Comments for Dina Roth Port http://www.dinarothport.com Author of Previvors Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:45:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on More Great News: Previvors wins a Mom’s Choice Award! by Suzanne http://www.dinarothport.com/blog/2011/09/11/more-great-news-previvors-wins-a-moms-choice-award/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Suzanne Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:45:46 +0000 http://www.dinarothport.com/?p=588#comment-218 While "Previvors" is an important book for ALL people at risk, I don't think there is any force more powerful than a parent's love for their child that propels a person forward to take steps to protect their health! While “Previvors” is an important book for ALL people at risk, I don’t think there is any force more powerful than a parent’s love for their child that propels a person forward to take steps to protect their health!

]]> Comment on September 11th: A Day I’ll Never Forget by September 11th: Sharing the 10th Anniversary With Children http://www.dinarothport.com/blog/2010/09/11/september-11th-a-day-ill-never-forget/comment-page-1/#comment-216 September 11th: Sharing the 10th Anniversary With Children Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:37:19 +0000 http://www.dinarothport.com/?p=276#comment-216 [...] was living in New York on that fateful morning. (To read more about my personal experience, read my previous blog post on the topic.)  And for the last 9 years, I’ve spent the anniversary with my husband [...] [...] was living in New York on that fateful morning. (To read more about my personal experience, read my previous blog post on the topic.)  And for the last 9 years, I’ve spent the anniversary with my husband [...]

]]> Comment on Response to The Huffington Post Blog on Infertility by Iris Waichler http://www.dinarothport.com/blog/2011/02/10/response-to-the-huffington-post-blog-on-infertility/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Iris Waichler Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:29:01 +0000 http://www.dinarothport.com/?p=533#comment-191 Many thanks to DRP for writing her article on unveiling the secrecy of infertility. The number of comments you have received tells us that people have heard your message. People who have not experienced infertility do not understand its devastating impact. Every person who wants to build their family should have that option. I wrote Riding the Infertility Roller Coaster: A Guide to educate and Inspire after I experienced infertility and in my work as a social worker I realized others felt isolated and alone. It won multiple best book awards. I strongly believe more people should speak and educate themselves and others about infertility. Education offers power and support. There is a supportive community out there if you need it. Let's continue this trend! Many thanks to DRP for writing her article on unveiling the secrecy of infertility. The number of comments you have received tells us that people have heard your message. People who have not experienced infertility do not understand its devastating impact. Every person who wants to build their family should have that option. I wrote Riding the Infertility Roller Coaster: A Guide to educate and Inspire after I experienced infertility and in my work as a social worker I realized others felt isolated and alone. It won multiple best book awards. I strongly believe more people should speak and educate themselves and others about infertility. Education offers power and support. There is a supportive community out there if you need it. Let’s continue this trend!

]]> Comment on Response to The Huffington Post Blog on Infertility by Dina http://www.dinarothport.com/blog/2011/02/10/response-to-the-huffington-post-blog-on-infertility/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Dina Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:50:58 +0000 http://www.dinarothport.com/?p=533#comment-190 Thanks also to the author of The Inadequate Conception. I'll put that on my reading list as well. I think that the more articles, blog posts, and books on the topic of infertility, the better. Who knows what the tipping point will be! Dina Thanks also to the author of The Inadequate Conception. I’ll put that on my reading list as well.

I think that the more articles, blog posts, and books on the topic of infertility, the better. Who knows what the tipping point will be!

Dina

]]> Comment on Response to The Huffington Post Blog on Infertility by Dina http://www.dinarothport.com/blog/2011/02/10/response-to-the-huffington-post-blog-on-infertility/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Dina Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:48:19 +0000 http://www.dinarothport.com/?p=533#comment-189 To the woman who mentioned she's been battling infertility for seven years, thank you for your support and for coming forward. I think it's so admirable that you've helped people and reached out even while going through your own difficult journey. I completely understand why so many people choose to remain silent (especially after reading all of the negative comments on my Huffington Post blog.) I think we need to work to educate the misinformed so that more people like you would feel comfortable speaking out without worrying about the "heated debates" as you say. Sincerely, Dina Roth Port To the woman who mentioned she’s been battling infertility for seven years, thank you for your support and for coming forward. I think it’s so admirable that you’ve helped people and reached out even while going through your own difficult journey. I completely understand why so many people choose to remain silent (especially after reading all of the negative comments on my Huffington Post blog.) I think we need to work to educate the misinformed so that more people like you would feel comfortable speaking out without worrying about the “heated debates” as you say.

