Episode 164: The Whole Pineapple – Ruby Booras and Anne Judge

I Want to Put a Baby in You!

Anne Judge, DNP, WHNP-BC, ARNP is a Nurse Practitioner at Seattle Reproductive Medicine (SRM). Anne has worked at SRM since 2007 and has both a personal and professional connection to the field of reproductive medicine. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Human Biology from Stanford University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from the University of Washington, where she completed an honors research project on paternal infant attachment. Passionate about women’s health, Anne initially worked as a labor and delivery nurse, until her personal experiences with infertility inspired her to make a career change into reproductive medicine. Anne obtained her graduate degrees from Frontier Nursing University. She obtained a Master's and then Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner in 2016/2017, with a doctoral project on fertility care for patients with obesity. Her other professional interests include the psychological components of infertility and male factor infertility. Anne also supports outreach efforts to increase community awareness of fertility assessment and fertility preservation. She is one of the creators and co-hosts of The Whole Pineapple Podcast, which focuses on wellness and fertility. Ruby Booras is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner at Seattle Reproductive Medicine. She received her BSN from Montana State University and her DNP from the University of Washington. Ruby is a board-certified American College of Lifestyle Medicine Diplomat and is the creator/co-host of The Whole Pineapple podcast, which focuses on fertility and whole-person wellness. Listen as Ruby and Anne discuss with Ellen and Jenn: • Anne’s own fertility story, finding both male factor fertility and ovulation struggles. • Collected 38 eggs, but then being told she needed to go through another retrieval cycle. • Becoming a Nurse Practitioner with Seattle Reproductive Medicine, where she works with Ruby. • Ruby’s story, getting spontaneously pregnant with twins. • Experiencing an episode of bleeding while pregnant and the fear that came with it. • Losing one of the twins. • Learning how to emotionally navigate loss from her experience, and to give better care to her patients. • Ruby and Anne starting “The Whole Pineapple” podcast. Want to share your story or ask a question? Call and leave us a message on our hotline: [phone]. Listen to The Whole Pineapple Podcast here: https://thewholepineapple.com Learn more about our podcast: https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/ Learn more about our surrogacy agencies: https://www.brightfuturesfamilies.com/ Get your IWTPABIY merch here! https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/merch Learn more about Ellen’s law firm: http://trachmanlawcenter.com/ Check out The Whole Pineapple here: https://thewholepineapple.com