Rebecca Rudolph knew she would have infertility struggles even before she was married due to irregular periods and a PCOS diagnosis. With also having type 1 diabetes, when her and her husband decided to have children a treatment plan was put together with her doctor. She said infertility shows no mercy and it doesn't move by your timeline or plan. They did several rounds of IUI that didn't work. Rebecca said I felt like my body failed me, the treatment plan we had didn't work.
The next treatment plan was IVF and with the first transfer she became pregnant with a baby girl. When deciding to try to have another baby things did not go as smoothly. Rebecca talked about the failed cycles, insurance change and Covid shut down made for a long delay. They did after all those challenges became pregnant again with a baby boy. They still have frozen embryos at this time and have a year to decide what they will do with them.
Listen to our conversation about where Rebecca found support and healing during their journey.
Rebecca's words of advice for you: Find your support network. Find a group or person you can talk to. She said for her it was the group on Facebook that was instrumental. I could just vent about things that I knew they would understand because they were going through the exact same thing. Whether it's a person going through this or a group on Facebook, find someone who understands what you are going through.
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