Infertility

Yesterday I was having a bit of impatience. Why oh why does the last month seem to drag on and on and on and on and, well, you get the picture...

I decided a bath was in order so off I waddled to grab my new book and sit in the tub soaking in hot blissfully wonderful water.
As I sat there enjoying the much needed rest and reading I became very aware that waiting for this blessing to arrive was a BLESSING!

The book I was reading was A Few Good Eggs: Two Chicks Dish on Overcoming the Insanity of Infertility  

I love all things woman and I like to be knowledgeable about the different things that touch our lives. Our struggles as women and what we overcome..

As I continued to read I realized there are so many women out there who would gladly change places with me even with my aches, pains and impatience.
Many women (and men) never know if they will carry a baby in their womb. They never know if they will be parents and mountains of seemingly insurmountable problems lay ahead of them. Let me give you a few statistics:
1 in 6 American couples experience infertility
About 2 percent of American women (1.2 million) visited a doctor in the past year and another 13 percent (7.6 million) reported an infertility visit at some point earlier in their lives.
In 2002, 20 percent of women ages thirty-five through thirty-nine were childless, up from 10 percent in 1976, according to the U.S. Census Report on Fertility in American Women.
Approximately 90 to 95 percent of childless couples turn to fertility doctors for help.
According to a 1995 government survey, 3.3 million Americans reported suffering from secondary infertility after already having one child.

These statistics seem staggering to me. And heartbreaking!

Some of the reasons the infertility rates continue to rise as stated in the book are; waiting to start a family until later in life, years of taking birth control, menstruation suppressing birth control pills, hormones and antibiotics in our foods, pollution in our air, mercury in our fish, and those with low body fat and/or anorexia.

Did you know that in fertility cases 40 percent of men are infertile, 40 percent of women are infertile and 20 percent are what are referred to as unexplained?

Reading this book has been eye opening for me! It has helped me understand those women dealing with infertility. It is giving me a birds eye view on a topic we very rarely here about from the actual women & men struggling with it.
I am gaining understanding. A valuable tool!

If you are dealing with infertility or secondary infertility please buy a copy of this book (or perhaps your library would have a copy to check out).(Click on the title above which will take you directly to Amazon.com)  I think you will find the support you need, the wisdom on what to do next and the knowledge you need to understand the many options available to you.

And one last thing: Forgive me for not understanding and for my own ignorance to your pain. Never again will I turn a blind eye to the struggle and pain of those desiring a child and experiencing infertility. It's a very real issue and one we all should be willing to learn about and empathize with.