1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,680 Speaker 1: I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,319 Speaker 1: land on which this episode is being recorded, the Combomb 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: Merry people. They've been having conversations and telling stories on 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: this land for thousands of years, and we show our 5 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: gratitude and respect for their contribution to our environment and culture. 6 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: This is Rise and Conquer, the podcast where we strive 7 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 1: to become the highest version of ourselves through curious conversations, 8 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: healthy mindsets, laughter, connection, and a deep desire to evolve. 9 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: I'm your host, Georgie Stevenson. Join me as we explore parenthood, business, manifestation, 10 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: and so much more. It's positive, it's practical, and it's 11 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: about putting you in the driver's seat of your own life. 12 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: Are you ready? Hello, my loves, and welcome back to 13 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: the RNC Potty. Today's episode does come with a trigger warning, 14 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 1: as I am going to be opening up and sharing 15 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 1: about our trying to conceive journey. I wanted to open 16 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: this up to you guys and just be like really 17 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 1: raw and real about everything that me and Tim have 18 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 1: kind of gone through this year. I didn't think I 19 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: was going to talk about this until we were pregnant, 20 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: but we still aren't pregnant, so I was like, you 21 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: know what, I base my Instagram and podcasts off being 22 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: raw and real to you guys. So I just felt 23 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: like I've been going through this personally so much behind 24 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: the scenes. I wanted to bring it up just more 25 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: because I know so many other people are going through this. 26 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: We went through this with Ivy Girl, and it was 27 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: so hard and difficult, and I was so determined for 28 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: this experience to be different, and it has. But I'm 29 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: not gonna lie. It's definitely taken a toll on my 30 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: mental health. It's the end of the year and we're 31 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: still not pregnant, and I was like, you know what, 32 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: I'm just going to open up about it because it 33 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: is really exhausting when you have something like this going 34 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: on in the background of your personal life. Yeah, so 35 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: I'm going to get into it. Also, something that I 36 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: did want to let you guys know that if you 37 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: are also experiencing, you know, pregnancy or fertility issues. We 38 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: actually have some beautiful visualizations and meditations on the Rise 39 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: app that I have been doing through the whole year, 40 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: and I asked Jamie, I'm like, let's put these on 41 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: the apps because these have helped me so much. I 42 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: just think for such a situation where you cannot control, 43 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: you cannot push, you know what's happening, to have a 44 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: tool where you can feel like you're doing something has 45 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: just been so so helpful for me. So we have 46 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,839 Speaker 1: some beautiful fertility meditations, and we will leave a link 47 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: in the show notes where you can get a free 48 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: month in rise apps, so you can try them out 49 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: if that's something you're interested in. So I will leave 50 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 1: a link in the show notes. But let's get into 51 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: this episode. So I wanted to do a super vulnerable 52 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: and raw open episode or about the current journey that 53 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: Tim and I are on with trying to conceive our 54 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: second baby. And it's been a journey. Again, it's such 55 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: a lonely journey and it's such a hard journey that 56 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: no one really talks about. And I just I felt 57 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: like I was ready. I wasn't ready before now because 58 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: it was just, yeah, it's just it's such an interesting time. 59 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: And basically me and Tim decided late last year that 60 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: we were ready for second baby. Yeah, I'm talking probably 61 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: Christmas last year, and so we kind of just that 62 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: whole trying but not trying, so we were basically just 63 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: having unprotected sex which you know, for some people they 64 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: do that the first month and they conceive and like 65 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: nothing happened. And then it got to February and that's 66 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: when we actually like fully sat down and I was 67 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: like I'm ready. I'm you know, really keen for second baby, 68 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 1: and Tim was like, I am two. But also we 69 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: had decided we were going to Europe that year, so 70 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: we were like, cool, if it happens now, like it'll 71 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 1: be like a baby moon, so it's fine. But if 72 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: it doesn't, like, it's all good. We've got Europe. And 73 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 1: we didn't tell anyone. If they would ask, we're like, oh, 74 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:27,359 Speaker 1: we're going to Europe first, blah blah blah, which you know, 75 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: that's our progative. And then like February, March, April, May, June, 76 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 1: so those were like pretty you know, hardcore timing my 77 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,359 Speaker 1: ovulation having sex to certain times. 