new questions. We have our first on air “heated debate” (argument), as we discuss who is to blame for making a mistake with an injection. Think we can all guess who’s at fault. Once David is found guilty, we talk build-up to our egg collection. We are all systems go! Trigger Warning - This week we talk about pregnancy and loss.
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