trying to get pregnant is already emotional. trying to get pregnant when everyone keeps reminding you that time is running out is a whole different spiral. this week, we’re finally talking about jo’s fertility journey: starting to try later, the judgment around getting pregnant at an older age, finding an unexpected community of women going through the same thing, and what happened when one doctor delivered the news she wasn’t prepared to hear. because even though this is jo’s story, there are so many women quietly wondering the same things: did i wait too long? what if my body won’t cooperate? and what happens when getting pregnant doesn’t look anything like you thought it would?
because apparently “geriatric pregnancy” is a phrase someone actually decided women needed to hear after 35, and we would personally like to request a rebrand 😂
for a long time, jo’s journey didn’t actually feel rushed.
there was hope, a lot of “let’s just enjoy trying,” some very questionable legs up the wall logic, and a belief that somehow she and Taran would figure out how their baby was supposed to get here.
then came the appointment where jo heard the word “infertile.”
and suddenly all of the noise she’d managed to tune out - age, percentages, timelines, IVF, donor eggs, biological clocks - got a whole lot louder.
we get into what that news did emotionally, the strange guilt that can come with feeling like your body is the reason it isn’t happening, what jo is thinking about donor eggs, and why she’s getting one more opinion before deciding which road she’s actually taking.
mostly, this is for anyone who has ever quietly wondered if they waited too long, felt broken by something their body wouldn’t do, or looked around and thought, “am i the only one going through this?”
you’re not.