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    <title>Ethics and Culture Cast - Episodes Tagged with “Infertility”</title>
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    <description>Lively conversations with professors, fellows, scholars, and friends of the University of Notre Dame's de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. The Center is committed to sharing the richness of the Catholic moral and intellectual tradition through teaching, research, and public engagement, at the highest level and across a range of disciplines. For more information visit http://ethicscenter.nd.edu</description>
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  <title>Episode 92: Leigh Fitzpatrick Snead</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>In this episode, we welcome Leigh Fitzpatrick Snead to the podcast to discuss her book, "Infertile but Fruitful: Finding Fulfillment When You Can’t Conceive." We chat about her family's struggles with infertility, the joys that she and her husband have experienced through adoption, as well some of the practical lessons that she shares in her memoir and guidebook.</itunes:subtitle>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Leigh Fitzpatrick Snead is author of the book, "Infertile but Fruitful: Finding Fulfillment When You Can’t Conceive." We chat about her family's struggles with infertility, the joys that she and her husband have experienced through adoption, as well some of the practical lessons that she shares in her memoir and guidebook.</p><p>Special Guest: Leigh Fitzpatrick Snead.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Infertile but Fruitful: Finding Fulfillment When You Can’t Conceive" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/Infertile-but-Fruitful-Fulfillment-Conceive/dp/B0FWXXR28K">Infertile but Fruitful: Finding Fulfillment When You Can’t Conceive
</a> &mdash; This candid yet caring book is a help for those struggling with infertility — wives and husbands — but it’s also a tremendous resource for priests, physicians, counselors, and the loved ones of anyone bearing the cross of infertility.
</li><li><a title="New book aims to help women find fruitfulness amid struggles with infertility" rel="nofollow" href="https://catholicreview.org/new-book-aims-to-help-women-find-fruitfulness-amid-struggles-with-infertility/">New book aims to help women find fruitfulness amid struggles with infertility
</a> &mdash; Review by Katie Yoder of Our Sunday Visitor
</li><li><a title="‘Infertile but Fruitful’: Leigh Snead Offers Hope to Women Facing Infertility" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.ncregister.com/interview/infertile-but-fruitful-leigh-snead-infertility-family">‘Infertile but Fruitful’: Leigh Snead Offers Hope to Women Facing Infertility
</a> &mdash; It was just a few years ago that Leigh Snead of The Catholic Association took to the pages of the Register to write her own story about her struggle with infertility and becoming an adoptive mother. That subtle nudge to write was the seed of a new book coming this winter by Sophia Institute Press. 
</li><li><a title="Leigh Fitzpatrick Snead at The Catholic Association" rel="nofollow" href="https://thecatholicassociation.org/who-we-are/leigh-fitzpatrick-snead/">Leigh Fitzpatrick Snead at The Catholic Association
</a> &mdash; Profile page on TCA
</li><li><a title="Theme song: I dunno by grapes, featuring: J Lang, Morusque" rel="nofollow" href="http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626">Theme song: I dunno by grapes, featuring: J Lang, Morusque
</a> &mdash; I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Leigh Fitzpatrick Snead is author of the book, "Infertile but Fruitful: Finding Fulfillment When You Can’t Conceive." We chat about her family's struggles with infertility, the joys that she and her husband have experienced through adoption, as well some of the practical lessons that she shares in her memoir and guidebook.</p><p>Special Guest: Leigh Fitzpatrick Snead.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Infertile but Fruitful: Finding Fulfillment When You Can’t Conceive" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/Infertile-but-Fruitful-Fulfillment-Conceive/dp/B0FWXXR28K">Infertile but Fruitful: Finding Fulfillment When You Can’t Conceive
</a> &mdash; This candid yet caring book is a help for those struggling with infertility — wives and husbands — but it’s also a tremendous resource for priests, physicians, counselors, and the loved ones of anyone bearing the cross of infertility.
</li><li><a title="New book aims to help women find fruitfulness amid struggles with infertility" rel="nofollow" href="https://catholicreview.org/new-book-aims-to-help-women-find-fruitfulness-amid-struggles-with-infertility/">New book aims to help women find fruitfulness amid struggles with infertility
</a> &mdash; Review by Katie Yoder of Our Sunday Visitor
</li><li><a title="‘Infertile but Fruitful’: Leigh Snead Offers Hope to Women Facing Infertility" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.ncregister.com/interview/infertile-but-fruitful-leigh-snead-infertility-family">‘Infertile but Fruitful’: Leigh Snead Offers Hope to Women Facing Infertility
</a> &mdash; It was just a few years ago that Leigh Snead of The Catholic Association took to the pages of the Register to write her own story about her struggle with infertility and becoming an adoptive mother. That subtle nudge to write was the seed of a new book coming this winter by Sophia Institute Press. 
</li><li><a title="Leigh Fitzpatrick Snead at The Catholic Association" rel="nofollow" href="https://thecatholicassociation.org/who-we-are/leigh-fitzpatrick-snead/">Leigh Fitzpatrick Snead at The Catholic Association
</a> &mdash; Profile page on TCA
</li><li><a title="Theme song: I dunno by grapes, featuring: J Lang, Morusque" rel="nofollow" href="http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626">Theme song: I dunno by grapes, featuring: J Lang, Morusque
</a> &mdash; I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. 
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