Pursuit of Wellness
Life Update: My Transfer, The Wildest Wedding & Why I’m Disappearing
27 Mar 2025
Ep. 186: In today’s solo episode, I’m catching you up on everything —because, wow, there’s a lot going on. I’m in the final stretch before my embryo transfer and feeling all the things: dizzy, overwhelmed, and emotional AF. I open up about IVF side effects, the pressure of social media speculation, and why I’m stepping away from Instagram after the transfer. I also share stories from a secret (and very wild) wedding weekend in Mexico, staying sober through it all, and my ongoing horse girl era. Plus, a mini Q&A on IVF, wellness, and mindset. Thanks for being here—your support means the world right now! Leave Me a Message - click here! For Mari’s Instagram click here! For Pursuit of Wellness Podcast’s Instagram click here! For Mari’s Newsletter click here! Sponsored By: Treat acne and aging without harsh ingredients. Visit clearstem.com/POW for 20% off your first order with code POW. Get 20% off Foria’s all-natural period relief products at foriawellness.com/POW or use code POW at checkout. Quit cooking with toxins—Caraway’s non-toxic cookware helps keep microplastics out of your meals. Get 10% off at carawayhome.com/MARI. Show Links: Dr. Gabrielle Lyon on Muscle, Creatine & the Links Between H Pylori & Acne Dr. Mark Hyman on The Truth Behind Metformin, Gut Health, PCOS, Fertility Issues, Hormone Health & Ozempic Bloom Creatine supports lean muscle, strength, recovery, and cognitive function—making it a daily essential for every woman’s wellness routine. Topics Discussed 00:00:00 Life update 00:10:08 How to stay consistent if you constantly fall off the wagon 00:11:28 Suggestions for IVF and PCOS 00:12:10Natural supplement recommendations during IVF 00:12:41 Horse update 00:13:31 Approach to seed oils? 00:13:54 Relaxation tips during IVF 00:15:03 Will you ride pregnant? 00:15:43 IUI 00:16:12 How to balance wellness goals with demanding work? 00:16:55 How to find reliable business mentors and supporters? 00:21:43 Veneers 00:23:12 Embryo transfer process 00:23:50 PCOS and Metformin 00:24:13 How to pass the time while trying to conceive 00:24:46 Why all the solo episodes? 00:25:19 Workouts during IVF 00:25:51 Getting through the tough moments during IVF 00:27:42 The most annoying and the best thing you’ve heard from other people while going through IVF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Full Episode
This is the Pursuit of Wellness podcast, and I'm your host, Mari Llewellyn. Hello everyone, welcome back to a solo episode. We have a lot to catch up on. Today's a big episode. We have a lot happening with IVF. I want to be so honest. I just got to the studio and I'm on all new medication leading up to the transfer and they warned me I might feel dizzy.
And I'm definitely feeling that way right now. I started progesterone shots, which are kind of known as being like the worst part of IVF. They go in your butt. They can be really painful. Honestly, hasn't been that bad so far. Greg is like doing a great job. And then I'm taking like endometrien and all this stuff, like a lot of suppositories.
Just, I'm so sorry if you don't want to hear about this, but like basically shoving pills up my vagina all day and taking pills orally, injections, like honestly,
this feels like more medicine intense than the IVF like stim shots like I feel like I'm having to stay on top of so many different meds and legit as I pulled in the office today I'm so dizzy so I apologize if I sound low energy or my eyes are like not focused I am not doing great right now but I was like you know what I want to get on the mic and tell them what's going on because that is the point of the show and
I also wanted to say, I feel so much more comfortable sharing here on the podcast and with the Power Girls. I feel like Instagram and TikTok feel really vulnerable and you never really know what algorithm you're gonna land on. And just like the way that people, I don't know, like I posted, I went to a wedding in Mexico, which we need to talk about. I posted a photo and everyone's commenting like,
pregnant, calling it now. She's pregnant and it's getting like a hundred plus likes. And it's just like, dude, people are so rude. I get why people are guessing that. Of course, I've been talking about it a lot and that is completely reasonable. But just the way they go about it, people are so insensitive sometimes. But anyways, my transfer is coming up And I just want to be clear.
I think I've said this. I haven't shared the exact date of the transfer because just to be honest with you guys, I don't know if it's going to work. And it takes two weeks to even find out if it did work. And those two weeks are going to be really hard and really anxiety provoking. I'm going to try my best to not... Test at home. I know a lot of girls do that, but you can have false negatives.
You can have false positives. Like, I just don't want to do that to my mental state. Let's see if I actually stick with that. But I have to wait a while to find out if it even worked. And then even after that, you're not... really out of the woods until a few days later because you have to keep going back for more testing.
So I don't want to share that the day because I don't want people reaching out constantly to see if it works. I don't want to add that pressure on myself and I don't want to jinx it. I don't know. I'm just having a lot of feelings around it. So honestly, like I was... feeling really good before about 15 minutes ago. I was pretty nervous about going to Mexico.
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