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Afterglow - After IVF, no baby

Katie Dunn, Lexi Weber Johnson

Tales from the unexpected afterglow that is IVF not working out. Resilience, reinvention, and embracing a joyfully unexpected life without kids.

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  • Katie Dunn

    Adventure, ocean, joy seeking, and dogs, mostly. Finding joy and content on the other side of infertility.

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    Lexi is a writer exploring life after trying for a baby and finding herself somewhere unexpected. She writes about grief, freedom, and joy beyond parenthood in her newsletter Not Expecting.

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