115. Are You Waiting for Your Life to Begin? Trying to Conceive After Vasectomy Reversal Without Losing Yourself

115. Are You Waiting for Your Life to Begin? Trying to Conceive After Vasectomy Reversal Without Losing Yourself

Trying to conceive after vasectomy reversal can slowly begin taking over your life. You wait for healing, semen analysis results, better sperm count and motility, ovulation, pregnancy tests, and the month when everything finally changes. Before long, you may not only be waiting for a baby. You may be waiting to feel like yourself again. In this episode, I’m sharing what it looks like to pursue pregnancy after vasectomy reversal without losing your peace, marriage, faith, health, or identity in the process. I take you back into our own journey, from receiving a zero-sperm semen analysis eight weeks after surgery to seeing 131 million sperm just one month later, and then realizing that even a strong semen analysis did not immediately lead to pregnancy. I also share the moment I received notice that I was deploying to the Middle East and felt God ask, “Do you not trust Me?” Choosing to trust His timing led me into a season of rebuilding my own health foundations, prioritizing sleep, addressing lifelong gut issues, healing childhood trauma, strengthening my marriage, deepening my relationship with God, and learning to love myself for the first time. We’ll talk about how fertility can begin consuming your calendar, marriage, intimacy, and peace, and how to use the waiting season to build a healthier foundation without making trying to conceive your entire identity. You are allowed to want the baby deeply. You are allowed to investigate sperm health, hormones, ovulation, and fertility foundations. But you do not have to lose yourself on the way to the baby you are praying for.   Next Steps: Join the Rooted Community: https://susangladstein.com/community [https://susangladstein.com/community] Ready to look at the full fertility picture? Get your Rooted Fertility Audit: https://susangladstein.com/fertility [https://susangladstein.com/fertility] Connect with me on Instagram: @susangladstein.co [https://www.instagram.com/susangladstein.co]

114. When the Journey Starts Consuming Your Peace: Faith, Burnout, and Letting Go of Control with Antoniette Roze

Trying to conceive after vasectomy reversal can start to feel like a full-time job. You're tracking ovulation, watching semen analysis results, researching supplements, timing everything perfectly, and praying this month will finally be the month. Before long, the journey that started with hope can begin consuming your peace. In this episode, I'm joined by Antoniette Roze, host of the SPEAKPact Podcast and founder of WPC Speakers Global Agency, for a conversation that speaks deeply to the emotional weight so many couples carry after vasectomy reversal: waiting, hoping, surrendering control, and learning how to protect your peace when the journey feels heavier than expected. Antoniette shares her powerful testimony of surviving a life-threatening childhood diagnosis after being told there was little hope, and how faith carried her through circumstances that looked impossible. Together, we talk about burnout, overwhelm, perfectionism, using your voice, sharing your story, and learning how to stop carrying things God never asked you to carry. If you've been discouraged by semen analysis numbers, frustrated by delays after reversal, exhausted by the uncertainty of trying to conceive, or simply feeling like the fertility journey has started taking over your life, this conversation will encourage you to take a deep breath and remember who is actually in control. Because sometimes the greatest act of faith isn't doing more. It's surrendering more. And sometimes the peace you're searching for isn't found in another supplement, another test, another protocol, or another month of striving. Sometimes it's found in trusting that God is still working, even when you can't see it yet. God's timing is always perfect, even if it doesn't match up with our own, and He truly writes the BEST stories. Connect with Antoniette: SPEAKPact Podcast - https://speakpact.com/ [https://speakpact.com/] Next Steps: Join the Rooted Community: https://susangladstein.com/community [https://susangladstein.com/community] Ready to look at the full fertility picture? Get your Rooted Fertility Audit: https://susangladstein.com/fertility [https://susangladstein.com/fertility] Connect with me on Instagram: @susangladstein.co [https://www.instagram.com/susangladstein.co]

113. Doctors Said She Was Dying. God Said Get Up. A Stage 4 Colon Cancer Healing Story for Anyone Losing Hope with LaVonne Chastain and Gaylynn Kapri

