Meet our dear friends, Ria and Raul Pelayo. In their four years of marriage, they come forward with their struggles in starting a family due to recurring pregnancy loss.

We are also joined by my wife, my life partner - JoAnn. Both of us wanted to do an episode like this from the beginning, but couldn't conceptualize what, or how it could be done until Ria came forward with her forth miscarriage on social media. Together, we hope to provide a safe space to empower others to start their own conversations or seek help in dealing with grief, loss, trauma - the things that are hard to bring up casually, or are considered "downers" to bring up in conversation.

This was a magical episode, with many unexpected nuances happening in our surroundings, and helped with the charm of the episode, on top of Ria and Raul bringing such a light-hearted vibe to a very heavy topic for most people.

Ria and Raul have graciously offered to be a resource to those experiencing similar grief

NOTES | MENTIONS | RESOURCES:

• Social Media helping empower others
• Passive Family Dynamics/ Non confrontational
• How to explain your suffering to someone that doesn’t know
• Dealing with pressure from family to have babies
• Infertility
• IVF treatment
• D and C
• How to provide space for others to express their grief?
• What are other ways to help deal with emotional distress?

Resources for infertility and recurring pregnancy loss

• r/childfree
• The Silent Sorority
• Fertility Docs
• R/infertility
• Peanut
• Infertility acronyms
• How men can talk about IVF/ Recurring Pregnancy loss/ etc