289: Navigating Reproductive Grief, Pregnancy Loss, and The Emotional Impact of Fertility Challenges with Dr. Molly Burrets
Conversations with Cam
Dear Media
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Trigger Warning: Discussion of Infertility and Pregnancy Loss
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Molly Burrets, a clinical psychologist and fertility expert, to discuss reproductive grief and the emotional challenges of infertility. We explore the concept of reproductive grief, its impact on individuals and relationships, and strategies for coping with fertility struggles. Dr. Burrets shares her personal journey with secondary infertility, IVF, and the complexities of navigating pregnancy after loss. We discuss the importance of setting boundaries, finding joy amidst grief, and how to support loved ones experiencing fertility challenges. This conversation offers insights for anyone touched by infertility or reproductive loss, and provides a compassionate perspective on an often misunderstood and deeply personal journey.
Key Takeaway / Points:
- Defining reproductive grief and its impact
- Dr. Burrets’s personal journey with secondary infertility and IVF
- The emotional toll of canceled IVF cycles and pregnancy loss
- Strategies for coping with fertility struggles and finding joy
- How to support friends experiencing infertility or loss
- The importance of setting boundaries during fertility treatments
- Navigating pregnancy after loss and managing anxiety
- The complexities of grief even after successful pregnancy
- Finding ways to fill your cup and prioritize self-care during fertility struggles
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome back to Conversations with Cam. |
| 0:06.0 | This episode, I believe, will be a very impactful one. |
| 0:10.6 | I hope it will help many. |
| 0:12.2 | But I also want to note that it could be an emotional one for many people. |
| 0:18.5 | Trigger warning on this. |
| 0:19.9 | Definitely, we talk about infertility. We talk about |
| 0:23.7 | pregnancy loss. We talk about a lot of the acts of getting pregnant, potentially losing a |
| 0:31.5 | pregnancy, the hardships and emotions that go into all of those things. So if you are not in a place |
| 0:37.4 | to consume |
| 0:38.0 | this style of content, I totally understand. Skip this episode. Come back if you ever feel called to |
| 0:43.2 | listen to it. I will say, I think that the guest, Dr. Molly Burrits, who is an esteemed |
| 0:50.1 | clinical psychologist, an adjunct professor at USC who specializes in couple therapy and |
| 0:54.9 | women's mental health with the focus on reproductive concerns. She has also struggled |
| 1:00.2 | herself with fertility. So it's not me discussing the topics. She's coming from a lens of someone |
| 1:06.9 | who has lived it and is sharing her experiences, both personal and professional. |
| 1:12.4 | So I hope that it helps anyone going through this feel seen and heard and understood and |
| 1:18.1 | validated. That being said, it's obviously an emotional conversation. So if this is not a time |
| 1:23.5 | for you to listen to this, I totally respect, understand, and see you, and I think the best thing |
| 1:29.9 | you can do is prioritize your mental health. So all of that being said, today's episode gets into |
| 1:35.8 | the psychological impact of infertility and how infertility can lead to grief, anxiety, |
| 1:40.9 | identity loss, and why addressing these emotions is crucial for mental well-being, |
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