Made for Love Ep 9: Love that is Fruitful in Infertility by USCCBClips published on 2018-04-03T12:42:22Z Infertility is a reality for thousands of Catholic marriages. On this episode of Made for Love: how married couples face the cross of infertility together, and find love through it. Sara and Tom Faenhle, Chris and Emily (nee Stimpson) Chapman, Jen and Mark Crowley of Sarah's Hope and Abraham's Promise, and Connie Poulos from the USCCB are featured on the episode. Genre Storytelling Comment by stitcher73 @user-993391925: No, she very clearly states on her blog and facebook that they were very close friends for more than a decade. 2018-06-13T15:18:31Z Comment by jrkleineck @user-822454570: I have a criticism - I think you may be making a few assumptions about Emily that may not be true: she didn't start dating the man she married until she was 41. He may not have been apart of her life until then; and if Emily was approaching marriage throughout her life through the context of vocation and saw marriage as the necessary precondition to having a family, her hurt from being childless is completely justified. Certainly it is different for a married 30 year old to be struggling with infertility than a married 40-something year old; but at the same time, the hurt still runs deeply and is unique to each individual's life context. I would recommend charity when addressing that hurt regardless of the age of those affected. 2018-05-02T23:20:48Z Comment by stitcher73 I have a harsh comment. Emily is 43 years old (or 42?) I would suggest that her infertility is less about true infertility and more about basic biology. There is a world of difference between the 30 year old who is struggling and the 43 year old who has simply aged out of fertility. I realize they married late but perhaps they should have married 15 years ago when they first started dating if having children was so important. 2018-04-05T13:53:38Z Comment by Danielle Block @chloe-langr: <3 2018-04-04T20:29:19Z Comment by Danielle Block I would love to connect with Sarah - I am also a woman with Turner's and getting ready to start the adoption process with my husband. Such a blessing to listen to this podcast! 2018-04-04T20:29:02Z Comment by Chloe Langr As a woman who's lost a child to miscarriage and is carrying the cross of secondary infertility, this podcast was a life line. Thank you so much for this beautiful witness. 2018-04-04T17:11:22Z Comment by amc Would you be willing to address in a future episode how faithful Catholics can advocate for policy change within their dioceses? I am an employee of my Archdiocese and sought treatment at the closest NFP-only practice, only to discover that my diocese-provided health insurance excludes all coverage for infertility. They will not make an exception for NFP-based treatment. It is, frankly, a scandal to me that my Archdiocese preaches the Church's teaching in words and then puts up obstacles to following Christ's teachings. What would be a faithful Catholic response to this situation? 2018-04-04T12:50:58Z
