We're Rochelle and Maddy, fiances who love to chat all things lesbian.
Join us on Tuesdays as we delve into the stories of Australian same-sex couples on their IVF journeys, and if you're navigating IVF, help you through each aspect of that too. Mixed in we share the remarkable stories of queer women doing some unbelievable things in their life and career, topped off with some general life chats from two lesbian mums.
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Laura shares her and her wife Georgies fertility journey to their little boy Rupert. Laura initially opens up about her journey in discovering her sexuality and how it led her to her now wife Georgie. For their fertility journey, she speaks on how anonymous sperm donation did not align with their family building goals due to previous family history. Laura shares their journey with a known donor and how they navigated that alongside a fertility clinic. In this episode she discusses in detail the known donor world, their unsuccessful home insemination and everything surrounding what was involved in that and then onto their (surprise) successful IUI on their second attempt. Laura explains all of these topics so beautifully and in so much detail, she also touches on their discussions around RIVF for their second baby and the journey they're about to embark on with that. Personal IG: @those.twomums Podcast IG: @samesexpodcast Podcast TikTok: @samesexpodcast
Today Jess shares her fertility journey with her partner Bianca. Jess opens up about exploring her sexuality later in life, meeting Bianca and their discussions around having kids, IVF and who would carry first. Jess shares how they had to navigate extremely long sperm donor wait lists and the avenues they explored after feeling deflated by the whole process. Jess and Bianca went through IUIs and reciprocal IVF on their journey to daughter Stevie. Jess opens up about the challenges they faced, including navigating the healthcare system as a same-sex couple, the emotional highs and lows of the IVF process, and how their relationship has grown stronger through it all. Personal IG: @those.twomums Podcast IG: @samesexpodcast Podcast TikTok: @samesexpodcast
This week Rochelle shares her thoughts and feelings around the idea of becoming pregnant for the first time, and tosses up whether this is something she wants to do. She has never had a desire to carry, never entertained the idea of a baby bump and even more so has just never actually wanted to be pregnant. In this weeks episode, Rochelle and Maddy break down where these feelings are coming from, how to navigate them and validate others in a same-sex relationship who don't necessarily align with wanting to carry a pregnancy as well. **we do discuss lack of desire and conversations around not wanting to be pregnant, so if you are currently on your TTC journey this may be a sensitive topic for you. Please feel free to skip this episode and come back to an episode that feels more aligned to you x Personal IG: @those.twomums Podcast IG: @samesexpodcast Podcast TikTok: @samesexpodcast
What a niche. Friendships as a lesbian mum. Today we chat about losing friends as adult, making incredible new ones, letting go of what was and accepting what is now. Co-dependancy in a lesbian relationship is a real thing, toxic or not, it happens. Which also adds an extra layer to the hot topic of lesbian mum friendships. We've never heard anyone talk about this but I bet you'll find something to relate to in this one. You're not alone. Personal IG: @those.twomums Podcast IG: @samesexpodcast Podcast TikTok: @samesexpodcast
You're a lesbian and you want to have a baby.. where the HECK do you begin? Welcome to episode 3 of our IVF mini series, where you'll find bite sized pieces deep diving into specific aspects of a same-sex IVF journey. This week we break down the steps we took when embarking on our IVF journey. Research Baseline appointment: bloods, testing, consultations, family building goals, lots of questions Counselling session Choosing your donor Pay lots of money, sign lots of forms IUI/IVF A lot of this information is based on our journey as well as information we have picked up by following other people journeys. This isn't specific advice, so make sure to ask all of your own questions and do more of your own research BUT hopefully this helps make the process a little less confusing to navigate! (I also mention that we have recorded an in-depth eg retrieval episode... we haven't oops.. but it's coming!) Personal IG: @those.twomums Podcast IG: @samesexpodcast Podcast TikTok: @samesexpodcast