So, you’ve been through the infertility rollercoaster and it finally worked. How on earth do you explain a child that they were born from IUI, IVF, donor sperm, donor eggs, surrogacy, or some other form of ART (assisted reproductive technology)? “What kids want to know is that they’re in the family they were meant to be in — that they belong to their mom and dad,†says one experienced counsellor. This post provides some ideas, tips and resources to help think through when, why and how to help your child understand this. Also, some thoughts on the topic for those still ttc … [...]
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This one is especially for family and friends wanting to be helpful and not another source of stress for a woman or couple dealing with infertility. Infertiles come in different flavors. 1. Your eternal optimist / newbie / completely uninvolved infertile … 2. Your longer term / highly involved infertile … 3. Then you get the older timers, who’ve been doing this so long it just becomes part of who they are. … [...] Given the kiwi tradition of not confronting insensitive people directly like they do in American soap operas, if you are being subjected to FUCAs (family/friend unhelpful comment attacks), why not paste this into an email and get the message across with a bit of humour? |
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So, what do you think people would say to you if you were paraplegic instead of infertile? … [...]
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