HomeWelcome to Infertility is the New Black. Our “in-style.” title is not meant to say that Infertility is by any means “hip” or “cool”, but rather to show that it is extremely relevant and common in today’s world.
We are a happily married couple of 7+ years and have been going through the trials of Infertility treatments for the last 3+ years. We have been unsuccessful and wanted to create a platform to share emotions of our journey as well as give others a place to share their experiences.
We see our blog evolving in two directions serving two purposes. First, it will be a place to display our actual range of emotions, as we have ok days, bad days and even worse days. Second, there is much to be said regarding friends and relatives who do not understand the struggle that we are going through. This will be a type of “Sensitivity Training” for them. Even though our friends and family try to be supportive, they just don’t get it and tend to be non-helpful and sometimes clueless with their advice and commentary.
For example in our blogs and forums you can expect to find raw, upsetting emotional descriptions of ours and others’ feelings. This site will be an outlet for the real-time emotional effects of not having your own biological child and the feelings associated with failed treatments. Hopefully our blog and forum will be therapeutic for couples/ individuals going through the tough ordeal of Infertility and letting loose on how crazy, awful or strange their thoughts are at any given moment.
On the other hand, things you won’t find in our blog include; detailed descriptions of medical process and treatment as they relate to infertility; daily updates on blood counts etc, and stories relating to hope based on prayer and alternative methods. Additionally, this blog will not highlight happy endings. Stories that end with a child can be found elsewhere. The same goes for support. It should be understood that we are rooting for all couples/individuals going through the Infertility process and wishing them much success – “baby dust” and “sticky thoughts”. However if you want to find those type of comments, success stories, encouragement and support there are plenty of other forums, blogs and websites out there for that purpose.
So, away we go….please visit often and be comforted in the knowledge that there are many of us battling this emotional hardship.
June 2009
