From the front lines of the mom wars, here's Bethany Mandel and Kara Kennedy.

Hello and welcome to another episode of your favorite podcast. My name is Bethany Mandel. I am the only host this week because my handy, wonderful, amazing co-host, Kara, had her baby.

She had her baby about a week ago, hence why there's been a delay,

because I couldn't figure out how to record on Zoom until now,

because that was her territory.

I have not discussed with her what our plan is when she's coming back,

because she's kind of busy.

She's got a new baby. She's got a new baby girl. So I'm just going to be hosting with

wonderful guests until she deems herself able to come back. So yay, Kara, I'm so excited for

you guys. We sent them enough diapers and wipes to last them approximately six months,

because that's my favorite baby gift ever. So I am joined this week by my first, my first

guest that I'm taking solo. So here, let's see how this goes. Her name is,

do you go by a leaf that's Patrick's Need or just Lease Sneed?

You know, either one.

I do like the sort of like lots of consonants in the middle to kind of break up the soft L's and S's and E sounds.

So you know.

I hear.

All right.

So Leif, it's Patrick Sneed, the author of the new book, Infertil but Fruitful from Sophia Press, which I read, I think, in one sitting. Yeah, that seems to be the common thread. People get in there and they just stay in. I said that to someone once and they got offended because they're like, oh, you. I'm like, no, it just means that it's easy to turn the pages. That's a compliment.

So I just wanted to make sure that you knew that. No, totally. It's an easy read. It's a little book. And I think it's, uh, you, I mean, you want to know what happens next. Yeah.

Yeah.

You do.

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