Matt And Doree's Eggcellent Adventure: An Ivf Journey

It's a two week wait party! Doree's been watching Victoria and might take up knitting. Matt has been working a ton, so no time for Victoria or knitting. Plus, they give advice to a listener who just found out she has celiac disease, and they hear from a surrogate who has advice about what people can give their surrogates as gifts. And of course they get updates from Lex from the road.** YOU HAVE UNTIL THURSDAY 10/12 TO BUY T-SHIRTS! Go to www.cottonbureau.com/products/egghead to get yours, and then send us an email with your receipt to get an Eggcellent postcard from us! **To learn more, visit www.eggcellentadventure.com. To support the podcast and get up to two bonus episodes per month, go to www.patreon.com/eggcellentadventure. This episode is sponsored by:- Care/of. Go to TakeCareOf.com now and get a personalized recommendation for vitamins and supplements, then enter code ADVENTURE to get 50% off your first month.- Third Love. Go to www.thirdlove.com/adventure 

Guess what? Doree's embryo transfer happened on Thursday! Yup, that's a week before her original date. You know what they say in IVF: don't ever plan anything because your plans will inevitably change. This week they also hear from listeners about panic attacks, "floating" boyfriends, and untreated diseases, and give advice about how to best support your surrogate and keep yourself distracted from all this infertility bullsh*%^t.To learn more, visit www.eggcellentadventure.com. To support the podcast on Patreon, visit www.patreon.com/eggcellentadventure. To leave a voicemail, call 413-461-BABY.Eggcellent Adventure merch is now available! Until October 12, order T-shirts, sweatshirts, and onesies (for babies... not grownups) at www.cottonbureau.com/products/egghead.This episode is sponsored by:Crane & Canopy. Visit craneandcanopy.com/adventure and enter code adventure to save 10% off your next bedding purchase.HelloFresh. For $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, visit hellofresh.com and enter EGGCELLENT3

Matt and Doree discuss a new study about antidepressants during pregnancy and an article that was skeptical of PGS testing. They also hear from listeners who are pretty adamant that the woman whose friend had pre-eclampsia should have an honest chat with her about her husband. And they give advice to a woman who feels that because she didn't always want kids, she's an impostor in the infertility community. Plus Doree gets binge TV recs for her two week wait!To learn more, visit www.eggcellentadventure.com. To support Matt & Doree's Eggcellent Adventure (and get bonus episodes every month!), visit www.patreon.com/eggcellentadventure. To leave a voicemail, call 413-461-BABY.This episode is sponsored by:- Episona. Episona’s sperm DNA test is now available for purchase online! Visit www.episona.com to order the test and use code ADVENTURE for 10% off your order.- Personal Trainer Food. Go to personaltrainerfood.com/adventure and use promo code Adventure20

Doree and Matt have updates from the doctor and the insurance company, and they hear from a listener who's also getting put through the insurance wringer. They also give advice to a woman whose husband has very few sperm and to someone who just can't stop thinking about getting pregnant.To learn more, visit www.eggcellentadventure.com. To support Matt & Doree's Eggcellent Adventure, visit www.patreon.com/eggcellentadventure.This episode is sponsored by Episona. Can your sperm make good quality embryos? Visit www.episona.com to learn more.This episode is sponsored by Third Love. Go to www.thirdlove.com/adventure now to find your perfect-fitting bra and try it for 30 days.This episode is sponsored by Personal Trainer Food. Go to www.personaltrainerfood.com/adventure and use promo code Adventure200 to save $200 on any 28-day meal plan.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Doree and Matt had no idea they'd make it this far — while still feeling like they hadn't made it very far at all. This week they talk some more about insurance woes, and also discuss how to get back in touch with friends you stopped seeing when you were doing IVF and how to deal with all of the delays that come with IVF. And a caller has some advice for Matt about giving Doree a foot massage if she ever gets pregnant.To learn more, visit www.eggcellentadventure.com. To support Matt & Doree's Eggcellent Adventure on Patreon, visit www.patreon.com/eggcellentadventure.This episode is sponsored by Episona. Can your sperm make good quality embryos? Visit www.episona.com to learn more.This episode is sponsored by Personal Trainer Food. Visit personaltrainerfood.com/ADVENTURE and use the promo code ADVENTURE200 to get $200 off any 28-day meal plan.This episode is sponsored by Care.com. To save 30% off a Care.com Premium membership, visit care.com/adventure and subscribe.  See acast.com/privacy

