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One Woman's Journey to Motherhood with Dr. Sharla Sundberg
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A beautiful interview with Dr. Sharla Sundberg, a Stanford-trained general surgeon, on her struggle to create a family of her own. Dr. Sharla gives us an inside look at her fertility journey and what it took to bring her children into this world. We also discuss the difficult task of practicing medicine as a mother, and how she is redefining herself now that she is a mom.
3:45 How Sharla met her husband
8:30 Trying to have children
10:50 Beginning her fertility journey
12:20 IUI Attempts
12:50 Cost of fertility treatments
13:55 IVF
15:50 Struggling with infertility
17:40 Feeling like a failure
18:20 Considering adoption
22:00 Coming up with a new plan
25:00 Donor eggs and surrogacy
28:00 Getting pregnant
29:00 And then came Savea!
32:00 And then came Soren!
32:45 Deciding when their family is complete
34:45 Dealing with loss
36:45 Making plans for the future
41:00 Leaving the practice of medicine
45:00 Redefining herself
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