Hi Warriors and the Many Fertile-Myrtles,
A lot has happened since we lost baby girl in February. I have a couple of updates and next steps I will be sharing once we know more, but this post isn't about those updates. It's about NIAW.
For those of you who don't know, NIAW, or National Infertility Awareness Week, is a week during April (the 18th-24th) where we as warriors share our stories and bring awareness to those who do not struggle with infertility.
Don't get me wrong. I am all for breaking the stigma of infertility and miscarriage. But what I am not for, is the fact that our society has made the "awareness" of infertility during a specific week during the year. Because guess who still struggles with infertility once that week is over? Millions of women and couples struggling to have a baby.
I am still one in eight after that week.
I am still one in four after that week.
I still fight every single day and every single week for a baby.
My "infertility" doesn't go away after that week. And neither should your awareness of infertility. In fact, every week I struggle with "infertility".
Every time you look down at your smiling baby, and you feel that warmth and love, realize that feeling you are having is what millions of women and couples long to feel; not just during one week of the year, but sometimes for years.
No, I am not trying to make those of you with children feel bad. All I ask is that you be more aware; not just during a certain week of the year, but every week.
baby dust,
s.
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