[blparent] Question for Single folks who may have tried ArtificialInsemination, IVF or similar things

[Danielle Antoine]

Maybe not but you can certainly find a way to slip in your sermon. I
know I would. Bleh! Bleh! to that doctor. I found out a long time ago
a Master's or PhD. doesn't say much about good ol' common sense and
compassion. Forget homework apparently. I'd call up the National
center I try to speak with someone about this. Stupidity at it's
brightest!



On 2/5/15, Jo Elizabeth Pinto via blparent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Michelle, I'm gagging along with you.  I wish I could say I'm surprised by
> the narrow-minded attitudes of sighted people in general and the medical
> community in particular, but I'm not.  I've been through eight years of
> infertility treatments, and although I stopped short of considering
> artificial insemination or IVF as options for myself and eventually
> conceived a baby and carried her to term--to my utter shock and complete
> joy--I understand your agony to the extent that one human being can
> empathize with another.
>
> Beyond empathy and strengthened resolve to educate a woefully ignorant world
>
> one idiot at a time, I can't offer you much except encouragement to keep
> looking.  Do you have to get a referral in Canada before you can go to a
> fertility clinic, or can you visit one on your own?  What about clinics in
> the U.S.?  Is there an organization in Canada that advocates for the blind?
>
> Also, when I was having trouble with difficult family members who doubted my
>
> ability to be a parent and wanted to take my baby away from me at birth, I
> contacted a wonderful organization called Through the Looking Glass.  It's
> an advocacy group for parents with disabilities.  I don't know if the
> services of that organization would include would-be disabled parents who
> want to try artificial insemination, or if they serve Canadian parents, but
>
> it couldn't hurt to contact them at www.lookingglass.org.  They might know
> where to point you, at least.
>
> Best of luck, and don't give up!
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may
> kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at
> evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michelle Creedy via blparent
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 8:11 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] Question for Single folks who may have tried
> ArtificialInsemination, IVF or similar things
>
> Hello List
>
>
>
> I know this is a somewhat personal topic, but I need some advice. In my
> single state, I've been pondering having a baby. I'm now off disability and
> all that and feel that I would like to consider artificial insemination. I
> just had the most distressing thing happen to me! I'd gone to see my family
> doctor who was supportive about the whole thing. He promised to make a
> referral for me. I called my doctor to ask where the referral was too. He
> said that the clinics all said I wouldn't pass the social test because I'm
> blind. It was the single and blind thing together. Made some remark about
> babies choking and all that. I told him about all the capable blind parents
> I know. I was hoping he may try to advocate on my behalf but no. You
> wouldn't know when the baby was choking. He seemed supportive and I don't
> know whether he just didn't know what to say. He clames he believes in me
> and has had my file sitting on his desk not sure how to call me.
> Apparently,
> the doctors all believe I'd not pass because I'd need 24/7 care with me.
> That honestly almost made me gag!
>
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> I plan on calling around to fertility clinics tomorrow. I also plan on
> talking to my lawyer.
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> I'm in Canada in case anyone has Canadian experience with this.
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> God bless the Federation as I try to write Sunday's sermon! That's not
> going
> all that well. All I feel like doing is standing up in the pulpit and
> ranting about sighted people's attitudes about blindness but we all know
> I'll be a good little minister and not do that.
>
>
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> Michelle
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