Monday, January 9, 2012

"Infertile" vs "Infertility"

Google: "not fertile; unable to reproduce"

MedicineNet.com: "Not able to conceive after a year of regular intercourse without contraception"

thefreedictionary.com: "no fertile; unproductive; barren; incapable of producing offspring; sterile"

I am not infertile. To me, infertile and infertility are two DIFFERENT things.
Infertile is when your eggs are gone. You can't produce sperm or the sperm has too many issues to overcome.
Infertility is not being able to conceive naturally.

I suffer from infertility. My eggs don't release from the ovary into the fallopian tubes. BUT. I have eggs, therefore I am not "infertile". As you read my posts, you can probably notice that I dance around the use of that word. I will change it. Infertile is a word lacking any hope.

 I have hope. Lots of hope.

~Shannon

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