A submission is the core component of World Childless Week, so I’d best start at the beginning…
Read moreWhy I missed World Childless Week
Once Upon A Time... that sounds like the start of a fairy tale rather than reality but I can say (hand on heart) that I am looking for a “Happy Ever After” ending.
Stephanie Phillips (founder, World Childless Week)
Read moreMeet the Champion: Stella Duffy, OBE, London
The voices of queer women and of working class women are often missing from discussions around infertility and childlessness not by choice.
Read moreMeet the Champion: Prof. Cristina Archetti
As a media researcher I find it astonishing that, in the age of communication, there is so much silence about so many millions of people around the globe
Read moreMeet the Champion: Catherine-Emmanuelle Delisle, Canada
When the dream of motherhood doesn’t come true, where do we turn too? I think one of the keys towards acceptance can be found in connecting and exchanging with people who share the same life experience
Read moreMeet the Champion: Sandy Langhart Michelet, USA
I feel honored to play a small part in World Childless Week. Childless women are everywhere…we’ve just been too afraid to raise our head, much less our voices.
Read moreMeet the Champion: Linda Malm from Sweden
Today the World Childless Week is taking the awareness to another level and help people know that they are not alone.
Read moreWCW rewind 2017 - Why Don't We Adopt?
The truthful answer is a multitude of reasons …
Read moreWCW rewind to 2017 - Letter to my Abusive Husband
This article contains sensitive material.
We both wanted children, and we wanted them soon. I was 26 but felt ready for motherhood. You were 7 years older, keen not to be an ‘old dad’, so we planned to start trying as soon as we got married. Our wedding was the whole shebang. White dress, church bells, bridesmaids, photographs, cake and a lovely reception with all of our friends and family.
Read moreWCW rewind to 2017 - Unexplained Infertility
I realized something was wrong when I first started tracking my cycle about six months into the process of try to conceive. My basal body temperatures were much lower than the baseline on the chart I was using. This continued for four cycles until I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and started on levothyroxine. I thought this must be the problem and thought I had a fix. I was wrong.
Read more#IamMe - Cherry Williams
So, there I was trying to book a blogger for a job, when in a moment of glorious serendipity I was redirected to Steph's wonderful website. For those who don't know Steph, she is a bold, brave and frankly fabulous human who set up World Childless Week which supports those that don't have children, not by choice. The support is there all year long and this generosity of spirit inspired me to want to do my bit too.
Read moreWCW rewind to 2017 - Moving Forwards
The day arrived when it was time to stop trying for the family my husband and I had always planned. We were sat in the car outside the hospital where we had just seen a re-occurring miscarriage specialist. It happened again and there was no way I could face another loss. Further health implications would follow but that was the moment I resigned myself to a whole new world of grief. It was far from acceptance. It felt more like a door slammed shut in our faces.
Read moreWCW rewind to 2017 - To My Yummy Mummy Friends
I love to be included in all your happy days.
Read moreWCW rewind to 2017 - We Are All Diamonds
It has been heart breaking reading all the stories this week. There is so much pain and anger and I find all of it relatable too. I know it’s a personal journey that unfortunately all of us childless not by choice must go through.
Read moreIt's all happening! - Stephanie Phillips
Whilst I have been quiet over the last few months with regards to blogs I have been talking and sorting all things World Childless Week. I have been working alongside Berenice Smith of Hello Lovely updating and improving the website. I only said to Berenice yesterday that the website started out like a single forget me not flower still in bud, and is slowly blossoming into a full flower head with multiple flowers, and showing its full glory.
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