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EPISODE · May 26, 2026 · 7 MIN

Imogen in Waiting #author Lindsay Bartels

from Yellow Shelf Podcast · host Johanna Fink, Host of Yellow Shelf

 IMOGEN IN WAITING: A Memoir of Modern Reproduction:When twenty-six-year-old Lindsay Bartels is diagnosed with breast cancer, she also learns she is a carrier of the BRCA1 gene. To not pass on the cancer-causing gene, Lindsay and her husband undergo IVF, only to find themselves with three viable embryos: two healthy males and one female—with BRCA1.Imogen in Waiting is the story of a mother grappling with an impossible decision—whether or not to bring a daughter just like her into being—while also asking some of life’s biggest questions: What makes for a life worth living? How do we live with our decisions? How do we navigate the unknown? Told to her female embryo, Imogen, Lindsay’s story is both human and God-like, about both agency and surrender, capacity and limitations—and how life is always happening in the middle of it all.To connect with  ...https://www.lindsay-bartels.com/memoirhttps://www.instagram.com/lindsaybartels_/#author linktr.ee/lindsaybartelshttps://www.nbrf.com.au/ 

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IMOGEN IN WAITING: A Memoir of Modern Reproduction: When twenty-six-year-old Lindsay Bartels is diagnosed with breast cancer, she also learns she is a carrier of the BRCA1 gene. To not pass on the cancer-causing gene, Lindsay and her husband undergo IVF, only to find themselves with three viable embryos: two healthy males and one female—with BRCA1. Imogen in Waiting is the story of a mother grappling with an impossible decision—whether or not to bring a daughter just like her into bei...

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