The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Rachael & Tom on Rejecting Birth Control, PCOS & Losing my Parents
01 Jan 2025
Rachael and Tom share their journey of overcoming PCOS through alternative healing, welcoming their second child, and navigating profound loss, including the tragic death of a young family member. They also discuss naming their daughters, experiencing pregnancy rage, and why they’ve opened their home to feed hundreds of college students each week. This episode is sponsored by Rocket Money. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to https://RocketMoney.com/unplanned Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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I dealt with pregnancy rage this time around. Anything that anyone almost did at that point gave me the egg. I might have had that.
Your bodies, it's truly amazing, are never the same two days in a row. Whether you're on a 28, 32, 34-day cycle, throughout that time, your body's asking for different things. My father died four years ago, and this is coming up on one year. They taught me great love, and my kids aren't going to feel it.
A lot of women think it's really cool to miss their cycle. I felt that way. And then the time came where I did have to worry about it and it flipped my world upside down.
This past week, we had the opportunity to sit down with Rachel and Tom Sullivan, who at one point thought they weren't going to be able to have kids. After missing multiple periods in a row, Rachel was diagnosed with PCOS. But what her and Tom discovered is they were able to help heal her body through nutrition.
Since then, her and her husband Tom have gone on to have two beautiful babies, but while their family's been growing, Tom lost both his parents. In today's episode, we talk about PCOS, pregnancy rage, and how sometimes even men can struggle with postpartum depression. Welcome back to the Unplanned Podcast, people. We have two very special guests today, Rachel and Tom Sullivan.
Can we just give it up?
Can we just give it up? Matt looked at the camera and freaked me out when I was like, should I look this way or this way? But now I'm seeing what's going on. I love it.
Thank you for being here. You have a beautiful family. Right before this, you guys were feeding kids, reading your children books. I can tell you're in the thick of the newborn stage, but then you also have a toddler. How are you guys surviving right now?
Are we surviving? No. Yeah, you travel with them. One day at a time. Yeah, traveling.
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