Comments on: x-posted http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/07/06/x-posted/ dawn friedman's blog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:22:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Kirsten http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/07/06/x-posted/#comment-13557 Kirsten Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:36:38 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=2191#comment-13557 Hi Dawn, I can't find this over at Open Adoption Support - is it still there? Hi Dawn,
I can’t find this over at Open Adoption Support - is it still there?

]]> By: hmbalison http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/07/06/x-posted/#comment-13556 hmbalison Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:55:26 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=2191#comment-13556 Dawn, Amen! There are many success stories after infertility...and it's important to honor them all--because the reality is that you are NOT guaranteed a child--EVER. I used to hate the miracle infertility stories because my "Luck" was terrible with IVF. I could not have had worse results, frankly. I used to feel like the message was that if you believed/had faith/were a good person/very lucky--you, too, would have a child! And that's just really true. When I was going thru infertility, IVF (& then adoption), I went out of my way to make friends with people who had different endings to their infertility stories. I needed to know that life could be happy and joyful--no matter what. So, I had a friend who tried for 7 years to have a child and then decided enough. I met people who had disrupted adoptions. I met people who said "no" to IVF and then didn't pursue adoption. It all helped me keep things in perspective. Once again you've put into words something I've held in my heart. HMBalison Dawn,
Amen! There are many success stories after infertility…and it’s important to honor them all–because the reality is that you are NOT guaranteed a child–EVER. I used to hate the miracle infertility stories because my “Luck” was terrible with IVF. I could not have had worse results, frankly. I used to feel like
the message was that if you believed/had faith/were a good person/very lucky–you, too, would have a child! And that’s just really true.

When I was going thru infertility, IVF (& then adoption), I went out of my way to make friends with people who had different endings to their infertility stories. I needed to know that life could be happy and joyful–no matter what. So, I had a friend who tried for 7 years to have a child and then decided enough. I met people who had disrupted adoptions. I met people who said “no” to IVF and then didn’t pursue adoption. It all helped me keep things in perspective.

Once again you’ve put into words something I’ve held in my heart.

HMBalison

]]> By: Karen M http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/07/06/x-posted/#comment-13555 Karen M Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:52:56 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=2191#comment-13555 That's a great article! That’s a great article!

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