Have you ever been told there was no hope? Maybe it was a diagnosis. Maybe it was a failed semen analysis after vasectomy reversal. Maybe it was low motility, zero sperm, poor morphology, or a doctor telling you IVF was your only realistic option. In this episode, I’m joined by cousins LaVonne Chastain and Gaylynn Kapri for a story that speaks to anyone walking through fear, grief, uncertainty, or a body that feels like it has betrayed them. Gaylynn is a stage-four colon cancer survivor who was once told she was dying. LaVonne is the author of Get Up: The Story of One Woman’s Journey and the God Who Wouldn’t Let Go, the book based on Gaylynn’s life, loss, healing journey, and testimony. Gaylynn’s story is a powerful reminder that your diagnosis, your semen analysis, your labs, or your doctor’s opinion do not get to become your identity. Together, we talk about stage-four colon cancer, radical remission, faith over fear, food as medicine, fasting, trauma, grief, natural healing, and why caring for the body as God’s temple matters when you are believing for healing, restoration, and new life. If you or your husband have been discouraged by post-reversal numbers, told to move straight to IUI or IVF, or left wondering whether healing is still possible, this conversation will remind you to pause, pray, ask better questions, and remember that God is still in the business of restoration. LaVonne and Gaylynn also share the story behind Get Up, the role faith played in Gaylynn’s healing, and why no season of suffering is wasted in God’s hands. Connect with LaVonne and Gaylynn: Website: ValleyGracePub.com [https://www.valleygracepub.com/] Facebook: Valley Grace Publishing [https://www.facebook.com/ValleyGracePublishing] Instagram: @valleygracepub [https://www.instagram.com/valleygracepub/]   Next Steps: Join the Rooted Community: https://susangladstein.com/community [https://susangladstein.com/community] Start supporting your body with phototherapy: https://susangladstein.com/phototherapy [https://susangladstein.com/phototherapy] Ready to look at the full fertility picture? Get your Rooted Fertility Audit: https://susangladstein.com/fertility [https://susangladstein.com/fertility] Connect with me on Instagram: @susangladstein.co [https://www.instagram.com/susangladstein.co]

112. The Art of the Restart: Root-Cause Healing Beyond Conventional Medicine with Tracy the HopeDealer

After cancer treatment ends, everyone expects healing to begin. But what happens when you survive cancer and still don't feel well? In this episode, I'm joined by Tracy Robert, also known as Tracy the Hope Dealer, for a powerful conversation about root-cause healing, gut health, chronic illness, faith, fasting, detox, and learning to advocate for your health when you know something deeper is going on. After being diagnosed with colorectal cancer at age 40, Tracy underwent surgery and treatment, only to spend years battling gut issues, inflammation, SIBO, and discouragement. When conventional medicine offered little beyond symptom management, she began searching for answers beyond the traditional system. As Tracy shares her story, I couldn't help but think about how often I see the same pattern in the fertility world. Whether it's low sperm count after vasectomy reversal, recurrent miscarriage, hormone imbalances, unexplained infertility, or being told IVF is the only option, many couples become so focused on the diagnosis that they never stop to ask why the body is struggling in the first place. We talk about The Art of the Restart, learning to advocate for your health, taking every thought captive, breaking free from chronic illness cycles, reducing inflammation, supporting the body at the root level, and why your diagnosis does not have to become your identity. This conversation is a reminder that healing isn't always about finding the next treatment. Sometimes it's about asking better questions. If you've ever felt stuck, dismissed, discouraged, or like your body is trying to tell you something that no one is listening to, this episode will give you hope and a fresh perspective on what healing can look like.   Connect with Tracy: MosaicWellnessHub.com [https://www.mosaicwellnesshub.com/] Instagram: @tracythehopedealer [https://www.instagram.com/tracythehopedealer/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tracythehopedealer [https://www.facebook.com/tracythehopedealer] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tracythehopedealer [https://www.tiktok.com/@tracythehopedealer]   Next Steps: Join the Rooted Community: https://susangladstein.com/community [https://susangladstein.com/community] Start supporting your body with phototherapy: https://susangladstein.com/phototherapy [https://susangladstein.com/phototherapy] Ready to look at the full fertility picture? Get your Rooted Fertility Audit: https://susangladstein.com/fertility [https://susangladstein.com/fertility] Connect with me on Instagram: @susangladstein.co [https://www.instagram.com/susangladstein.co]

111. GLP-1s, Weight Loss, and Fertility: What Women Need to Know with Bailey King

If you're trying to conceive and wondering whether weight loss could improve your fertility, this episode is for you. Whether you're preparing for pregnancy, navigating fertility challenges, or trying to conceive after vasectomy reversal, you've probably heard some version of the message: "Just lose weight." But what if the conversation is much bigger than weight alone? In this episode, I sit down with Bailey King, wellness coach, homeschooling mom of six, and creator of The Chaos to Confidence Collective, to discuss the growing popularity of GLP-1 medications, the hidden factors that drive weight gain, and why metabolism, insulin, blood sugar, and overall health matter far more than simply making the scale move. Bailey shares her personal journey through PCOS, Crohn's disease, infertility, medications, restrictive diets, and years of frustration before discovering a sustainable approach built on real food, simple habits, and understanding how the body actually works. Together, we explore why many women feel stuck despite trying everything, the role of insulin and metabolic health, and why optimizing your health can support not only weight loss but also hormone balance, energy, and fertility.   Connect with Bailey: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baileylynnking/ [https://www.instagram.com/baileylynnking/] Email: bailey@thechaostoconfidencecollective.com Workshop Application: https://thechaostoconfidencecollective.com/ [https://thechaostoconfidencecollective.com/]   Next Steps: Join the Rooted Community: https://susangladstein.com/community [https://susangladstein.com/community] Start supporting your body with phototherapy: https://susangladstein.com/phototherapy [https://susangladstein.com/phototherapy] Ready to look at the full fertility picture? Get your Rooted Fertility Audit: https://susangladstein.com/fertility [https://susangladstein.com/fertility] Connect with me on Instagram: @susangladstein.co [https://www.instagram.com/susangladstein.co]