Perspectives S35/Ep 60 Dealing with the challenges of infertility

Infertility is a complex, heart-wrenching condition that, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, affects one in six couples. And while infertility is widely perceived as a “women’s issue,” approximately one-third of infertility among heterosexual couples is male-related. To aggravate matters, surveys indicate that more than 60 percent of people struggling with infertility do not tell even their close family and friends. With INFERTILITIES, A Curation curators and editors Elizabeth Horn, Maria Novotny, and Robin Silbergleid seek to break through the silence, shame, stigma, and isolation surrounding trouble with conceiving or bearing a child, while also demonstrating how central creativity is to grieving and healing. Through personal stories, vignettes, poetry, and works of visual art, this collection captures the anxiety, fear, frustration, anger, stress, and sadness familiar to everyone living with infertility.