Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant

122. In this deeply personal and emotional final episode, the tables turn as guest host Ellie steps into the interviewer's seat to help podcast host Jamie Massey tell her full journey to motherhood. After four years of sharing the stories of women overcoming fertility struggles, Jamie opens up about the path that brought her own son into the world. From navigating mid-life dating and finding love at 40, to enduring multiple pregnancy losses, an ectopic pregnancy, and a harrowing fertility clinic experience.
Jamie takes listeners through the physical, emotional, and financial decisions that ultimately led her to donor eggs and IVF. She candidly reflects on processing the loss of genetic connection, overcoming severe needle phobias, the anxiety-ridden months of carrying her pregnancy, and her hospital birth experience. Wrapping up four years of podcasting, this farewell interview is a heartfelt exploration of grief, perseverance, maternal identity, and the extraordinary power of finding hope and community through shared stories.
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BE06. Jamie Massey shares a podcast episode she was a guest on, hosted by Anne-Marie, Fertility and Emotion Healing. This is from her Fertility Journey Video Series: I'm joined by Jamie Massey, host of the Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant podcast, who has spent years interviewing women on their fertility journey and collecting something medicine rarely offers: real stories, real outcomes and real hope.
Jamie started her podcast while trying to conceive at 40. What she built became something far bigger than she expected. Over 100 conversations later, she shares what she has learned about what women on this journey actually need, and it is not more information.
In this conversation, Jamie talks about why the mental side of fertility is still treated as an extra rather than a necessity. Why women are asking themselves the wrong questions and what happens when they start asking better ones. Why age is far less of a barrier than we have been led to believe and why the most powerful thing a woman can hear on this journey is another woman's story.
We also talk about something I feel deeply in my own work: the body that is contracted and closed when it needs to be open and what actually helps it get there.
This episode is for you if you have been on this journey for a long time and are starting to lose faith. If you feel alone in it. If you need to be reminded that you are still in the middle of your story, not at the end.
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121. Ali Prato, from Infertile AF Podcast shares her raw, personal story of navigating the emotionally taxing space between having her first child naturally in her mid-30s and struggling to expand her family years later. From the emotional toll of four miscarriages to borrowing funds from family to afford a single round of IVF, Ali details the daunting process of self-administered injections, waiting on embryo genetically testing results, and putting all her hopes into a single healthy embryo.
Ali's story moves from the anxiety-ridden early days of pregnancy after loss to the overwhelming joy of hearing her son’s heartbeat and delivering him safely via C-section at age 41. Beyond her birth story, Ali discusses the reality of parenting later in life, the power of finding a community that understands fertility struggles, and her ongoing work to destigmatize assisted reproductive technology through her children's books and media platform. Her experience offers reassurance, practical perspective, and deep comfort to anyone currently navigating the uncertain path to completing their family.
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120. Can you really get pregnant in your mid to late 40s after years of loss and failed cycles? Lisa joins us to explore her incredible path to motherhood. Lisa shares how she navigated silent endometriosis, seven grueling egg retrievals, and 11 embryo transfers, eventually quitting her full-time job to open a flexible business that could fund and accommodate her intensive IVF schedule. After overcoming multiple early miscarriages, she welcomed her first son at age 45 using donor eggs, proving that "lucky" comes in many different forms. 
Now 6.5 months pregnant with her second son at age 48, Lisa reflects on what it takes to stay resilient when the odds feel stacked against you. She breaks down the exact lifestyle shifts, immune protocols, and mindset reframes that brought her success, as well as her transition into mentoring other women navigating complex fertility treatments. Whether you are considering donor eggs, managing transfer fatigue, or simply looking for real proof of pregnancy over 40, Lisa’s story offers an empowering blueprint and a powerful reminder that you are never alone on this journey. 
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119. Rebekah Rhodes turned 40, she looked at her husband and declared, "We must have one more baby." Having already built a full life and family on their North Carolina homestead, stepping back into the journey of trying to conceive brought a brand-new set of triumphs and trials. In this episode, Rebekah opens up about navigating her very first pregnancy loss at 40, managing Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism, tracking ovulation to finally conceive with her 5th baby, and overcoming the deep emotional fears that so often accompany loss.
What begins as an inspiring story of deciding to try again after 40 takes an unforgettable turn after her labor stalls. After experiencing prodromal labor and making the late-night decision to transfer to the hospital, Rebekah’s birth plan unfolded in the most unexpected way possible, delivering her son in the front seat of their car in a gas station parking lot at age 41. Tune in for a candid, full-circle conversation packed with encouragement, natural health insights, and a birth story you have to hear to believe.
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