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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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Episodes
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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