{"id":2026,"date":"2021-12-21T03:52:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T09:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2021-12-21T03:52:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T09:52:37","slug":"infertility-and-foster-care-with-shannon-ketchum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/21\/infertility-and-foster-care-with-shannon-ketchum\/","title":{"rendered":"Infertility and Foster Care with Shannon Ketchum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/21557096\/height\/200\/theme\/modern\/size\/large\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/3a44a9\/time-start\/00:00:00\/download\/no\/hide-show\/no\/direction\/backward\/hide-playlist\/no\/hide-subscribe\/no\/hide-share\/no\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" oallowfullscreen=\"true\" msallowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border: none;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infertility-and-1500.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infertility-and-1500.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infertility-and-1500.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infertility-and-1500.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infertility-and-1500.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infertility-and-1500.png?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=fostercarenat-20&#038;language=en_US&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=0578513633&#038;asins=0578513633&#038;linkId=a821d9115fe342959cbf498108d96c66&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<p>Shannon Ketchum is a wife of 18 years, fur mom, foster mom sister and introvert! She has been dealing with infertility for 18 years due to endometriosis, hypothyroidism, PCOS and a pelvic spasm condition. She&#8217;s the founder of Embrace Bravery, a support ministry for women with infertility, a blogger, author and speaker. And the most recent part of her journey is of her stepping into foster parenting almost 2 years ago. Her desire is to support others dealing with infertility and those in their foster parenting journey know that they aren&#8217;t alone, but have someone in their corner.<\/p>\n<p>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3yJQZB8\"><strong>BOOK<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 is right here.<\/p>\n<h2>Foster Care: An Unparalleled Journey<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Find All Our Links Here<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:post-content --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/fostercarenation\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/fostercarenation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Merch!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tee.pub\/lic\/RwiARsuuDHs\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">http:\/\/tee.pub\/lic\/RwiARsuuDHs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Call the Voicemail Line<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>413-foster 3<\/p>\n<p>(413) 367-8373<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foster Care 101<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/20\/foster-care-101-how-to-become-a-foster-parent\/\"> Free webinar with <strong>NO sales pitch!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Support Our Mission<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/fostercare\"><strong>https:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/fostercare<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/fostercarenation\">https:\/\/patreon.com\/fostercarenation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\">https:\/\/fostercarenation.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shannon Ketchum is a wife of 18 years, fur mom, foster mom sister and introvert! She has been dealing with infertility for 18 years due to endometriosis, hypothyroidism, PCOS and a pelvic spasm condition. She&#8217;s the founder of Embrace Bravery, a support ministry for women with infertility, a blogger, author and speaker. And the most&#8230;<a class=\"read-more-link button\" href=\"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/21\/infertility-and-foster-care-with-shannon-ketchum\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","libsyn-item-id":0,"libsyn-show-id":0,"libsyn-post-error":"","libsyn-post-error_post-type":"","libsyn-post-error_post-permissions":"","libsyn-post-error_api":"","playlist-podcast-url":"","libsyn-episode-thumbnail":"","libsyn-episode-widescreen_image":"","libsyn-episode-blog_image":"","libsyn-episode-background_image":"","libsyn-post-episode-category-selection":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_thumbnail":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_theme":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_height":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_width":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_placement":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link_text":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_custom_color":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-explicit":"","libsyn-post-episode":"","libsyn-post-episode-update-id3":"","libsyn-post-episode-release-date":"","libsyn-post-episode-simple-download":"","libsyn-release-date":"","libsyn-post-update-release-date":"","libsyn-is_draft":"","libsyn-new-media-media":"","libsyn-post-episode-subtitle":"","libsyn-new-media-image":"","libsyn-post-episode-keywords":"","libsyn-post-itunes":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-season-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-type":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-title":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-author":"","libsyn-destination-releases":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-enabled":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-input-enabled":false,"libsyn-post-episode-premium_state":"","libsyn-episode-shortcode":"","libsyn-episode-embedurl":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2131,"url":"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/19\/foster-to-adopt-with-john-and-shannon-sorenson\/","url_meta":{"origin":2026,"position":0},"title":"Foster to Adopt with John and Shannon Sorenson","author":"Jason","date":"May 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"John and Shannon Sorenson faced infertility and became foster parents. 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