The Stories Behind TFMR: Episode 7 with Sarah K.

Sarah K. is a 40 year old photographer and barre instructor who is from Minnesota. For as long as she can remember she knew she was a carrier of ALD. When her and her husband were ready to have children, they looked seriously at their options and came to the tough and risky decision to start by trying to conceive naturally. After a few months, they found out that she was pregnant with a boy and around 13 weeks, they learned that he was, in fact, a boy with ALD. It was soul crushing. Sarah never questioned that termination was the right option for her, but she didn’t anticipate how hard it would be. After terminating her baby in September of 2010, her and her husband proceeded to make plans to expand their family through IVF-PGD knowing they did not want to go through that experience again. This is her story. As a disclaimer, this podcast series features sensitive topics. Understand that the opinions and topics do not express or represent the organizations personal feelings on any matter but are here to solely share the guest speaker's journey and life's experiences. These opinions and stories are theirs and theirs alone.