Labor Day: Stories about trying to make a baby
The Story Collider
Story Collider, Inc.
4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2019
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
This week we’re presenting two stories about people trying to become parents.
Part 1: After finally getting together in their forties, Chris Wade and his wife are determined to have a baby -- even if it means following some unconventional advice.
Part 2: Struggling to conceive, Sara Sweet makes her third attempt at intrauterine insemination just before her family's Christmas gathering.
Chris Wade is a native Washingtonian and a retired member of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC. He is a Certified Healthcare Protection Administrator and currently works in healthcare security. Chris is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University Police Executive Leadership Program, is a certified Mental Health First Aid instructor and a certified CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention instructor. He is married to his best friend and simply adores his children. His life is filled with countless adventures which he is willing to share through storytelling.
Sara Sweet is a writer and storyteller from Boston. She is a Moth Grand Slam champion and has been a featured teller with Fugitive Stories, Now Hear This, Listen Up Storytelling, Life Is Good and the Moth MainStage.Sara and her husband are aunt and uncle to 8 nieces and nephews.
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| 0:00.0 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:04.0 | Is NYU scientist the... |
| 0:06.0 | It felt... |
| 0:07.0 | It was so... |
| 0:09.0 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:10.0 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:12.0 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:19.0 | Hey, everybody, welcome to the story collider, where we bring you true personal stories about science. |
| 0:28.3 | I am your host, Aaron Barker, and this week in honor of Labor Day, we're presenting stories about the other kind of labor. |
| 0:35.7 | The kind where, ideally, you end up with a baby at the end. |
| 0:39.3 | More specifically, we're going to delve into the labor required to get to that moment. |
| 0:44.3 | Our first story today is from Chris Wade. |
| 0:47.3 | It was recorded in April 2019 at Bear Barron Tavern in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:51.3 | The theme that night was hurdles. |
| 1:12.6 | I was in the room all alone. The lights were dim, the door was locked, and my seat was reclined all the way back. I had a stack of porno magazines to my right and porno DVDs to my left. |
| 1:18.6 | And the best part about is my wife was actually giving me permission this time. |
| 1:22.6 | You see, we met when we were 21 years old at a New Year's Eve house party. |
| 1:27.9 | I walked in. |
| 1:29.6 | I saw her. |
| 1:30.8 | She saw me. |
| 1:31.9 | I made a B-line across the room and asked to the dance. |
| 1:34.8 | And without any hesitation, she told me no. |
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