It's A Circus – A New-Parent Wellness Podcast
It's A Circus - A New-Parent Wellness Podcast
Podcast Description
🎪 It’s a Circus 🎙️Step right up to the podcast that tells it like it really is—because parenting isn’t always picture-perfect, but it’s always worth the ride.Hosted by entrepreneur and mom Elsa, It’s a Circus brings you real, unfiltered conversations with parents who know what it’s like to balance the chaos of kids, careers, and everything in between. Through heartfelt interviews and personal storytelling, Elsa peels back the layers of parenting to reveal the messy, hilarious, and deeply human moments we all experience—but rarely talk about.This isn’t a guide to having it all figured out. It’s a reminder that you don’t have to.Tune in for laughs, confessions, and insights that will leave you feeling connected, comforted, and ready to take on the next act. Hit subscribe—because life in the circus is better when we’re in it together. 🎪✨www.chernerbroscircus.com
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes such as the balance of self-care and motherhood, navigating parenting challenges, and the support systems that help parents thrive. Specific episode topics include managing breastfeeding struggles, tips for handling picky eaters, and personal journeys through surrogacy and postpartum life.
Unfiltered stories of motherhood, identity, and the art of self-care.
Hosted by Elsa Marit, It’s a Circus pulls back the curtain on the beautiful chaos of parenting. Through raw conversations with mothers, entrepreneurs, and women of all walks, the show explores what it really means to raise kids while holding onto yourself.
Each episode is part confession, part community — reminding you that you’re not alone in the madness. From the heartbreak and humor of matrescence to the little rituals that keep us sane, this podcast is equal parts relatable, vulnerable, and empowering.
✨ Motherhood may be a circus, but here you’ll find clarity, connection, and the confidence to step back into your own spotlight.
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Host Elsa kicks off season five of the It’s a Circus podcast with Alicia, who shares her detailed IVF journey to becoming a mom to her son, Andreas. After trying to conceive naturally starting in 2019, Alicia and her husband moved from Clomid to three IUIs during the pandemic, then traveled from Florida to New York for IVF, paying out of pocket while navigating intense physical side effects and emotional strain. Alicia endured repeated two-week waits and three failed transfers, plus delays due to dangerously high blood pressure that required cardiology clearance, triggering grief, depression, and boundaries around family and social media. Further testing revealed silent stage-three endometriosis; after a difficult Lupron experience, she underwent endometriosis surgery in New Jersey and immediately completed a final, heavily medicated transfer that resulted in pregnancy. She describes an anxious high-risk pregnancy, induction at 37 weeks, a C-section, and emphasizes the importance of support, self-advocacy, and trusted doctors.
00:00 Welcome to the Circus
00:22 Season Five Kickoff
01:55 Meet Alicia and Andreas
05:21 Sharing IVF Online
07:29 Trying Naturally and Clomid
10:19 IUI During the Pandemic
12:09 Emotional and Financial Toll
16:17 Finding a New York IVF Doctor
20:45 Shots and Egg Retrieval
24:12 The Two Week Wait Spiral
26:43 Health Scare and Moving Plans
32:35 First Transfer and Heartbreak
41:07 Second Transfer and Hard Talks
46:24 Taking a Break and Setting Boundaries
52:50 When IVF Friends Move On
55:06 Taking a Break and Testing
59:09 Silent Endometriosis Found
59:49 Lupron and Third Transfer
01:02:56 Third Failure and Depression
01:08:34 New Doctor and Surgery Plan
01:14:26 Endometriosis Surgery Recovery
01:19:59 Final Transfer and Positive Call
01:25:48 Early Pregnancy Anxiety
01:31:20 Induction and C-Section Birth
01:33:26 Meeting the Miracle Baby
01:36:43 IVF Advice and Closing
Keep up with Alicia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alicia_justasplash/
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