78 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:43,359 Speaker 2: And then we went to Europe and we kind of 79 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 2: just like, you know, weren't trying that much before and 80 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,359 Speaker 2: after and during Europe because we were just enjoying it 81 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:52,799 Speaker 2: and we had the most amazing trip. 82 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 1: And then we got back from Europe and obviously we 83 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: were still trying where we were talking in Europe and 84 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: we were like, look, if it doesn't happen like by 85 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: the time we're back, like, it's probably time to go 86 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: see our fertility doctor. Because with Ivy we had a 87 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: very long trying to conceive journey. It was over twelve months. 88 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: I also had a miscarriage because of my hashimotos, which 89 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: is like a thyroid disease. We ended up having to 90 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 1: do IUI, which basically just means like think Turkey based, 91 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: and it's basically where they time your ovulation. You do 92 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,919 Speaker 1: do injections, they time your ovulation, they do blood tests 93 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: and scans, and then at the perfect timing from your 94 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: blood tests, they get tim sample his sperm and they 95 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: put it on like a prod thing at the highest 96 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: point in your like womb, your cervix, and they drop 97 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: it there and then they let it out and you 98 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: kind of just like let it do its thing. And 99 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: we got pregnant the first time with that, and then 100 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 1: we had Ivy Girl, so we you know, we've been 101 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: through the trying to conceive, and my journey with trying 102 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: to conceive previously, it was really it was so hard 103 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: and it was such a mind fuck. It was really 104 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: hard because again I had this notion that if you 105 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: have sex once unprotected, you have a baby, which I 106 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: know does happen to people. So when it's not happening 107 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: to you and your partner and you want this thing 108 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: so bad, it's just really mentally hard, especially because it's 109 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: like you then get into the hole, oh I'm ovulating 110 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: to say, you know, we've got to have sex the 111 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: week before the week after. It makes it a little 112 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: bit unromantic a lot. And then also the week before 113 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: you're getting your period, you're like, oh, you know, my 114 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: boobs are swelling. Is does this mean I'm pregnant? But 115 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: all the symptoms that you're pregnant are literally the same 116 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: as if you're getting your period, so it's really confusing. 117 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: And then also you know, when you are trying to conceive, 118 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: you're obviously limiting you know how much you're drinking, and 119 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: you know all those sorts of things. So it was 120 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: just such a mind fuck, And I honestly I was 121 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: a bit of a head case last journey. I would 122 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: test five days before, four days before, three days before. 123 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: I was so anxious and obsess and like narrow minded. 124 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: I just I really really struggled, you know, having the 125 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: miscarriage and then like finding out I had Hashi motos 126 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: and then going through the whole Iui journey, which it 127 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: was fine, but it was just it was a lot, 128 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: and it was not what you think will happen, what 129 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: you picture to happen when you're trying to conceive with 130 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: your you know, your lover is like, you have beautiful 131 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,839 Speaker 1: sex and then one day you're like, oh my god, 132 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: my boob's are feeling bigger, and then you take this 133 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: Bacon pregnancy tests and you're pregnant. That's like perfect life vibes. 