June 13, 2008
-
If you want to understand more about what it is like to experience infertility (without actually having to experience it), the NY Times has done a nice feature which presents several different women's experiences with it. An interesting point was brought up on one of the message boards I read-- there were no men interviewed for this feature and not having a man talk about dealing with infertility perpetuates the stereotype that infertility is only a woman's problem.
Many of the comments about the story are awful. I can't even bring myself to read them. My skin is too thin and I have enough insensitive (intentional or not) comments to deal with in real life, that I don't think I need to expose myself to more. But, if you don't have a good idea of the BS that gets shoveled at people dealing with infertility, then you should read through some of the comments and see for yourself.
Comments (3)
Good God, those comments! I made it to about 10 or 11 when I stopped.
Have you blogged about your feelings about adoption? I have six kids, of course, so I never dealt with any of the feelings you have had about all this. I think I would have adopted, but I wonder at what point does one 'give up' so to speak? We would have been brought up short by money concerns very soon, especially if we wanted to be able to afford to adopt.
Anyway. I hope I've not offended you. I really appreciate you letting us have this window into your life
OMG! I made it to comment number 8. That woman was too much. She regrets having her own children??? That is more than my mind can grasp.
Yeah, some of those comments are pretty awful. I think some of the mommies maybe didn't mean what they said about regretting having kids; let's hope that those comments are the only place they have let out their venom. Even my mom said that pregnancy is worth it. And that's a lot, coming from her.
Comments are closed.