One Man's Experience with IVF: Masculinity and Healing

<p>Find your brotherhood in Authentic AF. Visit <a href="https://www.skool.com/authenticaf/about">https://www.skool.com/authenticaf/about</a></p><p><strong>Cuzzin Justin on IVF: Men, Grief, and the Intentional Path to Fatherhood</strong></p><p>Host Andy Grant interviews entrepreneur and podcast host Justin “Cuzzin Justin” Abrams about his six-year IVF journey, emphasizing that infertility and pregnancy loss affect men too. Justin describes feeling pressure to be strong and hide emotions, the emasculating sense of having little role beyond supporting his wife Tara, and how the medical process felt “sterile,” ambiguous, and businesslike. After years in an “unexplainable” category, they learned Tara had endometriosis, following multiple failures and miscarriages. Justin discusses trauma from the uncertainty, private grief, faith/spirituality, and coping through suppression and solitary “walkabouts,” while noting his cousin Todd was his main confidant. </p><p>Justin explains their determination to build a family by any means, the desire to continue his family name, and their plan to end doctor-assisted attempts by August. He advises supporters to ask needs-based questions and stresses there’s no playbook—just keep going.</p><p>00:00 Men in IVF Too<br>00:18 Meet Cousin Justin<br>01:08 Beyond the Roles<br>02:57 Legacy and Divorce Wakeup<br>05:37 IVF as Uncontrollable Creation<br>07:46 Unexplained Infertility Years<br>10:29 Family Name Pressure<br>13:59 Emasculating Sterile Traumatic<br>19:51 Trauma and Fear of Loss<br>23:47 Why Keep Trying<br>26:21 Manhood and Testing Results<br>27:31 Carrying Her Burden<br>29:14 Atlas Mode and Anger<br>32:17 Validation and Deflection<br>35:07 Grief in Different Ways<br>37:30 Cousin Todd Safe Space<br>40:08 Marriage Bond and Next Goal<br>43:12 How to Support Men<br>46:46 Talking to Kids About IVF<br>49:10 No Playbook Keep Going<br>51:00 Final Reflections and Invite</p><p><strong>Connect with Justin</strong><br>Justin Abrams — <a href="https://cuzzinjustin.com/">https://cuzzinjustin.com/</a><br>LinkedIn — <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cuzzinjustin/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/cuzzinjustin/</a><br>Instagram — <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cuzzinjustin/">https://www.instagram.com/cuzzinjustin/</a><br>Facebook — <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cuzzinjustin24">https://www.facebook.com/cuzzinjustin24</a>Resources<br>Podcast — <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strictly-from-nowhere-a-podcast-experiment-by-cause/id1804380172">Strictly From Nowhere</a></p><p><strong>Connect with Andy:</strong><br>Join other like-minded men in the Authentic AF Community | <a href="https://www.realmenfeel.org/group">https://www.realmenfeel.org/group</a><br>Instagram | @realmenfeelshow &amp; @theandygrant<br>Andy Grant | <a href="https://theandygrant.com">https://theandygrant.com</a> for coaching, healing, and book info!<br>Real Men Feel | <a href="https://realmenfeel.org">https://realmenfeel.org</a><br>YouTube | <a href="https://youtube.com/realmenfeel">https://youtube.com/realmenfeel</a><br></p><p>#RealMenFeel ep 417</p>