Our Birth Story (Eamon’s emotional breakdown, unexpected C-section & our time in the NICU)

Reroot with Eamon and Bec

In this episode, we finally open up about the birth of our sweet baby girl, Frankie Lee Fitzgerald. We dive into our IVF journey, nearly joining The Amazing Race, navigating a cancer diagnosis during pregnancy, meeting Frankie for the first time, and why we were initially scared to share her birth story. Plus, we answer your questions!

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0:00 - Intro

3:50 - Eamon's ADD

4:30 - Consciously deciding to have kids

11:30 - Our IVF journey

19:30 - Going through chemo and radiation

20:55 - Trying to conceive

23:45 - We nearly went on The Amazing Race

27:35 - The pregnancy

32:29 - Cancer returns

38:10 - Stage 4 diagnosis

46:11 - Frankie's birth

1:00:30 - Meeting Frankie for the first time

1:09:00 - Feeling Joy

1:16:35 - Telling our Uber driver we love him

1:20:10 - Can good parenting be taught?

1:21:00 - Answering your questions

1:31:15 - Bec sings opera

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