Update: As evidence of a sea change in how infertility is portrayed, Yahoo Shine featured on its homepage a story about “the growing women’s movement to de-stigmatize infertility.” It came in the wake of the latest edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves (which&hellip
The new blog name came to me this morning: A Fresh Start After all, isn’t that what we crave when we’ve come through a gut-wrenchingly difficult experience? Coming2Terms went a long way to helping me&hellip
M E M O R A N D U M
To: The Fertile Community
From: The Infertile Community
RE: Bridging the Chasm Caused by Infertility
We’re talking about you, and, I confess, it’s not always in a good way. We spend a fair amount of time in the infertility community sharing anecdotes about how little our “fertile” friends, family
and acquaintances “get us.” You give us lots of good material to work with. Just a few days ago, The Wall Street Journal (who would have thought?) had a blog post up, The Swell Season: Haunted by Reminders of Infertility, that provided some examples
of the typical casual dismissals and a few downright, huhs?
For instance someone (clearly fertile) likened infertility to “an allergy that you ‘should just accept’ and move on from…”
Um, I have allergies and I am infertile. So not even in the same ballpark.
And from the woman who had an easy pregnancy, “why shouldn’t I be able to gloat? I was the happiest pregnant woman out there and only gained 15-18 lbs total.”
Is gloating ever a good thing? Heads up, gloating girl, here’s the definition: To feel or express great, often
malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction. Now I just hope your son/daughter doesn’t face infertility ’cause I get the feeling you’re not going to handle it very well…
To be fair there were also some comments surmising that infertility would likely be difficult to experience: “I think that extended infertility and/or the thought that I would never have kids
would be pretty hard to take.” BINGO!
But in this time of brotherly love, I do want to highlight those who DO get us — one couple in particular shared a level of sensitivity and understanding that truly stands apart. They are the
latest recipients of the Coming2Terms Act of Kindness Award. …
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