Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Coming Out

In honor of National Infertility Awareness Week, I followed the lead of a friend and outed myself on fac.eb.ook.

Like, totally outed myself. And I even changed my security for that ONE POST so that EVERYONE could see it. It was a brief post, but included length of time, cycle count, miscarriages, surgeries, and how many/what treatments we have done.

I feel very exposed. My family and close friends have known all along. But fac.eb.ook? That's a totally different thing.

But... I'm glad I did it. Please read this article and see if you feel inspired to share publicly. Maybe just a neighbor, or a co-worker. The point is: We NEED to talk about this.

5 comments:

Ed said...

Very cool. Thanks for the link too.

AFM said...

you are very brave to announce it on facebook, good on you

Annie said...

How very brave of you! I'm interested to know how people respond.

wifey said...

I outed myself on FB too (for the 2nd time), although I didn't share details... I was surprised that I actually got supportive responses. Last year, there was nothing.

Good for you for being so brave!

Jessica said...

buddy you're one of the bravest people I know (facebook or not)!!!