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[quote=Anonymous]I wasn't very open about it. I only told good friends, some family, and my boss. I wasn't ashamed, but more sensitive about the fact that it was my husband who had the issues, which I realize the secrecy probably contributes to stigma about male infertility. The main reason was that we had always said that we'd move straight to adoption if IUI didn't work. It wasn't a difficult decision at all because I'm adopted and my husband was always on board to adopt regardless of whether we had bio children. But despite all that, I find through my own experiences as an adoptee, people pity adoptees and view adopted children as second best. I didn't want that for my child so most people think we adopted because I'm completing the circle of life and all that (which I am, just sooner than I had anticipated!).[/quote]
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