Episode 144: Misbehaving Uterus – Megan Hanson

I Want to Put a Baby in You!

Megan's professional experience includes health care marketing and non-profit management. She left her most recent role with Baxter Healthcare to focus full-time on the Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Association (RPLA). She holds a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management. She blogs about her personal experience of recurrent miscarriage at MisbehavingUterus.com. Megan lives in Seattle with her husband and her daughter who was born via gestational surrogacy. RPLA is dedicated to eliminating recurrent pregnancy loss through the advancement of research into causes and treatments; to providing support and resources to those affected; and to increasing awareness of the impact of miscarriage and fertility challenges on women and families. Listen to Megan as she discusses with Ellen and Jenn: • Getting pregnant very quickly, experiencing a missed-miscarriage and a D&C. • Experienced another miscarriage. • Trying for over a year to get pregnant. • Going through a medically managed miscarriage and her (strong) thoughts on that choice. • The feeling of betrayal from her body after the 5th miscarriage. • Exploring alternative family building options. • Once emotionally feeling stronger, reaching out to a surrogacy agency • Leaving her job and incorporating a non-profit while starting her surrogacy journey. • How the non-profit is helping those experiencing pregnancy loss. • Having her first experience in a delivery room with her child being born via surrogacy. • Her surrogate truly becoming family. • How to join and/or support the RPL community Want to share your story or ask a question? Call and leave us a message on our hotline: [phone]. Learn more about our podcast: https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/ Learn more about our surrogacy agencies: https://www.brightfuturesfamilies.com/ Get your IWTPABIY merch here! https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/merch Learn more about Ellen’s law firm: http://trachmanlawcenter.com/ Learn about Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Association here: https://rplassociation.org Find support with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Association here: https://rplassociation.org/events Check out Megan’s Blog here: www.MisbehavingUterus.com