Sarah's Laughter Infertility Podcast

Jeannie is 70 years old and going through infertility for the second time. In the 1980s she had a miracle child. Now, her miracle child, one of our support group leaders, is struggling with infertility. This is her story. -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com for details and schedule. *** Sarah’s Laughter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. If you’d like to help support what we do, including this podcast, please visit sarahs-laughter.com/give. Thank you. -- Want to share your infertility story on this podcast? Email u

Katie is a returning podcast guest and a panel speaker at our upcoming Hope Narrative Conference. You know those stories where the woman was pregnant and didn't know it? Katie, a Physician's Assistant, never believed them. Until... This is her story. The Hope Narrative is August 30-31, 2019. Register at: https://www.hopenarrative.org/. -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com for details and schedule. *** Sarah’s Laughter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. If you’d like to help support what we do, including this podcast,

Needing to nurture, most people who go through infertility get a pet. Catherine got a horse. And 33 chickens. And a cow. And four turkeys. And another horse. And four cats and three dogs. It's a good thing she lives on a farm. This is her story. You can find out more about Catherine at https://thebayougypsy.com/.  -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com for details and schedule. *** Sarah’s Laughter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. If you’d like to help support what we do, including this podcast, please visit sarahs-l

As a physician’s assistant working in trauma and critical care at a hospital, every day at work for Lisa meant seeing people on the worst day of their lives. She never thought there would be a worst day for her. But there would be. This is her story. -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com for details and schedule. *** Sarah’s Laughter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. If you’d like to help support what we do, including this podcast, please visit sarahs-laughter.com/give. Thank you. -- Want to share your infertility st

Okey is doing a breakout session just for men at our Hope Narrative Conference this August. He has a heart for adoption, and believes all men have a need for brotherhood and raw conversation. This is his story. Wild at Heart by John Eldredge  Okey Wilson, co-founder of Born To Belong https://www.instagram.com/born2belong/ https://www.facebook.com/born2belong  https://www.hopenarrative.org/  -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com for details and schedule. *** Sarah’s Laughter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. If you’d

Kate went to an all-girls school in her native Australia, so she literally has dozens of close friends for life. 23 of those dear friends all got pregnant at the same time. Kate did not. This is her story. -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com for details and schedule. *** Sarah’s Laughter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. If you’d like to help support what we do, including this podcast, please visit sarahs-laughter.com/give. Thank you. -- Want to share your infertility story on this podcast? Email us at podcast@sara

Mary was at a low point in her infertility struggle when the dysfunction and abuse of her childhood invaded her thought life. Overwhelmed and desperate, she tried something new: praying out loud. This is her story. -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com for details and schedule. *** Sarah’s Laughter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. If you’d like to help support what we do, including this podcast, please visit sarahs-laughter.com/give. Thank you. -- Want to share your infertility story on this podcast? Email us at pod

When Lia and her husband started the adoption process, there was a baby that Lia knew in her heart was meant to be hers. And then the birth mom chose someone else. This is Lia’s story. You can find out more about Lia at www.infertilitymadeusparents.com. -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com for details and schedule. *** Sarah’s Laughter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. If you’d like to help support what we do, including this podcast, please visit sarahs-laughter.com/give. Thank you. -- Want to share your infertility

Baby Steps Nashville is June 1, 2019 at Shelby Park in Nashville, TN. Our special guests are Phil & Alex Congelliere of Love Multiplies and Elisha Kearns of Waiting for Baby Bird. Nashville Fertility will give away a free IVF, Sarah's Laughter will give away a $10,000 grant, and Love Multiplies will give away a $5,000 grant. Both grants can be used toward the family-growing option of your choice: either adoption or infertility treatment at the SART-listed clinic of your choice. It's going to be an amazing time of raising awareness and connecting with others walking through infertility, loss, and adoption. We don't want anyone to walk alone. So join us!  You can register and/or donate online at https://www.babystepsfunrun.com/nashville. Thank you! #babysteps #dontwalkalone 

Annette is a first generation Cuban American. She’s previously discussed infertility from a Latina perspective on CNN and NPR, and we’re thrilled to have her as a guest on this episode. This is her story. -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com for details and schedule. *** Sarah’s Laughter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. If you’d like to help support what we do, including this podcast, please visit sarahs-laughter.com/give. Thank you. -- Want to share your infertility story on this podcast? Email us at podcast@sarah

Beth has a brief message for you on one of the most difficult weekends of the year: Mother's Day Weekend. -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com for details and schedule. *** Sarah’s Laughter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. If you’d like to help support what we do, including this podcast, please visit sarahs-laughter.com/give. Thank you. -- Want to share your infertility story on this podcast? Email us at podcast@sarahs-laughter.com  

Maria and Beth discuss race and adoption, the absurd things people say to interracial couples, and what Maria did when a protestor screamed outside her fertility clinic during her appointment. This is her story. Be sure to listen to an important update to Maria’s story at the end of this episode! -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com for details and schedule. *** Sarah’s Laughter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. If you’d like to help support what we do, including this podcast, please visit sarahs-laughter.com/give.

