3am Thoughts

From Toilet Panic to 3AM Peace: One Woman's Journey Through IBD, Fertility, and Finding Hope in the Dark--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Now, this is a story all about how my life got flipped-turned upside down... but it's not the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.It's the raw, unfiltered truth about trying to become a mother at 40+ while battling IBD, premature ovarian failure, and a medical system that wasn't designed for women like me.This is where I share what really happens when your bowels, your fertility, and your dreams collide.From panic attacks in public toilets to navigating donor eggs, from being dismissed as "too old" to holding my miracle baby at 3am - this is my story, filter-free.*What you'll hear:** Honest conversations about IBD and fertility (including the farting - because fart loud, fart proud!)* What fertility clinics don't tell you about reproductive health* The emotional reality of premature o

3am Thoughts is a society podcast hosted by Annique Tate, with 14 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Annique Tate hosts 3am Thoughts, a society show with 14 episodes published.

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  Let's unpack the question: What about donor eggs?

  Feb 27, 202614 minS0

  <p>Pausing the story to have the conversation that doesn't happen enough.</p><p><br></p><p>Will I bond with the baby? Will they bond with me? Would it be as it would've been with my own egg? What if I don't bond and Marco leaves me? Am I interchangeable?</p><p><br></p><p>The questions that keep you up at 3am. The grief of losing your own eggs. The fear you never say out loud.</p><p><br></p><p>And the science I didn't understand until later: epigenetics. Your body doesn't just carry a baby. It...

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  Chapter Eleven - Donor Eggs

  Feb 13, 202616 minS0

  <p>The Questions, The Mistake, and Finding Our Match</p><p>August 2021. POF diagnosis. Time to move forward with donor eggs. But first, I had to face the questions that haunt every woman making this decision.</p><p>Then I discovered the mistake. </p><p>Mount Etna erupting </p><p>COVID drama at the airport. </p><p>The donor offer</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode:</p><p>❓ The endless questions about donor eggs and bonding</p><p>💔 "What if I don't bond with the baby and Marco leaves me?"</p><p>🇬🇧 UK vs abroad: giving the child the right t...

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  Chapter Ten: Mushrooms, Mindset and POF

  Jan 30, 202616 minS0

  <p>The Final Push Before the Diagnosis</p><p>I'd finally found a doctor who looked at me as a whole and listened. My oestrogen was too high for me to be in menopause, he told me, and I was buzzing.</p><p>Then came earthing sheets, immunology tests, more food restrictions, gratitude journals, affirmations, and doubled supplements. The relentless optimism and continually picking myself up.</p><p>In this episode:</p><p>🍄 Houri's recommendation: medicinal mushrooms and Dr. Trevor Wing</p><p>✨ "Your estrogen would be on the floor if you were in menopause"</p><p>🩺 Immunology blood tests and the...

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  Chapter Nine - The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back

  Jan 16, 202615 minS0

  <p>When Hope Becomes Exhausting</p><p>July 2020. We booked a UK fertility clinic. I had my first scan. The doctor told me I had a "beautifully healthy reproductive system." I nearly skipped out of the clinic.</p><p>The never-ending cycle of hope and disappointment - rinse and repeat.</p><p>October 1st: Sitting alone in a waiting room, in tears, while Marco waited outside in the car. Not allowed in. </p><p>In this episode:</p><p>🇮🇹 Last adventures in tourist-free Italy before heading back</p><p>🏥 July 13th scan: "You have a beautifully healthy reproductive system"</p><p>🎉 The v...

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  Chapter Eight - The Question that Breaks You

  Dec 19, 202516 minS0

  <p>March 2020. The fertility consultant said "menopause" and refused treatment. COVID locked us down in Italy. I was dismissed everywhere I turned because I was over 40. And then I had to face the question that shatters every woman on this fertility journey:</p><p>What am I willing to do to have a child?</p><p>Donor eggs? Would I bond with them? Would they love me? Adoption? Should Marco find someone easier? How far do I push before I accept defeat?</p><p>This is about the questions we ask ourselves alone, usually crying, that nobody prepares you for.<...

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