Not that this is necessarily NEW news, but wow...infertility is certainly wide-spread. Wellesley, Massachusetts; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Bensenville, Illinois; Crown Point, Indiana. Ireland, Canada, France. The list is pretty amazing to view. On our first day, we have had over two hundred site visits. A pretty powerful, active community.

Which is a conversation for the future (perhaps question #2). Is there an infertility community? And what does it mean to align and define yourself by your fertility? I certainly refer to myself as "infertile" (not on resumes, perhaps, but it's a word I've used with friends). I belong to RESOLVE. But it's an interesting idea. Based on some of the postings thus far, there is a certainly a divide amongst women--the non-infertiles and the Stirrup Queens as we like to call them. Is there the same divide amongst men? I was very struck by the comment one person made about how a friend didn't include them in the "club" until she called to tell her that she was three months along. It's an interesting phenomenon. We have a neighbour who literally didn't say hello to me until I had my children and became part of the "club." It's difficult to forget that now, even though we have children a few weeks apart in age who like to play with one another.

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New question posted tomorrow morning...