# Claire Walsh - The IVF Stretch

An episode of [Stretch Marks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1615792922), 7 Feb 2024, 1 h 00 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/621cc9ee3753980012fc8092/e/65c2524e61faed0016092826/media.mp3

Claire Walsh is a successful author & ted talker, the first person to represent Ireland at the Freediving World Championships in 2019 and she is in the messy middle of subfertility. Fertility is a very personal + private journey. But that can leave us at risk of only hearing some commercial promises and the good news. Where is the messy middle?? We talk about illusions being shattered, her relationship with hope, the indignity of the physical process and the power games between you and an industry who hold the keys to life. This is a moving conversation with a woman who doesn’t know how the story ends and who is being stretched between what could be and what this is. Hosted by Sinead O'Moore Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast I'd love to hear from you. This episode is kindly supported by Carriwell - available from Cleverclogs.ie Thank you to Alan Breslin on Sound Produced by The Brand Story Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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