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Maculate Conception

By: Abbe Meryl Feder, Isaac Feder
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  • Summary

  • Maculate Conception documents one young married couple’s deeply emotional and intimate experience of infertility as we follow Isaac and Abbe Feder through their third painful year of failed in-vitro treatments. Through their private conversations, doctors’ visits and a multitude of moments where all hope appears lost, listeners bear witness to a couple longing to become parents with a passion by turns hilarious and heartbreaking.
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  • Episode 1 - The Bridge

    Episode 1 - The Bridge
    Aug 31 2020
    Meet Isaac and Abbe. After more than seven years of marriage, we find them struggling on their journey to become parents. Three years of unsuccessful medical intervention and a devastating miscarriage have left them exhausted, both emotionally and financially. They return to San Francisco, where Isaac proposed, to renew their commitment to becoming parents.
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    24 mins
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  • Episode 2 - The Plan

    Episode 2 - The Plan
    Aug 31 2020
    Abbe and Isaac decide, after previous disappointments and a miscarriage, to plan for another egg retrieval. They are faced with difficult reminders of their struggle while taking steps to regain control.
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    32 mins
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  • Episode 3 - The Meds

    Episode 3 - The Meds
    Aug 31 2020
    Abbe prepares for egg retrieval and navigates a hectic medication schedule as they approach the trigger shot and retrieval date. Isaac explains the “production” process to Abbe.
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    28 mins
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Liked it did not love it

It started very inspiring and heart wrenching but at chapter 11 I found it very hard to listen further. All the fighting,jealousy,and negatively negates from the ending which I really loved. l understand that it's a true story and it part of life but it's really draining to listen to. Please think about removing it!!!!

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TRIGGER WARNING

For people going through fertility treatment this story includes a pregnancy and an abortion of a healthy baby. I listened to the first half of their podcast two years ago and loved the heartfelt and honest Storytelling. I also loved hearing from the husband point of view as it’s not a perspective it’s easy to find displayed so intimately. While I’m happy they made this podcast, listening to the story of her selective reduction of a healthy baby was no comfort at all. And I really wish I hadn’t listened past episode 6

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True insight

Thank you so much for sharing your story ❤
True insight into a loving couples journey to becoming parents.
All the smiles, sadness and heartbreak you really go on the journey with them

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Heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time

I've learned a lot from this podcast and I hope others will enjoy this amazing story. Thank you for sharing your experience with us

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Tough listening at times

I will start by saying I've never experienced infertility issues and I don't know anyone who has so this was all a learning curve for me. This podcast carries you through every emotion and Abbe and Isaac are honest and open the whole way through. I found episode 11 the hardest and really felt for Isaac. Abbe is so brutal at times but I'm sure there was much more that wasn't included in the podcast so I can't judge someone who is going through pain I can't imagine.

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Erm...

I like what they tried to do here, by sharing their journey, that's the one star.

As a woman, I feel so sad for her husband. He could do nothing right in her eyes! She comes off as a total b***h. Their marriage clearly has been affected by this process. It was hard to listen to without feeling so bad for him. I hope they got what they needed from this, I got nothing from listening to it :/

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