On this week's episode of the Healthy Balanced Birth and Beyond Podcast, I'm chatting with my best friend Kelsey Santiago. In this episode, she shares her experience with trying to conceive, her IVF journey, the birth of her beautiful baby girl, Mya Hope, and her thoughts on the fourth trimester as a new mom. We also touch on the importance of following your gut and intuition as a mama. It's an open, honest, and beautiful conversation between two best friends sharing our experiences with our babies.
Kelsey Santiago is a wife, mama and fertility warrior. After struggling to get pregnant for nearly 3 years, tests showed everything was normal and she and her husband were told to just give it some time. After going to a fertility clinic, they learned the sperm morphology (shape) was the cause of the infertility and that IVF was the only viable option to conceive. Exactly one year and one day from the first consultation at the fertility clinic, they welcomed their sweet bundle of joy Mya Hope Santiago. She discusses the importance of finding support groups to help get through the ups and downs of the fertility journey. Also to never stop listening to your gut as it is the truest form of yourself. It will never lead you astray.