Fertile Ground: Navigating Secondary Infertility, Surrogacy, and a Natural Miracle with Quisha Umemba

“Just when I thought I had exhausted every medical, financial, and emotional option, a miracle took root.”

In this week’s jaw-dropping episode of the Sisters in Loss podcast, we are joined by the remarkable Quisha Umemba. Quisha is a Registered Nurse, Community Health Worker, and a Fertility Doula in training who knows the clinical side of reproductive health inside and out. But today, she is sharing her deeply personal, heavily tested journey to motherhood—a story of cultivating “Fertile Ground” even when all hope seemed lost.

Quisha opens up about her grueling five-year battle with secondary infertility. She holds nothing back as she discusses the immense physical, emotional, and financial toll of her journey, which included multiple intense medical procedures and spending close to $100,000. Seeking every available avenue to grow her family, Quisha even navigated the complex processes of utilizing an egg donor and a gestational surrogate.

During this exhausting waiting season, Quisha admits she nearly lost her faith entirely. But then, the unimaginable happened: after years of intense medical intervention, she miraculously became pregnant naturally.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The heavy, often silent emotional and financial weight of secondary infertility.

• Quisha’s experience navigating the complex world of egg donation and gestational surrogacy.

• The profound crisis of faith that can accompany a prolonged season of waiting and loss.

• The jaw-dropping story of her natural, miraculous pregnancy.

• How her lived experience is shaping her new path as a Fertility Doula.

• The profound impact the book Supernatural Childbirth had on restoring her spiritual foundation.

If you are currently feeling financially drained, spiritually exhausted, or just need a reminder that miracles still happen when we least expect them, this episode is exactly what you need to hear.

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