S2, Ep 2 Best Friend Therapy: Fertility - What's the reality? How does the language impact us? How can we support each other?
Dial Emma
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Ivy F - The Two Week Wait
i didn't understand what would be involved in ivief, or how a miscarriage would feel, until i went through it myself. I at every single juncture, was told by male consultants that i was failing to respond to the drugs. It wasn't until my friend fran said, maybe you're not failing to responding to the drugs,. Maybe the drugs are failing you, that this light bulb moment went off in my hed and i say, oh my goodness. Actually the language around fetility medicine is the language of failure. It's the language of admonition. Your womb is inhospitable. And i don't think that language is used in other fields of medicine. This woman
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