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Your Fertility Story PodcastYour Fertility Story Podcast - Stories and guidance on surrogacy, parenthood, and starting your family Author: Maria Feekes
Your Fertility Story is a podcast for anyone navigating fertility challenges, exploring IVF, considering surrogacy, or searching for the best path to parenthood. The fertility journey isnt always easy. Many intended parents find themselves overwhelmed by complex, emotional, and often expensive decisions - from fertility treatment and IVF to alternative family-building options like surrogacy. It can feel confusing, rushed, or as though theres only one path forward. Hosted by Maria Feekes, Your Fertility Story provides unbiased information, expert insights, and real stories from across the fertility and surrogacy landscape. Each weekly episode features in-depth conversations with fertility specialists, surrogacy professionals, and people who have lived the experience of building a family in different ways. This podcast is designed to help you: Understand your fertility and family-building options Explore IVF, surrogacy, and alternative paths to parenthood Feel informed, empowered, and confident in your decisions Advocate for yourself throughout your fertility journey Whether youre at the beginning of your fertility journey, researching surrogacy, or actively building your family, Your Fertility Story offers clarity, compassion, and guidance helping you move forward with confidence and hope. Language: en Genres: Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Medicine Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Fertility & Surrogacy Journey: From Loss to Hope (Letting Go of Control & Finding Resilience)
Episode 29
Monday, 15 June, 2026
What happens when your fertility journey doesn’t follow the plan you’ve worked so hard to create?In this episode, Maria Feekes sits down with Keena to share a deeply personal story of infertility, loss, and ultimately finding hope through surrogacy.If you’re experiencing:fertility struggles and emotional ups and downsgrief after loss or failed treatmentsstress around timelines and feeling out of controlcomparison to others on their fertility journey— this conversation will resonate on a very real level.Keena shares:What it felt like to move from control and planning into uncertainty during her fertility journeyHow she navigated grief, setbacks, and emotional challenges along the wayThe shift from focusing on timelines to embracing acceptance and perspectiveThe importance of support systems, community, and sharing your storyHow resilience is built by focusing on what you can control — and letting go of what you can’tThis is a powerful and honest conversation about infertility and surrogacy, offering reassurance, perspective, and emotional support for anyone walking a similar path.If you are in the middle of your fertility or surrogacy journey, this episode will remind you that you are not alone — and that hope can take unexpected forms.About the GuestKeena shares her personal fertility and surrogacy journey, offering honest insight into the emotional challenges of loss, the pressure of timelines, and the transformation that comes with letting go of control.KEY TOPICS Letting go of control during fertility and surrogacy: why timelines create stress [06:00]Emotional challenges in infertility: grief, loss, and finding support [10:19]Gaining perspective during fertility struggles: gratitude and avoiding comparison [12:21]The importance of community in the fertility and surrogacy journey [15:30]Building resilience through acceptance and navigating uncertainty [27:37]Your host, Maria Feekes, can be found online at:Website: smartpathfertilityintl.comWebsite: mariafeekes.comFacebook: facebook.com/mariafeekesInstagram: instagram.com/mariafeekesLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-feekes-738576127/
