HeyJaredUnfertile & Unfiltered
A raw, honest podcast about male factor infertility, azoospermia, and the realities no one prepares you for. We share our journey through diagnosis, grief, marriage strain, and the difficult decisions around sperm donors and donor conception.
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Episode 25: The Male Perspective on a Successful Donor Conception. (opens the original)
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We’re pregnant. After a year of male factor infertility and deciding to move forward with donor sperm, our first IUI worked. But a positive pregnancy test brought up emotions neither of us fully expected. In this episode, Matt opens up about what it feels like to find out your wife is pregnant with a donor-conceived child—the excitement of finally getting to become a dad alongside the grief of knowing he won’t be the biological father. We talk about why congratulations suddenly felt complicated,
EP. 24 Our First IUI, the Two-Week Wait & One Year of Infertility (opens the original)
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We’re officially in the two-week wait after our first IUI with donor sperm—and by the time you’re listening to this, we may or may not know if it worked. In this episode of Unfertile & Unfiltered , we recap what our IUI actually looked like, from thawing the donor sperm and the insemination itself to progesterone, symptoms, spotting, and all the overthinking that comes with waiting for a pregnancy test. We also talk about how surprisingly different this two-week wait has felt compared to where w
EP 23: We Got Kicked Out of Our IVF Study… Then Everything Changed (opens the original)
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This week did not go the way we expected. After four months of appointments, medications, and waiting, we showed up for what felt like the make-or-break ultrasound for our IVM fertility study. Within seconds, we knew something was wrong. One follicle had grown to 17 mm—well over the study's 13 mm cutoff—which meant we were officially removed from the study. We talk about what that moment felt like, why it hit us so hard, and how years of infertility have changed the way we respond to disappointi
EP 22: Choosing a Sperm Donor – Our Review of the Major Sperm Banks (opens the original)
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DISCOUNT CODES These codes are for profile memberships to view donor profiles—not for purchasing donor vials. Seattle Sperm Bank: CARROT (3 months of standard access. Adult photos still require the additional paid upgrade.) California Cryobank: QUEERFAM25 or RAINBOW25 Fairfax Cryobank: RODGERS26 or CR2026 Xytex: Free profile access Cryomate: Free profile access Choosing a sperm donor can feel overwhelming. After spending months researching donors, paying for profile access, comparing banks, and
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