Molor pregnancy, cancer, 3 failed IVF cycles, booked in for donor IVF - to conceive naturally 

We can not recommend Ema and her EXPAND program highly enough! Ema is our hero and we are so grateful for all the care, support, love and education she has given us.

When we started working with Ema we were both feeling lost, empty, angry, confused and defeated about my infertility diagnosis from multiple Drs and specialists in the IVF world. In 2020 we had our first pregnancy which turned out to be a molar pregnancy, I had 2 unsuccessful D&C’s and the cells turned nasty, I was riddled with cancer which spread rapidly to my lungs and liver. I had to immediately start 6months of intensive chemotherapy which took a huge toll on my body. I had multiple chemo sessions weekly and some sessions lasted over 14hours. In 2022 my body was finally healthy enough to start our fertility journey again, however my AMH was 0.2 and I was told that I had already entered perimenopause due to the chemo (I am only 31). We started IVF straight away, had 4 failed rounds of IVF from 2 different leading clinics in Australia. Both Doctors informed us that I had no eggs left and my only option was egg donation. We decided to start fertile foundations around this time as I wanted to get my body as healthy as possible to carry a baby and deep down I hadn’t given up complete hope conceiving naturally, I was searching for a miracle. I was a little hesitant at first joining in the group calls and doing the charting that Ema teaches you as I thought it may be triggering as I was on the donor egg journey. But Ema creates such a warm and safe space that is so open minded, everyone in the group was on their own journey and Ema was empowering us all. My husband and I gave everything we had to fertile foundations, did all of the work and implemented everything that Ema gave us.

This is another huge point of difference, Ema treated my husband as an equal party in our journey- very different to our experience in the medical world. We did two rounds of IVF without any data on my husband, no semen analysis or basic blood tests- in hindsight we are shocked about this. We trusted Ema and her process completely and she was always there to answer any questions we had along the way. On the second month of EXPAND I started charting and learning how to be in tune with my body, on the third month I was feeling more confident in my charting I was also starting to have regular periods, which I hadn’t had before working with Ema. By the third month I was able to know the exact day I ovulated- I was on a Tuesday morning group call with Ema and we were reading through my chart. I started crying because I realised that I was ovulating and it WAS POSSIBLE for us to conceive naturally. Ema had been telling me this for some time now but I had the narrative from my previous Doctors still ingrained in me, we were currently doing donor egg counselling and were booked in for my sister to give me her eggs in early 2023…. But two weeks later on boxing day we got a positive pregnancy test!! It was our Christmas miracle! I am now 8weeks pregnant and bub is a healthy size with a healthy heartbeat.

Ema gave us something that Drs couldn’t, she gave us the opportunity to improve our health and improve our fertility. She reversed my perimenopausal symptoms and empowered us to take control of our fertility journey. I would encourage anyone wanting to conceive, especially those who are told that IVF will be their best or only option, to reach out to Ema and trust her science-based practice first."

- Milly, 32