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Infertility: On the Rise or Less Taboo?

September 24, 2010

If you’ve ever bought a new car, you’ll know that once you decide on the make and model (and sometimes even the color), you start to notice that same car everywhere you go. For me, it’s been the same with infertility. Since joining the ranks of the “ovarially challenged” I’ve noticed infertility everywhere—in the news, in the movies, in my social circle. And yet there was a time when couples without children were rare and the subject wasn’t discussed in polite company. So what’s changed?

Is infertility on the rise or are we just more open to talking about it?

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Filed Under: Infertility and Loss, The Childfree Life: Issues and Attitudes Tagged With: Infertility, taboo, talking about

Comments

  1. Leah says

    June 20, 2011 at 10:18 am

    I’ve also noticed! I read an article on it too:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4112450.stm

    • lmanterfield says

      June 20, 2011 at 3:13 pm

      Excellent article, Leah. Thanks for sharing it.

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