One day Danielle’s four-year-old asked her why she was sad. “Because I don’t have a baby.” Her child ran off & came back with a baby doll. “Mommy, here’s your baby.” This is Danielle’s story of secondary infertility. You can find out more about Danielle at her blog: http://www.lovethecrazylife.com/. -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com for details and schedule. *** Sarah’s Laughter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. If you’d like to help support what we do, including this podcast, please visit sarahs-laughter.com

Alaina’s miscarriage saved her husband’s life. Then, when she tried to donated her eggs at 26, she was told that she had the eggs of a 40-year-old. This is her story. -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com for details and schedule. *** Sarah’s Laughter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. If you’d like to help support what we do, including this podcast, please visit sarahs-laughter.com/give. Thank you. -- Want to share your infertility story on this podcast? Email us at podcast@sarahs-laughter.com  

Jessica leads our Infertility Support Group in Oregon. She talks with Beth about her role in an action movie that was a little too convincing, her 10,000-mile road trip, and infertility-related depression. This is her story. -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com for details and schedule. *** Sarah’s Laughter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. If you’d like to help support what we do, including this podcast, please visit sarahs-laughter.com/give. Thank you. -- Want to share your infertility story on this podcast? Email

Allison leads our New Orleans Infertility Support Group. She has drawn strength and encouragement from a variety of people, including—believe it or not—Benedict Cumberbatch. This is her story. -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com for details and schedule. *** Sarah’s Laughter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. If you’d like to help support what we do, including this podcast, please visit sarahs-laughter.com/give. Thank you. -- Want to share your infertility story on this podcast? Email us at podcast@sarahs-laughter.c

Kelly & Desiree were fighting and talking divorce when they became pregnant. They thought the baby would fix everything. But at Desiree’s 12-week checkup, the baby had no heartbeat. This is their story. If you want to help the Hayes — SPOILER ALERT — bring home their sudden miracle, please listen to Beth’s message at (1:36:28), then visit the link below. They need a lot of help in a short amount of time. Anything you do will help. Thank you. https://www.gofundme.com/thehayesplusone -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com f

Young and fit, Sarah appeared healthy. But endometriosis, PCOS, lost babies, and lost cycles left her feeling broken inside. She thought, “I could run my car into that light pole and look as bad on the outside as I feel on the inside.” This is her story. -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com for details and schedule. *** Sarah’s Laughter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. If you’d like to help support what we do, including this podcast, please visit sarahs-laughter.com/give. Thank you. -- Want to share your infertilit

Through ten years of trying to conceive, LeAndrea & Rodney have faced facts with faith. LeAndrea says, “I am open to the family that God desires for me.” As they resolved to give purpose to their pain, they founded Hope Infertility. This is their story. You can find out more about this wonderful couple and their ministry at hopeinfertility.org. -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com for details and schedule. *** Sarah’s Laughter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. If you’d like to help support what we do, including

Through her infertility and her husband’s rare genetic eye disorder, Stefanie realized that she can’t control what happens to her. She can only control her response. This is her story. -- For more about Sarah’s Laughter, please visit our website at sarahs-laughter.com. Our podcast-only site is podcast.sarahs-laughter.com. You can follow us on social media linked here: Sarah’s Laughter on Facebook & Instagram, and @sarahs_laughter on Twitter. Sarah’s Laughter also holds the Baby Steps Fun Run, where we give away a $10,000 grant for expenses related to either adoption or fertility treatment. We also partner with local SART-listed fertility clinics to give away IVFs at the event. Check babystepsfunrun.com for details and schedule. *** Sarah’s Laughter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. If you’d like to help support what we do, including this podcast, please visit sarahs-laughter.com/give. Thank you. -- Want to share your infertility story on this podcast? Email us at podcast@sarahs-laughter.com