Celebrities and Infertility

A discussion had come up recently on one of the Fertility Friend forums about celebrities who most likely have used fertility treatments (Brad & Angie, Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony, Nicole Kidman) but are super hush-hush about it. And how that can rankle because as if it isn't bad enough that being infertile can make you feel worthless in your worst & most hellish moments, having celebrities deny and act like infertility and infertility treatments are something to be ashamed of doesn't help. Yes, I know that they are people too, and it's understandable that they want privacy. But what about the celebrities who announce their breast cancer, or alcohol addiction? The thing is, infertility is a medical condition, and the stigmas surrounding it are BULLSHIT and the more people who remain silent, the more clueless and uninformed people will make asinine comments that make you want to beat them (angry, me? what, who's angry?). I certainly haven't been one to keep my mouth shut, about 2 1/2 months ago I was chatting amiably the with electrician who came to do a job in our building and it came up in conversation that I'd just recently celebrated my 2nd wedding anniversary. The electrician (meaning well, of course) chided me for not having children yet. I calmly informed him that we had also just "celebrated" our second year of infertility, and that my final round of clomid in May was a bust. I could tell he was thrown off, he wasn't expecting that. But he wished us well once he collected himself.

Anyway. Here's a list of celebrities who have struggled with infertility issues and treatments (in some cases not strictly infertility, but other medical conditions that made having children very tricky). It was posted on the Fertility Friend forum.

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Celebrities and Infertility

A discussion had come up recently on one of the Fertility Friend forums about celebrities who most likely have used fertility treatments (Brad & Angie, Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony, Nicole Kidman) but are super hush-hush about it. And how that can rankle because as if it isn't bad enough that being infertile can make you feel worthless in your worst & most hellish moments, having celebrities deny and act like infertility and infertility treatments are something to be ashamed of doesn't help. Yes, I know that they are people too, and it's understandable that they want privacy. But what about the celebrities who announce their breast cancer, or alcohol addiction? The thing is, infertility is a medical condition, and the stigmas surrounding it are BULLSHIT and the more people who remain silent, the more clueless and uninformed people will make asinine comments that make you want to beat them (angry, me? what, who's angry?). I certainly haven't been one to keep my mouth shut, about 2 1/2 months ago I was chatting amiably the with electrician who came to do a job in our building and it came up in conversation that I'd just recently celebrated my 2nd wedding anniversary. The electrician (meaning well, of course) chided me for not having children yet. I calmly informed him that we had also just "celebrated" our second year of infertility, and that my final round of clomid in May was a bust. I could tell he was thrown off, he wasn't expecting that. But he wished us well once he collected himself.

Anyway. Here's a list of celebrities who have struggled with infertility issues and treatments (in some cases not strictly infertility, but other medical conditions that made having children very tricky). It was posted on the Fertility Friend forum.

( Read more... )

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