Doree and Matt don't want to jinx anything, but it's possible the goalposts are finally, possibly maybe moving in the right direction. To learn more, visit www.eggcellentadventure.com. To support the podcast, visit www.patreon.com/eggcellentadventure. All of August's Patreon proceeds have been donated to the Houston Food Bank to help people affected by Hurricane Harvey.This episode is sponsored by Episona. Can your sperm make good quality embryos? Visit www.episona.com to learn more.This episode is sponsored by Personal Trainer Food. To learn more, visit www.personaltrainerfood.com/ivf and use the code IVF200 to save $200 on any 28-day meal plan.This episode is sponsored by RXBAR Kids. Find them at Target stores, or for 25% off your first order visit www.rxbar.com/adventure and enter promo code ADVENTURE at checkout.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Doree's not excited about having to deal with her health insurance about coverage yet again, and Matt and his Apple Watch have a day of reckoning. Plus they hear from more listeners who have had multiple chemical pregnancies, and a listener who has an idea for an IVF app that someone who is not Doree or Matt should make. Also: Trucker Lex returns to tell everyone about life on the road.To learn more, visit www.eggcellentadventure.com. To support the podcast (and get bonus episodes!), visit www.patreon.com/eggcellentadventure.See Doree at the Decatur Book Festival on Sat., 9/2 at 12:30pm, and come hang out with her later that day at the Brick Store Pub in Decatur from 5-7pm.This episode is sponsored by Episona. Can your sperm make good quality embryos? Visit www.episona.com to learn more.This episode is sponsored by Care/of. To get 50% off your first month of vitamins and supplements, visit www.takecareof.com and enter the code ADVENTURE.  See acast.com/privacy for priva

Doree's in a funk, but with listeners with multiple chemical pregnancies and one-track-mind husbands, she realizes maybe things aren't so bad. Plus, Matt and Doree hear from an outlier on the formal name/nickname debate who makes some very good points. And they remember that even a broken clock is right twice a day.Doree will be on a panel at the Decatur Book Festival on Sat., Sept. 2 at 12:30 pm. Visit www.decaturbookfestival.com to learn more. Then she'll be hanging out at the Brick Store Pub in Decatur, GA from 5-7pm that same day — come say hi!To learn more, visit www.eggcellentadventure.com. Follow Eggcellent Adventure on Twitter: @eggcellentpod.This episode is sponsored by Episona. Can your sperm make good quality embryos? Visit www.episona.com to learn more.This episode is sponsored by Third Love. To try one of ThirdLove's amazingly comfortable bras FREE for 30 days (pay just $2.99 for shipping), visit www.thirdlove.com/adventure.This episode is sponsored by Care/of. Go to TakeCareOf.com to get a perso

Doree and Matt answer all of your non-IVF related questions, like how the show Friends handled fertility plotlines, where they like to stay in Vegas, how to get your book published, and whether Doree's old podcast Rerun will ever come back.This episode is sponsored by YOU! Thanks for being the best listeners on the planet.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On their 45th episode, Matt and Doree finally learn the correct pronunciation of PCOS. They also hear what it's like to be a sperm donor and get (lots of) advice about dealing with migraines, and find out they saved a listener some Zika stress. Plus, Trucker Lex explains what life on the road is like and leaves a very special voicemail.This episode is sponsored by Episona. Can your sperm make good quality embryos? Visit www.episona.com to learn more.This episode is sponsored by Bombas. To get 20% off your first purchase, visit www.bombas.com/adventure.This episode is sponsored by Care.com. To get 30% off a Care.com Premium membership, visit www.care.com/adventure and subscribe.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Doree and Matt learn about double vaginas and put out the egg signal for single women doing IVF. Plus, they hear from a woman who didn't learn her real name until she was 10 years old. (Seriously.)To learn more, visit www.eggcellentadventure.com.This episode is sponsored by Episona. Can your sperm make good quality embryos? Visit www.episona.com to learn more.This episode is sponsored by Casper. To get $50 toward any mattress purchase visit www.casper.com/MATTANDDOREE and use the offer code MATTANDDOREE.This episode is sponsored by Lola. To get 60% off your first order of tampons, liners, or pads, visit www.mylola.com and enter the promo code ADVENTURE.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Everything's fine, but Doree's surgery didn't exactly go as planned. Then again, does anything IVF-related ever go as planned???To learn more, visit http://www.eggcellentadventure.com.This episode is sponsored by:Episona. Visit www.episona.com to learn more about in-home sperm testing.Care/of. Visit www.takecareof.com and enter the code ADVENTURE to get 50% off your first order of vitamins and supplements.Rent the Runway. To get 25% off your first month of Unlimited, enter the code ADVENTURE at www.renttherunway.com/unlimited or use the iPhone app.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Doree's surgery is coming up, and she's nervous — and worried she's going to be super hungry. Matt talks about his new sleep schedule, which involves waking up at 5 a.m. Plus, they put out the egg signal for infertile lesbians and there's BONUS EPISODE NEWS!To learn more, visit http://www.eggcellentadventure.com. To support the podcast, visit http://www.patreon.com/eggcellentadventure.This episode is sponsored by Crane & Canopy, Care/of, and Bombas.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Doree and Matt get some surprising news.To learn more and support the podcast, visit www.eggcellentadventure.com.This episode is sponsored by Episona. Can your sperm make good quality embryos? Visit www.episona.com to learn more. This episode is also sponsored by Rent the Runway. To get 25% off your first month of Rent the Runway Unlimited, visit renttherunway.com/unlimited or download the iPhone app and be sure to enter the code ADVENTURE at checkout. Our final sponsor this week is ThirdLove. To try your new favorite bra for free for 30 days (pay only $2.99 for shipping), visit thirdlove.com/ADVENTURE.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Doree is getting ready for her hysteroscopy on Monday, and she and Matt talk about how stressed they are about how much everything costs. Plus, they hear from some listeners with updates about their own transfers and from someone studying to be a genetics counselor.To learn more, visit www.eggcellentadventure.com. To support the podcast on Patreon, visit www.patreon.com/eggcellentadventure.This episode is sponsored by Casper, Care/of, and Crane & Canopy.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Doree and Matt are slowly but surely (but mostly slowly) making their way to their next transfer. They give an update on where they're at, including a new way their clinic has decided to extract money from them, and hear from listeners with thoughts about how and when to reveal yourself to your half-siblings, testosterone, and twins. Plus, Doree takes everyone to the horse zone.To learn more, visit www.eggcellentadventure.com. To support the podcast, visit www.patreon.com/eggcellentadventure. To leave a voicemail, call 413-461-BABY.This episode is sponsored by Care/of. To get 50% off your first order of vitamins and supplements, visit www.takecareof.com and enter the code ADVENTURE.This episode is sponsored by Rent the Runway. To get 25% off your first month of Rent the Runway Unlimited, visit www.renttherunway.com/unlimited and enter the code ADVENTURE.This episode is sponsored by Bombas. To get 20% off your first order of socks, visit www.bombas.com/adventure.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy an

