This show was birthed out of many personal and tear-filled conversations
that our Host Melinda has had with her very close friends who have
struggled with deep grief, loneliness, isolation, failure, shame,
physical/emotional/spiritual pain and embarrassment in their journey
through infertility.
Our hope for this show, is that it will help BREAK THE SHAME & ISOLATION
OF INFERTILITY .. and that couples who are going through this today will
know that they are NOT ALONE, that they no longer need to hide in shame.
They are enough. They are not broken.
Today you’re going to meet 3 different people who will share their
brave infertility stories:
-Sheridan Vosey is an author speaker and radio broadcaster in the
United Kingdom. Sheridan and his wife, Merryn, after they were unable to
conceive, tried healing prayer, natural remedies, IVF and explored
adoption. 10 years in, his wife did get pregnant but it was
unsuccessful. Currently they do not have any children.
-Reverend Dr. Stacey Edwards Dunn is an ordained minister, fertility
coach, counselor and writer. She’s also the Executive Minister of
Community Engagement and Transformation at Trinity United Church of
Christ in Chicago and the Founder of a national organization, Fertility
for Colored Girls. Stacey did seven cycles of IVF before getting
pregnant with her daughter, Shiloh in 2014. Today, Stacey talks with us
about what it means to be a Black woman struggling with infertility and
WHY she launched her national organization.
-Charmaine Balmer is married to Mark, who is a pastor, and they
struggled with infertility for four years before deciding to adopt,
domestically. After adopting, they got pregnant with two children, a son
and daughter and then later, chose to adopt 2 children from Ghana,
Africa. They currently have eight children! Today, Charmaine shares her
story of grief and her difficult relationship with God through her
infertility journey.
