MISSED CONNECTIONS Grief and Loss Support groups for males, females and couples
Jan 20, 2016
MISSED CONNECTIONS
Grief and Loss Support groups for males,
females and couples
SENSITIVE STUDIES
Insight into couples
thoughts and feelings
with infertility and grief.
Focus is on healing with
other couples and finding
resources
In Egypt, for example, few men in my study were willing to tell anyone, including their closest family members, that they suffered from male infertility. Male infertility was described variously as an “embarrassing,” “sensitive,” and "private” subject for the Egyptian male, who would necessarily feelana mishraagil—“I am not a man”
If others were to know that he was the cause of a given infertility problem. Because of the association between male infertility and manhood, men’s wives were generally expected to participate in a two-person cult of silence regarding the male infertility, which usually meant that women should be the blame for the infertility in public. When women were questioned (as is often the case in Egypt) about the source of the childlessness, most told others that there was “nothing wrong” with either partner and that the matter was "up to God.”
Sometimes, women suggested to their acquaintances that they themselves were seeking treatment for the infertility. Women often explained that they “covered” for their husbands out of love and loyalty. However, some women also said that they feared the potential familial and marital consequences of exposing their husbands’ secrets (Inhorn 2003a).
SPENDING TIME HEALING
Internet Meetings and
Counseling
Gathering sites in the
community for couples
suffering grief & loss
are important to the
process of moving
forward
COUPLES NEED SUPPORT
Ride_The_Sea.mp3
“YOU ARE NOT ALONE”
C
an I see another’s woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can
I see another’s grief, and not seek for kind relief?
William Blake
GREG’S PERSPECTIVE
Men need to talk about it, too..url
INTERNET CONNECTIONS
http://www.dailystrength.org/people/
489469/photos-videos
http://forums.fertilitycommunity.com/
Mothers who adopt as single parents/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pdxadoptings
ingles/
FORUM/CATEGORIES
I
nfertility-internet connections with others on line daily
M
ale and Female support is important to the grief process when
couples are dealing with infertility and/ or adoption afterward
O
pen discussions on internet and local or statewide meetings
for couples and singles trying to find answers and help!
WEB SITE RESOURCES
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ttp://www.thelightbeyond.com/
how_to_console_a_grieving_friend. html
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ttp://www.resolve.org/http
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ttp://www.adoptioncounselingservices.com/index.html
REASONS TO SUPPORT
Infertility and adoption issuesInfertility and adoption issues Males and Females/Couples or singlesMales and Females/Couples or singles
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ttp://
www.postadoptionfamily.
com/index.php?
page=adoption-
counseling-news
O
verwhelming
S
tressful and foggy existence
M
ale stigma (loss of support)
F
emale stigma (fitting into the parent role)
D
istance from relationships together and
with other couples/parents
A
merican Society for
Reproductive Medicine
1209 Montgomery Highway
Birmingham , AL 35216-2809
Phone: 1- 205 - 978-5000
Web Address:
http://www.asrm.org
R
ESOLVE The National
Infertility Association
1760 Old Meadow Rd, Ste 500
McLean , VA 22102
Phone: 1- 703 - 556-7172
Web Address:
www.resolve.org
INFORMATION /RESEARCH
American Society Resolve
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL
I
nternational Council on Infertility Information Dissemination
P.O. Box 6836
Arlington , VA 22206
Phone: 1- 703 - 379-9178
Web Address: http://www.inciid.org
S
ome of the websites are information gathered by chat groups on line at
support sites. Personal experiences and daily connections with internet
GAINING CONNECTIONS
RESOURCES
I
nhorn, C. M., (2004). Middle Eastern Masculinities
in the Age of New technologies: Male infertility
and Stigma in Egypt and Lebanon. Medical
Anthropology Quarterly, 18, (2), 162-182.
EDITED BY:
SHANNON EASTER
KELLEY and NINJA
JAMES KELLEY
2/25/2012
SASS: 505.
Adoption Practice
and Policy