Despite my recent "going public" I am still struggling to think of infertility as the same as any other problem, not something to be ashamed of. Imagine if a friend asks if you are training for a marathon. You might respond that you would like to be, but you have a bum knee. That's how casual infertility should be. Is infertility so much more shameful because our society is embarrassed by anything related to sex?
I recently came across a rather impressive index of infertility blogs and found out that there are at least 1282 people out there doing the same thing I am, in different stages of IUI/IVF/adoption/living childfree.
It really makes me realize that I am not alone! I also need to check out some of those blogs to see what you are up to, and perhaps add a few more to my sidebar.
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It is nice to know that there are others out there who know and have/are experiencing what you're going through. There's a line in the movie Shadowlands about the romance of C.S. Lewis which one of Lewis' students told him, "we read to know we are not alone." I like that quote. Love ya, Hoper
Maybe the reason it feels so much more "shameful" is that it strikes more at the core of what it means to be a woman; it is tied in with our sense of purpose? I don't know. Just an idea.
Welcome to the IF blogosphere - nobody really wants to be here, but it's nice to know it exists!
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