CAH PULSE3 Syys 2025

Season 2 | Episode 9: Kristina: "We're going to call your baby...'Baby'" - Removing the Stigma from CAH

In this touching episode, Stephanie and Dina speak to Kristina, a young mom to 2 little girls who's younger daughter lives with salt wasting CAH. Kristina recalls her journey from giving birth to Franny through her now fifteen months of life, including feeding routines, hospital visits, medication and explaining her condition to family, day care and friends. Unsurprisingly, the day Franny was born, Kristina was told "something is wrong with your baby, your baby has ambiguous genitalia". Grappling with not knowing what that could have meant, Kristina simply replied, "is my baby going be alright?" and "is she going to live?" Due to the all too familiar lack of knowledge and professionalism on the hospital's behalf, Kristina was left alone, terrified, contemplating her new life with a baby she had yet to meet.

Kristina's story also includes the hospital's suggestion to not add "female" to Franny's birth certificate, a NICU doctor who would only identify Franny as the "baby" and Kristina's subsequent overwhelming feeling of disappointment and fright for what the future held for her family...especially her brand new baby girl Franny.

With Stephanie's and Dina's wisdom and experience, the three women embark on a voyage to squash the stigma attached to CAH with the goal to give Franny and other children and adults living with CAH a healthy life free of stress, judgement and grief.

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Season 3 | Episode 4: From Patient to Pioneer: Julia Anthony Always Goes Big

Born with salt-wasting CAH before newborn screening existed, Julia Anthony spent much of her childhood, high school and even college days in hospitals dealing with adrenal crises; which did not stop h...

20 Touko 33min

Season 3 | Episode 3: A Mother’s Gut is Never Wrong - Becky’s Unexpected Journey

In this powerful episode of CAH Pulse, Becky, shares her deeply personal journey navigating her newborn daughter’s unexpected CAH diagnosis. What was planned to be a joyful home birth turned into a wh...

7 Huhti 34min

Season 3 | Episode 2: Lupe and Christina: Raising a CAH Superstar

When Lupe’s daughter Christina was born, everything changed in an instant. After a difficult pregnancy and an unexpected diagnosis of CAH, Lupe found herself navigating a condition she had never heard...

14 Maalis 30min

Season 3 I Episode 1: Karter - "You gotta just do it" - Insights Positivity and Advice from a Seventeen-Year-Old Salt Waster

In this uplifting episode of CAH Pulse, Stephanie and Dina talk with the unflappable 17-year-old Karter, who shares his experiences as a high school student-athlete living with salt-wasting CAH. Karte...

23 Helmi 35min

Season 2 I Episode 12: Non-Classical CAH - Fertility Treatment and the Importance of Genetic Testing

In this final episode of Season 2 - Stephanie and Dina are joined by leading CAH experts, Drs. Witchel and Auchus. This episode was made to provide a deeper understanding of the differences between sa...

30 Tammi 30min

Season 2 l Episode 11: Dimitri: The Long Game of Drug Discovery

In this episode of CAH Pulse, host Stephanie Erb and CARES Foundation director Dina Matos sit down with distinguished scholar Dr. Dimitri Grigoriadis of Neurocrine Biosciences for a rare behind-the-sc...

2 Joulu 202538min

Season 2 l Episode 10: Brittany: Demanding Change After a Lack of Answers and Getting Nowhere

In this uplifting episode, Stephanie and Dina speak to Brittany, an outspoken 29-year-old living with CAH. A self described "open book", Brittany shares her life's journey from her diagnosis as a todd...

17 Loka 202538min