004: Ted's cancer, what saved his life & how we got pregnant
Release Date: 09/25/2019
001: Do you want to have kids?
Parents After 40
Kathryn is in her forties and Ted is in his fifties. Kathryn was a television executive producer and she's now a public speaking trainer and media coach. Ted has been in healthcare technology for 20 years. Kathryn built her own company and wanted to build a family. Ted had cancer years before they met, so they knew having a baby would be tough. But not THIS tough. Come along as they figure out how to be "Parents After 40."
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006: Reflections on a Self-Centered Life Before Becoming Parents
Parents After 40
Kathryn and Ted finally let it set in...they're about to have a baby. After three years of trying and five rounds of IVF, they never allowed themselves to think or dream about what happens AFTER delivering a healthy baby. Loss will do that to you. They reflect back at pretty self-centered lives before having a child. Because everything is about to change...
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005: 6 Things You Need to Know Before Trying IVF
Parents After 40
Episode 5 of the Parents After 40 podcast is all about what you need to know about IVF before embarking on it... from a couple who went through it FIVE times.
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004: Ted's cancer, what saved his life & how we got pregnant
Parents After 40
Ted survived cancer and is cancer free now. His frozen sperm sat in a bank for years. When Kathryn and Ted got married, they needed it. Here's his story of finding out he had cancer, the decision to have surgery, his survival -- and what it meant for his future. We couldn't leave this part of the story out, because it's too important.
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003: Waiting for the End
Parents After 40
We lost a baby at 8.5 weeks and then our mono/mono twins at 17.5 weeks.
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002: IUI - not "Eye to Eye" like the Kajagoogoo song
Parents After 40
It's IUI, not "Eye to Eye" like the Kajagoogoo song...
info_outlineEpisode 4 of Parents After 40 is about the rare cancer Ted had 10 years ago and his surgery.
He survived and is cancer free now.
The frozen sperm sat in a bank for years. Each quarter, he paid a bill to store his sperm just in case he needed it.
When Kathryn and Ted got married, they needed it.
Here's his story of finding out he had cancer, the decision to have surgery, his survival -- and what it meant for his future.
We couldn't leave this part of the story out, because it's too important. We didn't want other parents or cancer victims to think this was an easy journey.
Kathryn is in her forties and Ted is in his fifties.
Kathryn was a television executive producer for 20 years and she's now a public speaking trainer and media strategist.
Ted has been in healthcare technology for 20 years.
Kathryn built her own company and wanted to build a family.
Ted had bladder cancer years before they met, so they knew having a baby would be tough.
But not THIS tough.
Come along as they figure out how to be "Parents After 40."
Hosts: Kathryn Janicek and Ted Wright
Produced by: Kathryn Janicek (www.kathrynjanicek.com)
Edited by: Kirie Quackenbush (www.digitalKirie.com)