Sincerely,

Dina Roth Port

]]> Comment on Response to The Huffington Post Blog on Infertility by Dina http://www.dinarothport.com/blog/2011/02/10/response-to-the-huffington-post-blog-on-infertility/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Dina Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:41:47 +0000 http://www.dinarothport.com/?p=533#comment-188 Thank you all for your comments and kind words. It seems you are all doing your share to help bring this issue the attention it deserves. To the author of <em>Silent Sorority</em>, I've heard of your book and plan on reading it. Kudos to you for writing about something so personal and painful. I know you've helped a lot of people. Dina Thank you all for your comments and kind words. It seems you are all doing your share to help bring this issue the attention it deserves.

To the author of Silent Sorority, I’ve heard of your book and plan on reading it. Kudos to you for writing about something so personal and painful. I know you’ve helped a lot of people.

Dina

]]> Comment on Response to The Huffington Post Blog on Infertility by Lori http://www.dinarothport.com/blog/2011/02/10/response-to-the-huffington-post-blog-on-infertility/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Lori Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:30:37 +0000 http://www.dinarothport.com/?p=533#comment-187 Dina, Bravo and thank you for an excellent piece. I loved your comment that infertility isn't as serious as a life-threatening disease, but it is the loss of a dream - such a true statement. I have just published a book The Inadequate Conception and even though I wrote it to help women try to find the lighter side of infertility another reason was to make more people aware of the millions of us out here. Just as the first person commented, I was featured in an article on AOL right before Thanksgiving about surviving the holidays as an infertile. As is the nature of my blog and personality, I took it a bit tongue and cheek. I had many supporters, but I was amazed at the number of comments full of vitrol and the "why don't you just adopt" comments. So, again, thank you for bringing some awareness to this very personal topic. Dina,
Bravo and thank you for an excellent piece. I loved your comment that infertility isn’t as serious as a life-threatening disease, but it is the loss of a dream – such a true statement.

I have just published a book The Inadequate Conception and even though I wrote it to help women try to find the lighter side of infertility another reason was to make more people aware of the millions of us out here.

Just as the first person commented, I was featured in an article on AOL right before Thanksgiving about surviving the holidays as an infertile. As is the nature of my blog and personality, I took it a bit tongue and cheek. I had many supporters, but I was amazed at the number of comments full of vitrol and the “why don’t you just adopt” comments.

So, again, thank you for bringing some awareness to this very personal topic.

]]> Comment on Response to The Huffington Post Blog on Infertility by Julia Lynn http://www.dinarothport.com/blog/2011/02/10/response-to-the-huffington-post-blog-on-infertility/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Julia Lynn Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:22:52 +0000 http://www.dinarothport.com/?p=533#comment-185 By the way, you wrote an excellent article. Thank you for addressing the issue, and for doing so sympathetically. You brought up excellent and valid points, and articles like yours will hopefully get the ball rolling. As you wrote, we have a long way to go. My earlier mention of bringing this up as a heated debate over a healthcare issue was prompted by a news segment I watched yesterday, not from your article (I realized I should probably clarify). After dealing with infertility for a few years believing I was one of a few, I met many people in my daily life also going through infertility, but not talking to anyone (not even their doctors) about it. I realized I wasn't one of a few but one of many. When I learned about the statistics, I was dumbfounded. I hadnt realized that i was one of a few actually willing to talk openly about our journey. It became my goal to answer as many questions as I encountered about this journey, from both fertile and infertile people, in a hope to help get those suffering through it some support and help those not dealing with it to understand how to interact with people that are. Thank you, again, for writing about this issue. It has been my hope for quite some time that people on both sides of the issue would be willing to talk about it, openly and with an open mind. By the way, you wrote an excellent article. Thank you for addressing the issue, and for doing so sympathetically. You brought up excellent and valid points, and articles like yours will hopefully get the ball rolling. As you wrote, we have a long way to go. My earlier mention of bringing this up as a heated debate over a healthcare issue was prompted by a news segment I watched yesterday, not from your article (I realized I should probably clarify).
After dealing with infertility for a few years believing I was one of a few, I met many people in my daily life also going through infertility, but not talking to anyone (not even their doctors) about it. I realized I wasn’t one of a few but one of many. When I learned about the statistics, I was dumbfounded. I hadnt realized that i was one of a few actually willing to talk openly about our journey. It became my goal to answer as many questions as I encountered about this journey, from both fertile and infertile people, in a hope to help get those suffering through it some support and help those not dealing with it to understand how to interact with people that are.
Thank you, again, for writing about this issue. It has been my hope for quite some time that people on both sides of the issue would be willing to talk about it, openly and with an open mind.

