Infertility Education through Cartoon Vids
These series of videos are produced by the Malpani Infertility Clinic to illustrate the types of infertile couples. Thanks Annie (of http://www.mrkhstories.com/) to bringing these vids to my attention!!!
“The Smugs”:
http://www.youtube.com/user/aniruddhamalpani#p/u/8/M3SFEw4inb4
“The Nosey Parkers”:
http://www.youtube.com/user/aniruddhamalpani#p/u/10/cXnPpfhZimo
“The Worry Worts”:
Infertility Education through Cartoon Vids.
One of the lovely ladies at askaboutmrkh brought this series of cartoon videos to our attention. I think it is a fun way to look at infertility and though it is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, we can all come away with something. Here is the first one!
http://www.youtube.com/user/aniruddhamalpani#p/u/14/EUsrUR7o3aQ
A More Personal Look at Infertility.
This was a really touching video clip which I wanted to share with you all!
One Big Fat Question Mark.
This is kind of a continuation of my reflection on the whole getting-married-and-having-kids thing. I guess we can all agree that the natural progression in life means that following education, we “settle down” in our twenties and thirties – after all haven’t we got the partying of our late teens/early twenties out of our systems? Just recently, I feel like this theme has resurfaced in my life. For example, a friend of mine just got engaged over the Christmas holidays to her long term boyfriend. Also, right before I found out the good news, I had lunch with some old friends of mine – just to catch up. Again, two are engaged, one soon to be and two married. So, once again, I sat through a lunch dominated by wedding conversation. You know, the usual, engagement photos, the cost of gowns and flowers, the bridesmaids dresses etc., etc. It was the whole nine yards – wedding magazines being tossed around, engagement photos being whipped out etc. I found myself sitting awkardly with my single friends, only half-listening with glazed expressions on our faces. Don’t get me wrong, I am really, really happy for them! My soon-to-be married friend is positively glowing in anticipation. It is almost like she has waited for this moment her whole life! I guess my whole purpose here is to talk out my own thought process because I am constantly questioning whether I fit in society’s mould. In this instance, I do not think I do. Whether this has to do with biology or not, I am not quite sure.
I know if I really wanted to, B would love to marry and settle down however, something is really holding me back. But what? Why do I not feel like I am on the same page as everyone else? Where do they find their certainty? That is what I really want to find out. A friend of mine laughed when I confessed my doubts, joking that our early-/mid-twenties are for our friends to get engaged and our late twenties are when we see them all get divorced. True or not, I think of this quite a bit.
I am not sure if MRKH is what is holding me back or maybe causing me to consider things more closely than other people. Maybe I am afraid to face the questions that would come next? You know, the ones about when we would have kids and really start the family. I cannot say for sure but either way, the real question is, will I ever be sure what path is the right one for me? This is the one big fat question mark in my life right now…
Association MRKH Website (french).
For our French-speaking MRKH ladies, this is another website for MRKH. My french is not too strong but browsing it, I found it pretty helpful! There is a section which also provides some literature (in french). If you are interested, please check out the link:
The Birth of a New Year.
As I was reflecting on 2010, I realized that it has been about a year since I started this journey. I cannot believe how healing this experience has been (thus far) and how much support there is out there for MRKH women! Thanks so much to you all! I hope you have learnt as much as I have from this experience. I will continue to update my blog as much as I can. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, I would love to hear them! Thank you and love you all!
MRKH Online Support Group for MEN only.
Ladies, this is such a great idea! Please pass this link along to those men in your life who want/need support or have questions about MRKH. The link is:
“Wombless Wife” Blog.
This one is a new one! Check it out!
“An MRKH Life” Blog
http://mrkhlife.blogspot.com/2011/01/emotional-wrangling-part-2-of-many.html
The link above will take you to the blog. I came across this blog as I was researching and thought I would link it to mine. Love it.
