Infertility affects one in eight people.

Shock you?

I wish it shocked me.  I wish that years ago before any of us started talking children, I didn’t know that at least a few of the besties would fight it.  I wish Meredith had not lost four babies & two years, even if it resulted in a beautiful little girl.  I wish that Jenny did not have two babes in Heaven only to continue the fight.  I pray every night for peace for Em.

Infertility sucks.

In the words of someone far wiser than me, it is a loss of privacy, self, intimacy, confidence as a woman, & often times…faith.  Yet those suffering infertility are expected to “just relax?”

So start talking about it.  Talk about how difficult, time-consuming, emotionally draining, & DAMN expensive adoption is to stop the casual “Why don’t you just adopt?” bombs.  Talk to your sons about how they can prevent infertility in their spouse by practicing safe sex to prevent HPV.   Educate people that IVF is not a cure-all fix.  & if you have friends going through it, be there for them.

Want your eyes to open?  Follow the hashtag #infertility on Twitter.  It will change your life, break your heart, & make you thankful for the people in your life.

If you still don’t get it, read this.  Consider it IFComm 101.