]]> Comment on Response to The Huffington Post Blog on Infertility by Julia Lynn http://www.dinarothport.com/blog/2011/02/10/response-to-the-huffington-post-blog-on-infertility/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Julia Lynn Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:02:47 +0000 http://www.dinarothport.com/?p=533#comment-184 Thank you! It's true- How clearly those comments posted indicate a genuine lack of understanding and awareness! It should also be a little more clear to those wondering why couples don't want to talk about their infertility that sentiments like those expressed in some of the comments are what keep a lot of people silent. The fear many have of not being understood is realized in comments made by uninformed, unsympathetic people. I agree that infertility is something that needs to be brought to light and discussed, but I also feel that measures need to be taken to do so in a way that guards the hearts of those suffering through it. For it to become a heated debate simply over the idea of making people aware is unacceptable. How can this issue be brought to light without bowling over the very people we're trying to help? There has to be a way. I doubt bringing it up as a healthcare issue right from the starting gate is going to accomplish the mission with poise and grace. The article (or someone's post on the article-I can't remember) mentioned a gathering in D.C. for infertility. My husband and I have been 7 years infertile (seven), and in all that time I have never even heard a mention of such a gathering. My point is that awareness is not happening among the infertile, how can we expect it to spread until we ourselves become "aware"? Thank you! It’s true- How clearly those comments posted indicate a genuine lack of understanding and awareness! It should also be a little more clear to those wondering why couples don’t want to talk about their infertility that sentiments like those expressed in some of the comments are what keep a lot of people silent. The fear many have of not being understood is realized in comments made by uninformed, unsympathetic people.
I agree that infertility is something that needs to be brought to light and discussed, but I also feel that measures need to be taken to do so in a way that guards the hearts of those suffering through it. For it to become a heated debate simply over the idea of making people aware is unacceptable. How can this issue be brought to light without bowling over the very people we’re trying to help? There has to be a way. I doubt bringing it up as a healthcare issue right from the starting gate is going to accomplish the mission with poise and grace.
The article (or someone’s post on the article-I can’t remember) mentioned a gathering in D.C. for infertility. My husband and I have been 7 years infertile (seven), and in all that time I have never even heard a mention of such a gathering. My point is that awareness is not happening among the infertile, how can we expect it to spread until we ourselves become “aware”?

]]> Comment on Response to The Huffington Post Blog on Infertility by Pamela Tsigdinos http://www.dinarothport.com/blog/2011/02/10/response-to-the-huffington-post-blog-on-infertility/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Pamela Tsigdinos Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:01:32 +0000 http://www.dinarothport.com/?p=533#comment-183 Hi Dina, Just a personal note to thank you for your piece in the Huffington Post. I have some additional data points on the emotional toll of infertility included in a piece I wrote on my Open Salon blog: Would You Tell Someone You're Infertile? http://open.salon.com/blog/pamela_jeanne/2010/04/13/would_you_tell_someone_youre_infertile p.s. I first started writing about infertility in a blog called Coming2Terms four years ago, which was profiled as part of an infertility health segment in the New York Times. The response in a companion blog, like that of your piece yesterday, was extreme with some 400+ comments - mostly vitriolic. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/voices-of-infertility/#comments That response and the isolation I felt confronting infertility led me to write the book, Silent Sorority, which RESOLVE honored with a best book award in September. This is my long way of saying, I appreciate your willingness to write about a topic that is steeped in ignorance and stigma. I look forward to the day when it isn't. all the best. Hi Dina,
Just a personal note to thank you for your piece in the Huffington Post. I have some additional data points on the emotional toll of infertility included in a piece I wrote on my Open Salon blog:

Would You Tell Someone You’re Infertile?
http://open.salon.com/blog/pamela_jeanne/2010/04/13/would_you_tell_someone_youre_infertile

p.s. I first started writing about infertility in a blog called Coming2Terms four years ago, which was profiled as part of an infertility health segment in the New York Times. The response in a companion blog, like that of your piece yesterday, was extreme with some 400+ comments – mostly vitriolic. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/voices-of-infertility/#comments

That response and the isolation I felt confronting infertility led me to write the book, Silent Sorority, which RESOLVE honored with a best book award in September. This is my long way of saying, I appreciate your willingness to write about a topic that is steeped in ignorance and stigma. I look forward to the day when it isn’t. all the best.

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