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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, brave to share.[/quote]

Some things are private and your infertility is one of them![/quote]

to each their own. i am personally glad she shared.[/quote]

I am so happy she shared this information! [b]Especially for African American women.  African American women often hide infertility and would be ashamed to admit they had infertility issues.[/b] This is a huge reveal that I think will do so much for black women trying to have children and having the same struggles.[/quote]

I was coming here to say just this.  I have heard a couple people (not many) imply that we black women are more fertile, and that infertility is a white women's thing.  Clearly it is not, as we see from Michelle Obama, Gabrielle Union, and others, and getting it more out in the open is important to do.  I luckily didn't have issues myself, but have had friends confide that they had miscarriages or trouble conceiving.[/quote]

Ditto. [b]African-American here who went through infertility and miscarriages twice and come from a family where everyone has 2-3 kids without trying. “But Grandma had 10 kids![/b]”[/quote]

PP here.  Yes!  When I discussed timing with one friend in her 30s, she scoffed, saying "Please, my mom had me at 43."

I think the growing awareness of infertility among AA women is important from a health education perspective, and to reduce stigma.

I don't expect that people will panic and make drastic decisions, like trying to get knocked up right out of college.  But if people start to try to conceive a couple years earlier than perhaps they would have otherwise--for example, at 33 instead of 36--that might save some couples a lot of stress and medical costs.  This of course assumes that they are in a good place as far as marriage/finances/career at the earlier time point, but it may help some people.[/quote]

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