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S1Ep2 | Bridgid - You Can Have It All, But Not All At Once. IVF, Three Miscarriages & a Workaholic Reckoning

In this episode, I sat down with Bridgid, mum to her 15-month-old son, and a business operations manager at one of the big four.

Bridgid shares her journey to conceive, and the road that eventually led them to IVF. She experienced three miscarriages, including one at 12 weeks that was deeply traumatic. She's also honest about how much she didn't enjoy pregnancy, having been diagnosed with polyhydramnios, a condition where there's excess fluid around the baby, which lead her to having a cesarean birth.

We talk about the intense first days and weeks which included visits to NICU for her baby…

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