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Are you experiencing secondary infertility? Are you a mom who wants to have another baby or babies, but have come up against infertility and/or loss? I’m Allie Karagozian Mudgett, I’m the founder and owner of Holding Both. I created this organization in 2022 to support women experiencing secondary infertility and loss. I know that infertility during motherhood is complex. I know it’s possible to hold the joy of motherhood and the pain of infertility at the same time, and it’s important to me ...
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15. Ali Prato on Secondary Infertility, Writing the Children's Book, Work of ART, and Much More
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Ali Prato, is the founder of the Infertile AF Group, which includes the podcast Infertile AF and the community Fertility Rally, a safe, all-inclusive 24/7 community for anyone and everyone riding the roller coaster of infertility or building their modern families through assisted reproductive technology or ART (which she co-founded with Blair Nelso…
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14. Amanda Laskowski on Miscarriage During Motherhood and Entrepreneurship as a Group Facilitator at Cincy Postpartum
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Amanda Laskowski wears many hats—mom, to two tiny humans, partner, educator, entrepreneur, and your go-to postpartum pal. She’s currently in version 3.0 of her career… it’s okay to not know what you want to be when you grow up, even in your late 30s! She’s along for the ride and happily shifting with life’s seasons. Amanda spent her first dozen pro…
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13. Kathleen Adkisson on Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy, Secondary Infertility and Pregnancy Losses
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This episode is different from my usual content. Kathleen and I discussed the high-risk pregnancy condition Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy, something both she and I experienced. This month is ICP awareness month, and it is important to me to bring awareness to this condition as I did not know about it before I had it. I hope to use my platfo…
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12. Jess Jackson on Primary and Secondary Infertility, Surrogacy, and a Facing a High-Risk Pregnancy With the Support of Her Husband Who Is a Maternal Fetal Medicine Physician
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Jess Jackson is a former elementary teacher who has shifted to staying home with her two children over the past few years. Her family is originally from Massachusetts and has moved around to support her husband in his medical training. Jess has navigated a successful surrogacy journey as well as being pregnant herself. She is passionate still about…
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11. Sammie Gollup of Anti-Diet Mama: On Feeding Yourself and Your Child While Navigating Secondary Infertility
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Samantha Gollup is a Registered Dietitian from Madison, Wisconsin. She began her career in Surgical Weight Management for several years and through that has found her niche in the intuitive eating world at her private practice, Anti Diet Mama. Sammie is passionate about helping mamas heal their relationships with food and body by dismantling what w…
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10. Dr. Amanda Thompson, PT on Pelvic Floor Therapy, How She Supports Women, Why She Won’t Say She “Specializes in Infertility” and her IVF Experiences
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Dr. Amanda Thompson, PT is a Texas-based physical therapist and the owner of Rooted Physical Therapy. She attended Texas A & M (where she met her husband) and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology in 2007. She later received a Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree in 2013 from the University of North Texas Health Science Center in F…
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Nikki Brooker is a wife, mom to her five-year-old son, school-based speech-language pathologist, travel lover, hiker, sports fan (Go Bills!), coffee lover, and puppy mom. When COVID hit, she decided to start a professional Instagram account (@speechcoffeeinclusivity) to share diverse and inclusive content, apparel, and books. As her secondary infer…
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8. Elisabeth Emmerich- Engaging With Your Child and Experiencing Motherhood During Infertility
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Elisabeth Emmerich is a licensed therapist, registered play therapist, wife, and mom to 3 boys. Elisabeth owns a private practice in Eden Prairie, MN (Creekside Counseling) and has been working in the mental health field for over a decade. Not only does Elisabeth continue to see therapy clients, but has a second business in which she hosts the Expe…
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After a devastating 22-week pregnancy loss that led to secondary infertility, Jessie spent years trying to complete my family and ultimately had both of her daughters through surrogacy. Through Jessie's journey to becoming a mom, she felt as if there was an obstacle at every turn. Jessie founded Surrogacy Simplified, a boutique surrogacy consulting…
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Alexandria Grant-Presser (she/hers) is trying her best to manage being a pre-schooler mom, serving as a Clinical Director, and keeping her fiddle leaf alive. She holds a Masters of Science Degree in Applied Developmental Psychology, specializing in Behavioral Health in Schools and Communities, and a certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis from the…
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Originally from Rhode Island, but now resides in Massachusetts with her wife Leah, four-year-old daughter, Riley, and their four cats. As a family, they enjoy playing games, making homemade pizza, and trips to the library. Professionally, Katherine works for a national non-profit in the workforce development space. Outside of work, Katherine deligh…
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4. Dr. Dianna Lunsford - Allie’s Professional Background is Occupational Therapy- What is it? (and much more!)
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Dr. Diana Lunsford OTD, M. Ed., OTR/L, CHT has been an occupational therapist for over 30 years. She is a professor and the program director at Gannon University in Ruskin, Florida. She has worked in a variety of settings and is a published author. She lives in Florida with her husband. She enjoys traveling a great deal, especially service-based tr…
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3. Kelsey Bolz- Best friends of 30+ years on supporting each other during Kelsey’s Pregnancy during Allie’s Secondary Infertility Journey
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Kelsey is a 33-year-old math teacher who has spent the last 2 years in a stay-at-home mom role. She’s Allie’s lifelong best friend of over 30 years. She is a mother to two boys (two and a half years old and eight weeks old). She is a native Michigander but has spent the last decade living in six different homes as she supported her husband with his…
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Kristyn Hodgdon, the co-founder and chief creative officer at Rescripted. Rescripted is a global media platform for women and their health from “first period to last period.” She and her husband live on Long Island with their five-year-old twins. Kristyn worked in book publishing for almost nine years before co-founding Rescripted in 2020. Kristyn …
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Holding Both presents The Secondary Infertility Podcast by Allie Karagozian Mudgett. In this first episode, I share what inspired me to create a podcast in the first place, and my favorite podcast shows from my early days of listening. My business, Holding Both, was founded in 2022 to support women through secondary infertility and pregnancy loss. …
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Are you experiencing infertility during motherhood? Are you a mom who wants to have another baby or babies, but have come up against infertility and/or loss? I’m Allie Karagozian, I’m the founder and owner of Holding Both. I created this organization in 2022 to support women experiencing secondary infertility and loss. I know that infertility durin…
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