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

[Michelle Creedy]

That's a great idea! I'll call tomorrow.

Michelle


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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle
Antoine via blparent
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 9:47 PM
To: Jo Elizabeth Pinto; Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Question for Single folks who may have tried
ArtificialInsemination, IVF or similar things

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!
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Michelle
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