Uplifting Journey to Baby at Age ...
Uplifting Journey to Baby at Age 43 - Drea
The Babymakers Fertility Podcast by Danica Thornberry
S3 · E7
Feb 18, 2026
58:37
Episode notes

In this deeply personal and uplifting episode, Dr. Danica Thornberry is joined by Drea, a woman she met by chance at Sprouts Farmers Market —right in the middle of the now-infamous “where did all the eggs go?” moment. What starts as a funny, synchronistic encounter turns into a powerful conversation about loss, faith, nourishment, nervous system healing, and becoming the kind of woman who can hold the unknown without collapsing into it.

Drea shares how she conceived her first child easily in her mid-thirties; then later—after years of being vegan—began a difficult stretch of recurrent early pregnancy loss in her early 40s. Feeling dismissed by doctors who said “it’s your age” and offered little support, she became an empowered self-advocate -- exploring progesterone, acupuncture, Chinese herbs, dietary shifts, and deeper emotional/spiritual ... 

Keywords
fertility
Fertility podcast
Unexplained infertility
Fertility journey
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