143: Grief and Joy when miscarrying one baby in a twin pregnancy with Carissa Hess

Female Voices: Life and Loss · May 18, 2023 · 50m

Carissa Hess and her husband discovered after not getting pregnant on their own, that they had both female and male infertility factors. Carissa's doctor told her that she had a greater chance of getting mauled by a bear, being struke by lightning, and winning the lottery all on the same day, then getting pregnant on their own. This was hard news to hear and with this news they did not follow the "normal" infertility steps to become pregnant.

Inside this episode you will learn:

About the ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection) Procedure.

Wanting to protect each other and not talking was not…