“What should we be talking about that we’re not?”

That’s the starting prompt for every installment of “Erin’s One-Question Interview.”

While the answers to this question may change, the quality of these vital, hard-hitting conversations remains the same.

In this episode, Sarah, Erin, and Rachel welcome special guest Carrie Ill to the Lounge to share her personal experience with infertility. Why is it so hard for women to talk about infertility? What is it about this condition that makes it so painful and fraught with grief? How does Lutheran theology shape our ways of thinking about infertility? How can Lutheran women show compassion and sensitivity in their conversations with one another — regardless of family size and fertility struggles?

Carrie Ill is a pastor’s wife, Lutheran schoolteacher, and fellow Lutheran lady.

Resources referenced include: He Remembers the Barren by Katie Schuermann

The National Infertility Association (resolve.org)*

*Note: This is a helpful but not Christian resource; not all guidance given may be in accord with Lutheran doctrine.

For more insight into a Lutheran view on IVF, these posts from The Lutheran Witness provide theological and ethical guidance: witness.lcms.org/tag/ivf

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