What happens when you’ve done everything right – the Education, the career, the planning, and your body still doesn’t cooperate? In this deeply moving episode of The Lori Clarke Show, resilience expert, fertility Health advocate, and organizational leadership doctorate Dr. Marlene C. Duroseau shares her 15-year journey through infertility, IVF, and the devastating loss of her daughter Angel at 22 weeks.
This conversation is for anyone navigating Grief, pregnancy loss, infertility struggles, or any season where life didn’t unfold as expected.
In this episode:
Living with PCOS and unexplained infertility while building a career
The emotional toll of “waiting for the right time” to start a Family
Surviving pregnancy loss and returning to work after grief
How to support someone through infertility or infant loss (what NOT to say)
Dr. Marlene’s MCD Principles: Motivated, Courageous, Dynamic
Building resilience one day — and one hour — at a time
Trigger note: This episode contains themes of pregnancy loss, grief, and infertility. Please listen at your own pace.
Connect with Dr. Marlene: MCDBE.com | LinkedIn | Instagram @MCDBE
00:32 – Introduction & content note
01:41 – Meet Dr. Marlene C. Duroseau
06:36 – The start of the infertility journey
12:06 – Years of treatment & losing herself
26:00 – IVF success — and unimaginable loss
30:12 – Grief, culture, and coming home
36:58 – Finding faith after loss
41:22 – Living in uncertainty & moving toward hope
51:36 – The MCD Principles
53:58 – Where to find Dr. Marlene
