tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post3444235170399746110..comments2024-03-26T08:06:19.661-04:00Comments on The Road Less Travelled: Radio segment: Infertility's double whammyloribethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-23233610778460055402009-12-30T15:42:02.595-05:002009-12-30T15:42:02.595-05:00Wow. This post and the previous three have a lot t...Wow. This post and the previous three have a lot to think about.<br /><br />Soon after I started a local infertility support group - and got a write up in a local paper, an 80 year old infertile woman called me and we must have talked (well, she talked, I listened) to what it was like to be childless and then grandchildless. It is heart breaking.<br /><br />So is losing a child. I am glad November is past for you and hoping things are looking up - at least the days are getting longer.<br /><br />For better or worse, it is these kinds of posts that kept me trying to have a child. I am absolutely convinced that living child free is the hardest path. Even though statistically the happiest people dont' have kids (I suspect only the ones who don't want them or expect to have them later), I don't know how you turn off that desire to parent or the heart ache when a child dies.<br /><br />One more thought - I also missed out on years of my nephews when we were dealing more directly with IF. I'm not sure I have any regrets at this point - I was barely surviving as it was. Perhaps later, I will.Kamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01215000341567119958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-76152856524107003572009-11-27T05:42:38.148-05:002009-11-27T05:42:38.148-05:00It never occurred to me! It's been in my head...It never occurred to me! It's been in my head that I may never give my own parents a grandchild but it never even crossed my mind that the same would happen to me.<br /><br />IF - just when you think it can't suck any more - bam!Illanarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05203774916178621215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-3945059395877193032009-11-26T15:57:10.927-05:002009-11-26T15:57:10.927-05:00I'll have to watch this later. But the grandp...I'll have to watch this later. But the grandparent issue is something i've very aware of. A few of my friends & cousins are grandparents now. The idea that not only will i never be blessed with children, but no grandchildren as well tears at me. <br /><br />Life . is . so . hard .<br /><br />Sometimes.Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03272307621143522274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-48494837836535886612009-11-26T04:31:33.232-05:002009-11-26T04:31:33.232-05:00Oh Loribeth...this just breaks me. I don't thi...Oh Loribeth...this just breaks me. I don't think I ever really thought about any of the loss perspective from this side of things. <br />The lasting legcy and continuous rippling effects of the loss are just overwhelming. Double whammy, indeed.<br /><br />and no pink sheep here, just a bizarre techno video image...k@laklyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05366772609212990882noreply@blogger.com