134 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: And so because we went through that with Ivy again, 135 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 1: I kind of fell into the this time, we'll just 136 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 1: get pregnant right away. And also we did have some 137 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:04,839 Speaker 1: friends who were trying to conceive at the same time 138 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 1: when we had Ivy, and they had a lot of 139 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: issues like us, Like they both had to do two 140 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: girlfriends had to do IVF and they both you know, 141 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 1: started trying for the second baby and both felt pregnant 142 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 1: first or second month and have already had their babies. Also, 143 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: you know, to see other people, yeah, struggle the first time, 144 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: but then the second you know, it happens. So like 145 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 1: in my mind, I was like, oh, you know, maybe 146 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:33,319 Speaker 1: it will just happen, and it hasn't, and so there 147 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 1: has been a lot of feelings to deal with with that. 148 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: It's also the planning side of it, because you know, 149 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: I obviously have my own business. We're planning things. For example, 150 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 1: we are probably doing an America trip next year, hopefully 151 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: in March, because we are looking to expand naked Harvest. 152 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,199 Speaker 1: But it's interesting because I'm like, if I get pregnant now, 153 00:09:57,840 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 1: because we're trying to book flights, I'm like, I don't 154 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: know will I be able to fly? But then it's like, 155 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: what do I not book them? But then what about 156 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: if I'm still not pregnant in March next year? Do 157 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? Like, it's a really hard 158 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: you almost want to put your life on hold because 159 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:16,680 Speaker 1: you have this plan, but it's like it might not 160 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: even happen. It's like coming on nearly twelve months and 161 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: I'm like, well, thank god I didn't plan anything, because 162 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: it's it still hasn't happened. So it's this really interesting time. 163 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: I wanted to be very honest with you guys. It 164 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: is a journey. So long story short, we went to 165 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: the fertility doctor after Europe and I basically found out 166 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 1: I have PCOS, which just makes it harder. I don't 167 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 1: like I don't have a lot of the symptoms. The 168 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: symptoms are hair growth, weight gain, acne. It's like some 169 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 1: am like, oh, yeah, like maybe, but then I'm like 170 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: have I always struggled with that. So I even remember 171 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 1: going to a natural path when I was younger and 172 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: she said I probably have PCOS. But my fertility doctor, 173 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 1: he actually did an internal exam and I did have 174 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: CYS on my ovaries, which is also like a requirement 175 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: like cyst on your ovres for PCOS, which means polycyster 176 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 1: avarian syndrome. And basically it's just harder for people with 177 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 1: PCOS to get pregnant because their ovulation isn't usually the 178 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: time when everyone else's ovulation is. It just can be 179 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: very frustrating because obviously, you know, when we have a 180 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 1: toddler and you're trying, you're trying to have sex, it's 181 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: like you do need to somewhat time it because and 182 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: she literally sleeps in our bed right now, so it's 183 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 1: not just happening all day every day, so it is 184 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,679 Speaker 1: a very interesting time. So I got diagnosed with PCOS, 185 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 1: so I'm on my journey of like healing that Tim 186 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: got his sperm tested and we're going through that. Yeah, 187 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,959 Speaker 1: it's a journey, and this is where we're at. I 188 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 1: kind of don't want to go any more deeper on 189 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: it than those things, just because otherwise I just again 190 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: it's like, I'm so happy to be open to you guys, 191 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 1: but I also just do need some things for ourself 192 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: and our own life. But that is the current situation 193 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 1: without trying to conceive journey. I did just want to 194 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 1: open up because again, I think it's such a lonely journey. 195 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: Most people, even if they are and are trying to 196 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: conceive journey, they don't tell people. They kind of just 197 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 1: sit in this like silo of well, I'll wait till 198 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: I get the good news and then I'll start talking 199 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: to people about it. And that's pretty much how I was. 200 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 1: I think that's fine, if you want to do that, 201 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 1: it's absolutely fine, but also it's fucking lonely. They're asking 202 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 1: why don't I want to book the US flights? So 203 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: I'm like, so I just spoke to him about it, 204 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 1: and I'm like, look, I want to be open about it. 205 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 1: I want to tell people, and he was on board. 