Life Without Baby

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Breaking the Silence and Finally Heard

By Lisa Manterfield

Reverse.out_.cover_-214x300When I first began to acknowledge that the online “trying to conceive” crowd was no longer my tribe, I searched around the Internet for someone more like me. After realizing enough was enough I needed to work how to come to terms with a life without children. But when I looked around, it became clear that I was the only person in the whole world this had ever happened to!

Or so I believed.

Then, out of the fog, came a light, gentle and distant at first, but growing steadily stronger. And then a voice, echoing all I was feeling—the sadness, the fear, and the raging anger.

That voice belonged to Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos. In her book and blog, Silent Sorority, Pamela blazed a trail by sharing the raw and painful truth of her failed infertility journey and subsequent struggle to come-to-terms with a life without children. I’m sure many of you have also heard that voice.

Over the years, Pamela’s voice has grown louder as others, like myself, have stepped out of the shadows and shone a light on their own infertility journeys. Now she’s sharing the next chapter of her story in her new ebook, Finally Heard. This time she offers a blend of stories, reporting, recommended reading, studies and questions exploring the complexities of infertility and what she calls Generation IVF.

The book is available in Kindle Single-type format here and if you’ve never read Silent Sorority, I recommend adding that to your reading list too.

Comments

  1. Just downloaded it. Thanks for letting us know. Love Pam’s courage and gift for communication.

  2. Woke up this morning with my coffee and this amazing blog post. Can’t find the words to fully express my gratitude for this heartfelt review — and my deep appreciation for all the courageous women who continue to inspire me with their stories of transformation, growth and reinvention. A thousand thanks and much love to all here! xo, Pamela

  3. Genuinely if it wasn’t for trail blazers like you, Lisa and Pamela (and Jody Day as well as others) it would he an even tougher journey than it already is for the rest of us. Thank you so much for being the brave pioneers to break the silence.