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Childless Not By Choice Voices Heard

Childless Not by Choice Voices Heard

Posted on December 21, 2021December 22, 2021 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Childless Not by Choice (CNBC) folk don’t often get much visibility. That’s why I was surprised when an email query landed in my inbox several weeks ago. It came at the same time my husband was in pre-op for outpatient surgery. Suffice to say, I knew how I’d be spending my time in the waiting…

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The Latest With Me: Book Musings and More

Posted on March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 by Pamela Tsigdinos

A book is not a light undertaking. My first, Silent Sorority, took nearly five years to come together. Silent Sorority will mark its 10-year anniversary in a few short weeks. It became available April 18, 2009. In honor of that milestone, I’ll post some of the heart-felt responses I’ve received from readers around the world…

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New Studies Call Out IVF Clinic Tone Deafness, Profiteering

Posted on September 12, 2017September 13, 2017 by Pamela Tsigdinos

A recent IVF study led by Yale sociology associate professor Rene Almeling stopped me in my tracks, but for reasons surely different than the research team. The IVF study goal was to “assess whether different motivations for undergoing the same medical intervention affects bodily experiences.” Published in the September Journal of Social Science and Medicine,…

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Dear Abby Strikes Out On Infertility, Childless Not By Choice Question

Posted on August 27, 2015July 9, 2019 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Dear Abby (aka Jeanne Phillips), Pamela Jeanne here.  Nice to meet you. So let me get right to the point. That 2nd letter you posted today, the one about the woman feeling a void in her life following an infertility diagnosis? Yeah, I’m afraid you struck out. You see the question posed by BROKEN RECORD…

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Someday We’ll Look Back, Laugh Nervously and Change the Subject

Posted on November 9, 2011August 10, 2015 by Pamela Tsigdinos

…But, there’s some part of me that doesn’t want to change the subject. What I’d like instead is to get beyond the nervous, uncomfortable awkwardness, the sense of being accountable somehow for why I don’t have children.  As I said in an interview with a reporter from YahooShine/PopSugar, there are many shades of gray when it comes…

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