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Messy in the Middle: The Journey of Infertility Podcast

by Jessica Leigh

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About the show

We are led to believe that falling pregnant is just a matter of having unprotected sex and voila! Reality hits hard. Recurrent miscarriage and infertility are unfortunately a truth so many of us face, and Jessica Leigh is right there in the trenches with you – struggling with secondary infertility, 2 losses - which could have been many more if she didn’t advocate for herself and fight to get answers before continuing to try again. Messy in the Middle is a podcast featuring real women’s stories about their journey, the messy part, the trials and tribulations to get from recurrent miscarriage and infertility to baby. Join us as we talk, cry, laugh and get unbelievably vulnerable to feel less alone in the gang that no one wanted to be a part of.