Turner Syndrome, IVF, and Waiting on a Calendar

For The Hayters: The Stories We Survive · Oct 25, 2026 · 44m

Trigger Warning: This episode discusses infertility, IVF, early pregnancy loss, and a family member's dementia.

Yvette married Josh in February 2022, and the plan was simple: start a family. After the wedding, her period never came back. It wasn't stress. It wasn't pregnancy. It was Turner syndrome, a chromosomal condition usually diagnosed in childhood. Yvette found out at 34, along with the news that her ovaries had already failed.

In this episode, Yvette talks about the family explanation that kept anyone from looking closer, the answer that was sitting in her chart unflagged, and what it…