Relationship Reset: Reignite, Reconnect, Rebuild

Can Fertility Challenges Bring You Closer Together?

Katie Rössler Season 1 Episode 14

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Welcome back to Relationship Reset!

In today’s episode, I sit down with Abbe and Isaac Feder, a couple who has faced one of the most challenging journeys any couple can endure—infertility. They openly share their struggles, growth, and how their relationship evolved through these trying times. From their early days of friendship and dating to the heart-wrenching challenges of trying to conceive, Abbe and Isaac’s story is both inspiring and real.

In this episode, we cover:

  • How Abbe and Isaac met: Their chance meeting at a gay bar in West Hollywood, despite growing up in the same Jewish summer camp years earlier, and the serendipity of their connection.
  • Attraction and compatibility: What drew Abbe and Isaac to each other, and how their shared values, humor, and understanding of each other’s backgrounds laid the foundation for their relationship.
  • The early years: How their relationship moved quickly from friends to marriage in under two years, and the pace that worked for them.
  • Marriage and challenges: A candid discussion of the challenges they faced early on, including the stress of trying to conceive and how that changed their dynamic as a couple.
  • Infertility struggles: Abbe and Isaac dive deep into their infertility journey, explaining the emotional, mental, and physical toll it took on them both as individuals and as a couple.
  • Growth through adversity: How they navigated the ups and downs together and the tools they used to stay connected and resilient through such a difficult time.

About Abbe & Isaac Feder:
Abbe and Isaac are an inspiring couple who, after a long journey with infertility, are now proud parents of two children. With backgrounds in acting and film, respectively, they bring their creative talents and strong communication skills to their personal life and marriage. Together, they have navigated some of life’s toughest challenges, sharing their experiences to help others going through similar struggles.

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