Denise Phillips : Miracles Do Happen

<p>Trigger warning : Multiple rounds of IVF, miscarriage.</p><br><p>Denise&nbsp;Phillips lives in Newbridge, Co. Kildare with her husband Mark, their 6 year old daughter Beth and she’s also step mother to 16 year old Ellie.</p><p>She’s hugely successful in her career as the owner of Pelo hairdressing and the co-owner of Irish hair brand Voduz and last week she got the surprise of her life when she found out she was over 6 months pregnant!</p><p>For the past 10 years, she had lived with unexplained infertility, no periods, no ovulation and the lining of her womb was very thin.</p><p>On their 9th cycle of IVF she went on to have their little girl and when Beth was a baby, she also took part in TV documentary ‘The Babymakers’, which followed the lives of couples for over a year, who were trying to conceive and showed the reality of IVF.</p><p>This was one of my favourite chats ever on the podcast, it’s full of wisdom and practical advice, especially for those who are navigating the often-challenging road to parenthood. She speaks about acceptance and gratitude and the importance of staying in your own lane.</p><p>And when we spoke on Tuesday when she had just come from all her pregnancy appointments in the Coombe hospital, where she found out she was almost 29 weeks pregnant!</p><br><p>Book mentions:</p><p>Deepak Chopra’s The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success</p><p>Vishen Lakhiani’s The Code of the Extraordinary Mind</p><br><p>If you enjoyed this chat please&nbsp;show&nbsp;your support by leaving a rating or a little comment on Apple and by clicking follow on Spotify, I’d be so thankful.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>