Doree and Matt are finally back in the IVF saddle. (Sort of.) They talk about how the next few weeks will hopefully go, and also hear from listeners about their experiences with suppositories and diva cups, low testosterone, recurrent miscarriage, and Matt's favorite topic: breakfast burritos.To learn more, visit www.eggcellentadventure.com. To support the podcast, visit www.patreon.com/eggcellentadventure.This episode is brought to you by Care/of. To get 50% off your first order of vitamins, visit www.takecareof.com and enter the code ADVENTURE.This episode is also brought to you by Third Love. To try a Third Love bra for free (just pay $2.99 for shipping) for 30 days, visit www.thirdlove.com/adventure.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What happens when you find out you have a genetic condition — years after you donated eggs? Plus, listeners weigh in on the pros and cons of doing IVF abroad and transferring multiple embryos, and Doree and Matt hear from someone who wants to know if using a yoni egg will help her get pregnant. (It can't hurt?!) And Doree and Matt get into a battle of the bands. This episode is sponsored by Bombas. To get 20% off your first purchase of the best socks in the history of feet, visit www.bombas.com/ADVENTURE. This episode is also sponsored by Care/of. Go to www.takecareof.com and use the code ADVENTURE to get 50% off your first order of personalized vitamins. To learn more about the podcast, visit www.eggcellentadventure.com. And you can now support Matt and Doree's Eggcellent Adventure on Patreon at www.patreon.com/eggcellentadventure.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Doree and Matt discuss pituitary tumors and what to do when you don't ovulate, transferring multiple embryos vs. transferring a single embryo, what to do when you REALLY want a girl and your sperm donor has reached the family limit, and how they've been mispronouncing some drugs. Plus, more Zika discussion, and Matt gives advice to a guy who wants to break into comedy. To learn more, visit https://www.eggcellentadventure.com. To support the podcast, donate on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/eggcellentadventure. This episode is sponsored by Harry & David. To get 20% off Father's Day gifts, visit http://HarryandDavid.com, click on the radio icon, and enter the code ADVENTURE. This episode is also sponsored by Third Love. To try one of their 24/7 bras risk-free for 30 days, visit http://www.thirdlove.com/adventure and enter the code ADVENTURE.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Doree and Matt asked for advice about Beau's behavior, and they got it! They also hear from a guy who found out he was missing a kidney when he and his wife started the IVF process and give advice to a woman who's not sure how much more IVF she has in her. And they learn how the 6-day proposal project is actually a classic logic paradox. There's chit-chat (mostly about Beau) until 29:30. To learn more, visit http://www.eggcellentadventure.com. This episode is sponsored by SockFancy, HelloFresh and Harry & David.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.