Childless Lifecycles 2

AMBASSADORS BLOG by Meriel Whale

A living being goes through lifecycles that are easily recognisable and that we may have studied at school. Think of a frog for example – eggs are laid and a tadpole emerges, grows legs and arms to become a froglet, grows bigger and bigger to become an adult and eventually lays its own eggs and the cycle begins again.

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Not Another IVF Success Story… I Promise

AMBASSADORS BLOG by Aisha Balesaria

How many IVF success stories have you heard? About a million, right? Or that’s what it can feel like. I’ve lost count how many ‘miracle baby’ posts I’ve seen on social media in the last ten years, but I can count on one hand (as there are so few) how many included stories like mine – those without a baby after IVF.

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Some Reflections on Being ‘Other’

CHAMPION BLOG by Gayle Letherby

Much of my working life, as well as my personal life, has been spent reflecting on what it is like to be other than mother. I am a sociologist and over the last 35+ years I’ve been extremely fortunate to have had time and other resources to research and write about experiences that many people, including me, believe to be often misunderstood and misrepresented.

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Living with childlessness: somedays I surf a tsunami, somedays I drown in a puddle

AMBASSADORS BLOG by Anne Altamore

I have a love-hate relationship with the merry month of May. Here in Australia, the autumn leaves are littering the street, and the days are getting shorter, a sure sign that winter is not far away. It is also Mother’s Day and the month I was pregnant oh so many years ago.

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