When I started this blog back in November, I didn't really have a good plan for it. By all rights, then, I probably shouldn't have started it. Ah well, you live and learn.
In the meantime, I have begun to see a community grow on Facebook -our page "Infertility Should Not Be Taboo" has become an important online meeting place for people struggling with this issue. However, there are privacy concerns with Facebook, and the space for "talking" is limited.
A blog, paradoxically, can be more open to the world. You don't need to log in to see what I'm saying here. However, being anonymous is much easier. Strange, but true. Therefore, I'm going to use this space to expand upon the things I have been posting to our page. Issues that have come up. And people can pop by here and comment anonymously. Safely.
Expanding this project today is not an accident. Today is Father's Day. Now, I know how I feel when Mother's Day comes around, and I know how a lot of women feel. It's like a day has been set aside to purposefully make you feel crummy.
I imagine it is the same for Father's Day, but as much as I complain about how little support there is for women, I think there is less support for men. Whether the man is dealing with infertility himself or whether his significant other is struggling, men do not seem to have a good way to get the support that they need. So today, while I am thankful for all of the dads I know, especially my own, I want to let you fellows out there know that your woes are not unimportant or forgotten. We're thinking of you. Hang in there.
I can't wait to follow more closely here! It is a great idea to open things up on this blog!
ReplyDeleteThank you, and thank you for following!
ReplyDeleteI think it is extremley important to be happy for those who can have babies,to throw our friends showers when they have a baby & attend ones when we are invited. The reason,if we begrudge others of their happiness because we want what they have is selfish. After all if or when we do become Mother's be it adoption,foster or the miracle of pregnancy we all hope & pray for who will we want to be happy for us & throw us a shower? Those same women right? We want & expect fertile women to treat us & our children by whatever means we have them to treat us & our children in the same wa or manner they would if we had them the old fashioned way, so it is quite arrogent & selfish to want from someone else what we are not willing to give them. Just remember what goes around comes around.If you want to be validated yu have to validate.
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