A few months after Myriam Steinberg turned forty, she decided she couldn’t wait any longer to become a mother. She made the difficult decision to begin the process of conceiving a child without a partner. With her family and friends to support her, she picked a sperm donor and was on her way.
But Myriam’s journey was far from straightforward. She experienced the soaring highs and devastating lows of becoming pregnant and then losing her babies. She grappled with the best decision to make when choosing donors or opting for a medical procedure. She experienced first-hand the silences, loneliness, and taboos that come with experiences of fetal loss. Unafraid to publicize her experiences, though, she found that, in return, friends and strangers alike started sharing their own fertility stories with her. Although the lack of understanding and language around fetal loss and grief often made it very hard to navigate everyday life, she nonetheless found solace in the community around her who rallied to support her through her journey.
In this episode Myriam shares her story, how her graphic memoir came to be and what her life is like now years after her fertility journey began.
Connect with Myriam:
www.cataloguebabynovel.com
Myriam's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catalogue_baby/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cataloguebaby
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@myriam_writes
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/myriam.steinberg
About Ronit‘s book When She Comes Back: https://ronitplank.com/book/
Connect With Ronit:
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlankCreative/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAlSZFpcksgdHopmBLUXfLA
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