"Infertility" and "Humor" don't really seem like they go together, at least not if you're going through fertility struggles or care about someone who is. But in this episode, Ruby and Anne and their guest Meirav Zur take us on a tour of the absurd side of fertility and fertility treatment.

Meirav Zur is an actor, producer, writer, and humorist who has dealt with unexplained infertility. As someone who communicates for a living, she was surprised to find herself so unable and unwilling to talk about the situation she was in.

When she was finally ready and able to share, her friends encouraged her to turn her experience into a show. A year later, she shared her personal, private, impossible-to-talk-about experience with a room full of strangers with Inconceivable: The Totally True One-Woman Semi-Fertile Quasi-"Musical."

Like many others have said on this podcast, fertility challenges are just too hard to talk about. The feelings of shame and embarrassment that haunt couples mean that we don't talk about it even with our closest friends and family, leaving people to struggle alone.

But that has to change, and sharing shows like Inconceivable can be a way of breaking the ice and normalizing what is, after all, a very common experience. (Hint: sharing this podcast works too…)

Check out Meirav Zur and see excerpts from shows on her website, meiravzur.com. And get more Pineapple episodes from Ruby and Anne at thewholepineapple.com. Please rate, review, and share, and help more folks join the conversation here at The Whole Pineapple.