tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post2570748978970900025..comments2024-03-28T06:32:27.436+13:00Comments on No Kidding in NZ: Being seen and heard Malihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-75918941077699983272012-10-13T08:08:40.775+13:002012-10-13T08:08:40.775+13:00it is so wonderful to be heard. my best friend had...it is so wonderful to be heard. my best friend had a baby earlier this year and we are both able to speak to about our situations honestly. it is great, because i get to hear about the good and bad about being a parent. and i am able to talk about the good and bad of being childless/childfree.<br /><br />Nicolehttp://nicoleciomek.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-8839907513952947642012-10-13T08:03:19.274+13:002012-10-13T08:03:19.274+13:00Loved this.Loved this.This Path In Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02631355662172309547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-74435242589387491532012-10-07T15:05:08.851+13:002012-10-07T15:05:08.851+13:00It is so wonderful to be heard, and understood, is...It is so wonderful to be heard, and understood, isn't it? loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-6835338243568336962012-10-06T14:47:46.389+13:002012-10-06T14:47:46.389+13:00Thank you xThank you xPeonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18416241512826510253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-43579167779546653072012-10-05T04:12:59.414+13:002012-10-05T04:12:59.414+13:00This goes back a ways, but for the last two weeks ...This goes back a ways, but for the last two weeks or so I've been feeling just really "disenfranchised". I came across a blog by a couple undergoing RT for the same issue that has kept dh and I from having children. Only DH never wanted to try anything. In fact, he was never open with me about the diagnosis. I think under the best of circumstances, men have a difficult time communicating around the entire topic of family building and infertility. Triply so, when the issue is MF. I am not with DH for the sake of future kids; was not thinking about kids when I fell in love, and not focused on having kids for a long, long time after, and ultimately, we cannot make our partners do what they don't want to do, but this sense of not having a say has just left me feeling so powerless. Last night I was talking to his brother who never wanted kids and has been involved with a woman who is older than him and can no longer have children, and for the first time he was contemplating that it could be a problem because he might want kids after all. I guess I just felt like one more person who seemed happily childfree was switching sides, and I felt even more alone. I came online to look at my blogs and be where I felt less alone. IrisDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120842144868527846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-48339885398865165242012-10-04T22:22:15.565+13:002012-10-04T22:22:15.565+13:00VERY TRUE, Mali. VERY true. Feeling alone in the c...VERY TRUE, Mali. VERY true. Feeling alone in the chaos makes things even more chaotic. I started feeling so lost and confused and crazy to have all the chaos within me. And again it's always helpful to have "others before me" to cling unto, to let others know that everything will be OK even without kids. :-) Even after everything seemed to fall apart. Amelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16792921371964029469noreply@blogger.com