#707 Infertile But Fruitful: Finding Fulfillment When You Can’t Conceive
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” The dream was simple: marry young, welcome children, and let love grow. Then biology didn’t cooperate. Author and radio host Leigh Fitzpatrick Sneed joins us to unpack the hidden landscape of infertility—the grief, the pressure to “just do IVF,” the awkward silences at church, and the slow work of finding a path that honors both conscience and desire. Her story moves from clinic waiting rooms to a newborn domestic adoption that arrived in weeks, then to twins and another son, and finally to a broader truth: fruitfulness is more than pregnancy. It’s the overflow of spousal love into family, parish, and community. We talk candidly about restorative reproductive medicine, the Creighton Model, and NaProTechnology—real care that seeks root causes without severing the unitive and procreative meanings of marriage. Leigh is clear-eyed: medicine can be hopeful and still hard, full of injections, surgeries, and timing that tests intimacy. Yet humor, friendship, and shared conviction can keep a couple together when the calendar takes over. We explore how to resist the glossy promises of IVF by understanding why it divides what belongs together and can treat children as products, not gifts. Purchase Infertile But Fruitful! Visit Leigh's Website On the Radio: Conversations with Consequences Or on Substack! https://catholicassociation.substack.com/ If this resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs courage today, and leave a review so others can find these stories of faithful fruitfulness. Contact Jack: info@jp2renew.org Support the show