Dr. Sarah Wittry’s Journey to Building a Family: Infertility, Adoption, Spontaneous Pregnancy, IVF, and Reshaping Work

Shownotes For Podcast Episode 13: Dr. Sarah Wittry’s Journey to Building a Family: Infertility, Adoption, Spontaneous Pregnancy, IVF, and Reshaping Work

In this episode of The Holistic Physician Coaching Podcast, Dr. Jessica Singh sits down with Dr. Sarah Wittry for a candid conversation about physician motherhood, infertility, foster care, adoption, spontaneous pregnancy, IVF, and the ways life outside medicine reshapes the physician within.

Dr. Sarah Wittry is a hospice and palliative care physician, wife, and mom of four. Having navigated challenges like infertility, adoption, anxiety, and burnout as a physician mom, Sarah is deeply committed to empowering other professional moms to reclaim their time, energy, and joy. Through her platform, Vibrant Humans, she helps women redefine what it means to be a good mom and professional, guiding them to set healthy boundaries and prioritize their core values.

In this episode, Dr. Wittry shares her experience becoming a foster parent during residency, later adopting her son, navigating spontaneous pregnancy after adoption, and eventually pursuing IVF. Through these experiences, she reflects on how motherhood helped clarify her values, shift her priorities, and reshape the way she wanted to live and work as a physician.

Together, Dr. Singh and Dr. Wittry explore the integration of physician identity and motherhood, the emotional load many physician moms carry silently, and the ways medicine can condition physicians to put their own needs last. Dr. Wittry reflects on infertility, grief, uncertainty, support, foster care, adoption, pregnancy, IVF, and the ongoing process of making decisions that align with family, values, and well-being.

For physician moms, physicians-in-training, women considering motherhood in medicine, and coaches who support physicians, this episode offers a thoughtful conversation about identity, self-compassion, boundaries, support, and creating a life and career with more alignment.

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Bio:

Dr. Sarah Wittry is a hospice and palliative care physician, wife, and mom of four. Having navigated challenges like infertility, adoption, anxiety, and burnout as a physician mom, Sarah is deeply committed to empowering other professional moms to reclaim their time, energy, and joy. Through her platform, Vibrant Humans, she helps women redefine what it means to be a “good” mom and professional, guiding them to set healthy boundaries and prioritize their core values. Her mission is to support women in creating a more vibrant, balanced life aligned with what truly matters to them.

Timestamps:

0 - Introduction

1:48 - Dr. Sarah Wittry’s Journey as a Physician Mom

8:10 - Foster Care, Adoption, and Finding Fulfillment Beyond Medicine

17:13 - Redefining Physician Identity: How Life Outside Medicine Shapes the Physician Within

22:14 - An Unexpected Surprise: Spontaneous Pregnancy After Adoption and the Journey to IVF 

26:14 - How Motherhood Reshaped Dr. Wittry’s Path in Medicine

35:30 - Steps Toward Self-Compassion, Support, and Takeaways