206 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: And he was like, yeah, look, I don't mind. I'm 207 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 1: how to be open about it. And also, I have 208 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: been struggling with my hormones, like as symptom of PCOS 209 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: is gaining weight, and I feel like I have been 210 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: struggling with my hormones. I've been struggling with my skin. 211 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: I've been struggling with a lot of these internal things 212 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: that again I just didn't really want to talk about 213 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: because I was still in them. And I do have 214 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 1: a bit of a rule on this podcast that I 215 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 1: don't really like to talk about things until I'm on 216 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: the other side because I don't just want to like 217 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: traum a dump on you guys. I love to have 218 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: like here's the lesson, here's the learning. That's what this 219 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:49,439 Speaker 1: podcast is for. But also I do struggle to be vulnerable. 220 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,320 Speaker 1: I feel like this is something I need to open 221 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: up about. And also I know so many other women 222 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 1: are currently on this trying to conceive journey and it's 223 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:02,479 Speaker 1: so hard, and I do just want to say I 224 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 1: actually have been video recording myself every single month, you know, 225 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: getting a negative pregnancy test or just how I felt 226 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:13,359 Speaker 1: when I got my period or whatnot, because my mindset 227 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 1: previously was like I said, I was very fixated, very obsessed. 228 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: I would cry a lot. I would be really victim 229 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 1: mentality about not getting pregnant. And I have been really 230 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 1: focused on doing things differently this time and having a 231 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 1: different experience, so I did want to speak about that. 232 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: So I have been video recording myself and I think 233 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: I will, you know, once our journey is complete, I 234 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: will post that as a whole episode, so you can 235 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: really see the thoughts, you can see the evolution, you 236 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: can see like my mindset, because like some months, I'm like, 237 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: I'm so ready to be a mom. I'm so grateful 238 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: to have Ivy. I feel so relaxed, I feel so 239 00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: ready for this baby to come in. It's all going 240 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 1: to become per timing. I've been doing my meditations and 241 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 1: journaling and it's perfect. And then other months I'm like, 242 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: this is really fucking frustrating and I'm like just like 243 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 1: a bit over it. So I do feel like my mindset, 244 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: you know, like I'm still having the up and downs, 245 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: but I do feel so much better this time, and 246 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: I think it obviously does help that I already have 247 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: a baby. I have Ivy. You know, I'm very busy 248 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: with my work and having a toddler and all the things. 249 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 1: But again I do know from Ivy that it will 250 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: happen in the perfect time. And also a theme of 251 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: my trying now trying to conceive journey is health. And 252 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: so again previously I got my boobs out and I 253 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 1: dealt with that, and then now the p SOS is 254 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 1: coming up. So I do feel like it's a great 255 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: kind of reality check for me to dive back into 256 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: parts of my health that I had maybe neglected. So 257 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 1: I am working on that sort of thing. A big 258 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: thing of p SOS is balancing your blood sugar levels, 259 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: so that's actually something that I have been really in. 260 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: I followed the Gluecose goddess, which she's really good for that. 261 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: So again it's put me on this beautiful health journey. 262 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: It makes me so grateful for Ivy. I also have 263 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 1: been doing these incredible visualizations and meditations. We actually recorded 264 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 1: some for the Rise app so they will be out 265 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: when this episode goes live. These are the meditations that 266 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 1: I have been doing that have there's a fertility one, 267 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: and there's a pregnancy one, and there's a birth one. 268 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 1: I have been doing the fertility and the pregnancy one. 269 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: The pregnancy one is so beautiful. I basically just take 270 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: you through the journey of a pregnancy. And if you 271 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: are a visual person, I just find it so amazing 272 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: to connect. Ah, guys, I have been connecting with this 273 00:16:53,440 --> 00:17:00,080 Speaker 1: beautiful spirit baby. They are just beautiful, like their energy. 