6 months after they met, the young couple learned they couldn't conceive. Both infertile, they decided to start a podcast to talk about infertility transparently.
In the medical world but also in the news, we often hear about female infertility, due to malformations or pathologies, such as endometriosis. But, male infertility also exists although it is much less publicized. Yet one in ten men is sterile. In the couple of Miranda and Tristan, both are infertile.
Miranda Burns, 25, and Tristan Hall, 22, a couple since April 2019, learned 6 months after meeting that he was theirs "medically impossible ” to conceive children. They're putting together a podcast to talk about infertility and their experiences.
Miranda and Tristan's infertility
Miranda found out in June 2018 that she had endometriosis. In October 2019, when she was ready to start a family with her partner, she was told that her egg reserve was extremely low. “My egg reserve is estimated at 4.7 while a woman my age should have around 30”, She confides to The Mirror. The following December, the young woman learned that her fallopian tubes were badly damaged.
As for Tristan, he was found to have malformations in his sperm. Indeed, his sperm were morphologically not in the norm and had a disturbing shape.
“As you can imagine, it was a lot to take and we were pretty devastated. Six months into our relationship we already knew we wanted to stay together and have kids, so hearing that maybe it wouldn't be possible was incredibly sad.", Miranda delivers.
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The couple have since become engaged, and have decided to start IVF (in vitro fertilization). In May 2020, Miranda miraculously got pregnant. It was kind of their "miracle baby”. Unfortunately, the young woman miscarried at 18 weeks pregnant. A very painful ordeal for the young couple, who had regained hope.
Miranda and Tristan then decided to launch a podcast, which will be released on March 1, 2021, called Test Tube Baby. He will tell the ups and downs of infertility with limitless honesty, but with a hint of humor. “I felt so alone and like I was broken when I was told about my infertility. The last thing I want is another girl to feel as isolated as I do. So the podcast seemed like the perfect way to raise awareness and help someone in the same situation ”, explains Miranda. Indeed, podcasts are very popular and allow you to learn about countless topics.
Tristan, who is a podcast producer, also gives his point of view: “Men don't talk about these things, so when I heard the news I was devastated and, to be honest, quite emasculated”. He wants to liberate men a little more on the subject.