Resilience & ‘The Little Embryo That Could': Infertility, Endometriosis, IUI, IVF & Surrogacy During Pandemic

Welcome to Episode 8.

If we could describe an episode in one word, then the word for this episode would be ‘Resilience.’   That’s who our next guest is, Shannon Totino is resilient. Brandy and Shannon met at their gym, shout out to Oak Park, in the women’s class. They both had their baby girls in tow, strapped in their car seats, watching their mamas go up and down doing squats and burpees. 
 
 Shannon shares about her infertility journey to motherhood. How she faced unsuccessful IUI and IVF attempts and then dealing with obstacle after obstacle. She came to the realization that surrogacy was her only choice of having her own children, yet after she her daughter, Emerson, was born, it was clear that it was the best choice. 

Her vulnerability and courage to keep going  is inspiring and can bring hope for those who are trying to create their family one. Take it from Shannon, her baby 'Em', was the “The Little Embryo That Could”.  

🎧 Happy Listening!