274 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: They are so soft and they're really sensitive, and I 275 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: kind of get this like download that they're not going 276 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:11,920 Speaker 1: to come in until I'm in a more feminine, flowy, 277 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: receptive state, because I can kind of tell they don't 278 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 1: like chaos, Like they're very sweet and innocent and soft. 279 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 1: And it's funny because when I felt Ivy's energy, because 280 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:27,959 Speaker 1: I would connect with her, her energy is exactly what 281 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 1: she is is a baby, like a whirlwind, like chaos. 282 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: And it's so funny because when I was pregnant with Ivy, Guys, 283 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:39,399 Speaker 1: I felt so powerful. I was on another level, Like 284 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 1: I don't think I've ever earned so much money and 285 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: done so many things in such a short amount of time. 286 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:50,159 Speaker 1: Like she gave me beautiful, wild energy. It was like 287 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:54,239 Speaker 1: feminine goddess energy. And then when she came out, that 288 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: is her, that's her as a person, like she is 289 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: a wild woman and She's amazing, and it's so crazy 290 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: because I'm noticing such a pull to slow down, to reconnect, 291 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 1: to step into this beautiful softness, to be more sensitive, 292 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 1: to be more nurturing, to be more caring, and so 293 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,439 Speaker 1: I really feel like that's what this soul is, and 294 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 1: so it has been pulling me too slow down. I 295 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 1: think that's also really beautiful because it's pulling me into 296 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 1: a new season. I do feel like there are still 297 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 1: some changes that need to happen before this beautiful baby 298 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 1: comes in. But again, like I said, because we do 299 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: have IVY, because of like the work that I've done, 300 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,679 Speaker 1: the internal work, I'm not feeling like, of course I 301 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:41,880 Speaker 1: want to be pregnant and I want our second baby 302 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:45,400 Speaker 1: and all those sorts of things, but I don't feel rushed. 303 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: I am perfect timing, divine timing, you know, talking to 304 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 1: baby as much as I can, doing my meditations, doing 305 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 1: my visualizations, but still being present in my life and 306 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 1: not future tripping. And I think that's kind of the difference. 307 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 1: The previous trying to conceive journey, I was like future 308 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 1: tripping so anxious, couldn't surrender, and this one, I'm like, 309 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,119 Speaker 1: I'm doing the things I'm seeing the fertility doctor. I'm 310 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:17,679 Speaker 1: doing the steps. I am now following you know, the 311 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 1: p SOS protocol. But it's not from this place of 312 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:23,919 Speaker 1: like I need to get pregnant, I need a baby now. 313 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 1: It's from this beautiful this is our next journey, this 314 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: is our next evolution, and really embracing it and being 315 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 1: in it again. I think sometimes we can miss the 316 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 1: sweetness of the journey. And something I say with hindsight 317 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:48,399 Speaker 1: is when I was trying to conceive Ivy, it's like 318 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 1: I missed a whole year of my own life because 319 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,639 Speaker 1: my head was so filled up with I need to 320 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: have a baby that it's like I wasn't really present. 321 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 1: I was constantly kind of a low vibration. I was 322 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:04,160 Speaker 1: really sad. Yeah, I just kind of missed a whole 323 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: thing of my life. And I look back now and 324 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: I'm like, she's coming, Like she was coming anyway, She's 325 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 1: a oil wind. I wish I had enjoyed that year 326 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,199 Speaker 1: because obviously you guys, well if you're a mum, you 327 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,400 Speaker 1: know so much changes once you have a baby. That's 328 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 1: what I would say to previous storgy. So if you're 329 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: currently in a trying to conceive journey, I just want 330 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: to say, I'm sending you so much love. It's hard, 331 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 1: it is raw, and it is vulnerable. But my I 332 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 1: guess like recommendation would be too surrender to look into 333 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,880 Speaker 1: what could be the lesson here? What could I be learning? 