The Full Stop
The Full Stop
Michael Hughes, Berenice Smith and Sarah Lawrence
The Silence After IVF: What Happens When It Doesn’t Work
56 minutes Posted Jul 12, 2025 at 11:00 am.
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In Episode 76, Berenice, Michael, and Sarah have the conversation they’ve avoided for six years: what happens after failed IVF. With raw honesty and compassion, we explore the emotional aftermath of a process that’s gruelling, often isolating, and rarely discussed when it doesn't lead to parenthood.
We reflect on grief, lost identities, anger at misleading success rates, the mental and financial toll, and the uncomfortable silence surrounding childlessness after IVF. This episode holds space for everyone who has ever felt abandoned by the system, and those seeking to understand.