A mother’s heart with empty arms

In this episode, we are joined by the amazing, eloquent and brave Ruth Corden, who talks about the experience of being childless not by choice after a long journey with infertility. Ruth talks about the mental and emotional agony living with infertility, the impact of pregnancy announcements, how she navigated relationships, and how she made the decision after much heartache to live childless.

Guest details

Ruth Corden is a podcaster and co-hosts the podcast series, Finding The Funny.

Ruth lives childless not by choice after she and her husband, Matthew, had tried to grow their family for 11 years. The season of trying was full of despair and at points, hope was lost.

Since the latter part of 2019, Ruth has made the conscious effort to live an intentional joy filled life, not being a mum has been then hardest thing she has endured, but she knows her mother’s heart with empty arms is so needed in society. Matthew and Ruth remain committed to finding the joy in a story that they didn’t think would be theirs.

Links:

Link to Ruth’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ruth_corden

Finding the Funny podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/finding-the-funny/id1518867893

If you are struggling and need support, please contact the charity at https://fertilitynetworkuk.org/ or organisations that can support your mental health are below.

Contact Samaritans on 116 123

Contact NHS on 111

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