LISTEN AGAIN: Dani Wade on Four Years of Infertility—IUIs, Hormones, Heartbreak, and the Pressure Women Carry While Trying to Conceive

This week, Ali revisits her conversation with Colorado lifestyle blogger Dani Wade, aka @dwbella, with a wonderful update: Dani is finally pregnant.

When they originally spoke, Dani was four years into her infertility journey and still in the thick of it. She opens up about failed IUIs, hormone fluctuations, surgery, and the heartbreak of trying to build a family without knowing what comes next. Dani also shares the tough conversations she and her husband have had, why the responsibility can feel like it falls entirely on the woman, and the importance of giving yourself permission to take a break.

Together, Ali and Dani discuss navigating infertility as a woman of color and why more diversity in healthcare matters. An honest conversation about the uncertainty, exhaustion, and emotional weight of infertility, revisited with some very happy news.

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

Infertility; failed IUIs; hormone fluctuations; surgery; stress and anxiety; marriage; taking a treatment break; navigating fertility care as a woman of color; diversity in healthcare.

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