334 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 1: What am I getting pushed to? Like I said with IVY, 335 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: it was like getting my boobs out and healing my 336 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 1: thyroid disease, which I currently have. You know, I'm off 337 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: medication now. And then with this journey, it's like looking 338 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: into my pcos and the slowing down and the stepping 339 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: more into my feminine energy, and so I'm embracing that 340 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,200 Speaker 1: and I'm like, Okay, cool, this is where I need 341 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 1: to go. This is what I need to look into. 342 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:11,160 Speaker 1: Also realizing you might see your friend and they get 343 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: pregnant straight away, but you have no idea what else 344 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: that friend is struggling with. Don't get caught up in 345 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: all the other people just get to be pregnant straight 346 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: away or it gets to happen for other people. Don't 347 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 1: get caught in that because that just puts you in 348 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: victim mentality. That is a lawer vibration, and you don't 349 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:32,879 Speaker 1: need to be in that because again you never know 350 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,639 Speaker 1: what's happening in someone else's life. Yeah, they might get 351 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:39,239 Speaker 1: pregnant right away, but maybe their relationship isn't good, Like 352 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: maybe financially they're not good. Like there's so many things, 353 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 1: and so I don't compare my trying to conceive journey 354 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 1: with anyone else. I bring it back to what could 355 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:52,920 Speaker 1: I be learning in this moment? How can I surrender more? 356 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 1: How can I slow down? How can I actually enjoy this? 357 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: Like I keep thinking about how can I enjoy ivy more? 358 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: How can I enjoy it? Like being a family of three. 359 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:05,679 Speaker 1: We're reevaluating the house situation because of like I'm not 360 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: wanting to sleep downstairs. Lots of things. We're like, okay, 361 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,680 Speaker 1: like where is this taking us? Like what is this journey? 362 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: And we're looking at it that way. We're not sitting 363 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,959 Speaker 1: in the oh my god, of course we're having like 364 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: you know, fertility problems. Of course, is this happening again? 365 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: Like we're not doing that. We're not sitting in that energy. 366 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: It's this beautiful. We know what we want. We're clear 367 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:32,440 Speaker 1: on the vision. I am making a room for you, baby, 368 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 1: you know I'm talking to baby, I'm visualizing. I'm meditation. 369 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,360 Speaker 1: I've been doing tapping too, Like I've been doing tapping 370 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: talking about I'm ready for a second baby. I am 371 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 1: a mum of two. I can definitely take you through 372 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 1: something like that if you guys want. And also the 373 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 1: meditations that I have been doing, they should now be 374 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,399 Speaker 1: on the Rise app. And I said to Jamie, I 375 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 1: was like, I want these on there because they just 376 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 1: have been incredible for me and I know they will 377 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: be so helpful if you are currently on a trying 378 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:05,120 Speaker 1: to conceive journey. And we do have a promo right 379 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 1: now where you can get a free week of the 380 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: Rise app, So we'll put a link in the show notes. 381 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 1: You can check that out. But my laugh's that busy 382 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 1: update on our second trying to conceive journey. How we're going. 383 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 1: There's definitely, you know, stuff happening behind doors. But again, 384 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 1: I just I feel like that's all I kind of 385 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: want to share. That's where we're at. I did just 386 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:30,679 Speaker 1: want to open up about it. Not a lot of 387 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 1: people talk about it, and I know a lot of 388 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:34,679 Speaker 1: you guys would be going through it, and I just 389 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: wanted to say you're not alone. It is hard. But 390 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: also these mindset shifts have really really helped me during 391 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 1: this time, and I'm just so excited to be a 392 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: month or two soon. And look, it feels I don't know, 393 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,479 Speaker 1: it feels weird to be vulnerable and tell you guys 394 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 1: before it's happened, if that makes sense. But I think 395 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 1: that's why I want to do it, because I'm like, 396 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 1: no Georgia like be vulnerable, tell them before it's happened. 397 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 1: I feel like I share so many of my wins 398 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 1: with you guys. I just wanted to share the not 399 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 1: so great stuff, like you know, the hard stuff, the 400 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,879 Speaker 1: raw stuff, the vulnerable stuff I might do like your 401 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 1: Q and A about it or my stories, but thank 402 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 1: you so much for listening. Send you guys so much love. 403 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: Of course, like I always say, if you do have 404 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:22,919 Speaker 1: someone you think that this party will help you know, 405 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 1: maybe there and they're trying to conceive journey, please send 406 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 1: it to them. Please share the potty. We are an 407 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 1: independent party, so I would really appreciate it. I love 408 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 1: you guys so much, and I'll see you in the 409 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: next episode. By