Baby Steps : A Chance At Motherhood In the Face Of Breast Cancer Ft. Sarrah Strimel Bently || Season 3 Ep. 8

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Relationships, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Education

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In this heartfelt conversation, Sarrah Strimel Bentley joins Jordana and Dr. Naomi in studio to share her incredible journey from being a Broadway performer to navigating the challenges of motherhood, breast cancer, and surrogacy. She discusses her diagnosis, the importance of self-advocacy, and the emotional rollercoaster of fertility treatments. Sarrah shares how her resilience and hope, and the power of community support helped her navigate this time of uncertainty until she ultimately welcomed her son into the world. As an advocate for others experiencing these challenges she created 'A Chance For Life', an organization and resource that allows her to do so.https://achanceforlife.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.7	Hello and welcome back to Baby Steps.
0:47.6	I'm Jordana Abraham.
0:48.7	And I am Dr. Naomi Bernstein.
0:51.0	And we are here in studio with a very special guest. I'm so looking forward to speaking to you. Please welcome Sarah Strimmel Bentley to the show. Thank you so much for joining us.
1:02.7	I'm so excited to be here and talk to you guys today. Of course. And I know you're a breast cancer survivor, yoga instructor, former Broadway performer, and you're here to tell us all about your unconventional road to parenthood.
1:16.2	So I'm excited to dig into your story.
1:19.5	I know it's like there's a lot of twist and turns.
1:22.6	So I guess to start, would you just take us back to like when you even thought about having kids or, you know, what was what was the process like of even deciding you wanting to have children?
1:34.9	Yeah, I mean, I'm an old Broadway show girl. Like I think I'm going on 20 years here in New York City, you know, being on Broadway brought me here.
1:43.5	And so we all know how much fun it is to date in New York City. You know, being on Broadway brought me here. And so we all know how much fun it is to date in New York City over 20 years span.
1:49.9	So, you know, I always knew I wanted to be a mom.
1:54.5	I'm best friends with my mother.
1:56.6	And so I wanted to have that relationship, you know, and I wanted to have that experience.
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