Facing Infertility - Hope For When You Feel Alone With Your Infertility
Fertility issues affect one in seven couples in the United States and the total number of people with difficulty conceiving is estimated to be more than 6 million nationwide.
When other countries survey their population facing infertility, it shows that the numbers match that same figure of one in seven couples, which is good news I suppose.
You would hate to find yourself in a country or area of the world with a much higher rate of infertility.
However, even surrounded by 6 million people going through the same type of experience, you may find yourself with no one to talk to.
Facing infertility is such a personal issue.
We are more comfortable speaking about other medical issues but there is a stigma when it comes to speaking about challenges with our fertility.
"How are you today?" "Well, today I had a special X-ray where they inject a special dye to check out my uterus and fallopian tubes," is not something you would be sharing.
Since I have been speaking about my experience, I have been very surprised to hear some of my friends tell me stories about their own experiences with infertility and the challenges that they faced.
Rest assured, there are many stories out there.
Sad, but true.
You are not alone! Is it hard to know when and how to start the conversation?Who do you tell? How much do you tell? Infertility is typically not a topic you would speak about at a cocktail party or around the family dinner table.
It is a conversation charged with emotion and well-meaning friends and acquaintances want to be supportive but often fall short of the mark.
Practice what you might say to someone if the opportunity presented itself.
What words would you use, how much would you say, would you have a statement that you would use as a test for how much more you would want to tell? Have a statement or question that would let you know how potentially supportive they might be of you.
I didn't tell very many people but I knew which of my friends I would share my story with.
Lots of people knew some of the story but only the very supportive knew the whole story.
I handpicked them and was served very well by my choices.
When other countries survey their population facing infertility, it shows that the numbers match that same figure of one in seven couples, which is good news I suppose.
You would hate to find yourself in a country or area of the world with a much higher rate of infertility.
However, even surrounded by 6 million people going through the same type of experience, you may find yourself with no one to talk to.
Facing infertility is such a personal issue.
We are more comfortable speaking about other medical issues but there is a stigma when it comes to speaking about challenges with our fertility.
"How are you today?" "Well, today I had a special X-ray where they inject a special dye to check out my uterus and fallopian tubes," is not something you would be sharing.
Since I have been speaking about my experience, I have been very surprised to hear some of my friends tell me stories about their own experiences with infertility and the challenges that they faced.
Rest assured, there are many stories out there.
Sad, but true.
You are not alone! Is it hard to know when and how to start the conversation?Who do you tell? How much do you tell? Infertility is typically not a topic you would speak about at a cocktail party or around the family dinner table.
It is a conversation charged with emotion and well-meaning friends and acquaintances want to be supportive but often fall short of the mark.
Practice what you might say to someone if the opportunity presented itself.
What words would you use, how much would you say, would you have a statement that you would use as a test for how much more you would want to tell? Have a statement or question that would let you know how potentially supportive they might be of you.
I didn't tell very many people but I knew which of my friends I would share my story with.
Lots of people knew some of the story but only the very supportive knew the whole story.
I handpicked them and was served very well by my choices.