The Baby Making Business

Season 2. Episode 4 - A CAMEL'S BLADDER, AOC'S EGGS AND A TINY HUMAN SHINDIG

The Baby Making Business

Show Notes

Today is a balance of silly buggers and “Getting deep Deborahs.”

Lauren reveals that she used to have the bladder of a camel but now in her third trimester it’s the size of a teeny, tiny…well Camel. Lauren expands on what other physical deficiencies she now has in her third trimester; including regularly getting stuck on the floor.

We talk about the eternal balance of feeling grateful that we are this deep into a pregnancy, but the lens of IVF meaning it never feels real, and that it could go away at any second. With this in mind we do a review of our baby-shower and how we never thought we would enjoy that. Although David got drunk, this time gets a pass.

We have an argument about nesting and how we have completely opposing ideas about what needs doing and when.

We discuss Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, perhaps the most publicly known figure in America to ever talk about freezing her eggs. This prompts a deep conversation about visibility when it comes to infertility and IVF, and what is a realistic way of helping to ensure that people who come after us in their quest, don’t have such a shock.

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