3% Chance, 10 Years of Waiting & a Miracle Baby | Ashley Talks with Kay McNabb

On this episode of Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda, Ashley is holding it down without Kila — feel better, Kila! — and she's joined by her longtime friend Kay McNabb for a heartfelt, powerful conversation you do not want to miss.

Ashley and Kay have known each other since grade school in Centerville, TN, and this episode goes way beyond catching up. Kay shares her deeply personal story of walking through infertility, pregnancy loss, PCOS, ectopic pregnancies, fertility treatments, and finally becoming a mom after years of heartbreak and uncertainty.

In this episode, they talk about:

💛 Growing up together in a small town and reconnecting later in life

⚠️ Kay's infertility journey, including PCOS and multiple pregnancy losses

🏥 The devastating reality of ectopic pregnancies and losing a fallopian tube

📉 Being told she had only a 3% chance of getting pregnant naturally

💸 The emotional and financial weight of considering IVF and fertility treatment

🍼 The miracle of finally getting pregnant with her son Jack after nearly 10 years of marriage

😭 What it felt like to hear a baby cry in the hospital and realize, "this is really happening for us"

Ashley and Kay also get real about the mental side of infertility — the fear, the waiting, the grief, and the strange feeling of not fully believing it until the baby is finally in your arms.

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