Have a guess! Winner will get bragging rights and a low budget giftie type situational thing.
And while we are in a polling state of mind here is another one. I have a little bit to say on this, but feel free to elaborate within the comments.
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I voted yes but only for the reality stars that follow the “jon and kate+8″ trend. Normal celebrities dont necessarily need to disclose that info, its private to them, but if your going to start a show about your big family then your not all that intrested in privacy to begin with.
Darn, this thing ate my last comment.
I don’t think anyone should have to disclose anything about baby making procedures, if they don’t want to. Protection of the child and everything. But Vanessa makes a good point about reality stars.
I shall enter your baby pool. You won mine, so I get to win yours, right? Plus, I’ve now won two of these things and one was SCARY close.
Should they HAVE to? Absolutely not because it’s none of my business.
If they want to I think it’s great!
Of course, they shouldn’t have to disclose anything, because it is private, but it would be helpful if they did, if only for all those women who think it’s no big deal to get pregnant in your 40s, because so many stars have done it lately.
If we had any idea how many of those stars had some “help” – especially how many used donor eggs – I think the average Jane would have a more realistic picture of what forty-year-old-fertility really looks like.
(This is said as a woman who, at 39, was unable to get pregnant through 5 rounds of IUI with my own eggs, but was finally successful, doing IVF with my partner’s eggs.)
I voted private, but I need to clarify myself.
I don’t think strangers need to know that I, personally, did fertility treatments, so I don’t think that celebreties are any different in that regard. Anybody is entitled to privacy about their reproductive health and fertility.
BUT.
I also don’t go around telling people that twins run in my family, because that would be implicit lying.
So, in summary, it’s nobody’s business, but that doesn’t mean you should fib about it.
J
I guessed in the first part, but didn’t do the second. I don’t think they should have to, no. But I hate it when people lie about it. Or change their story. If they’re going to talk about it at all, I’d rather they be truthful, so that people can understand better. But I think that they have a right to privacy at the same time.
So I didn’t vote because I’m not really falling into any of the alloted categories… I’m not sure that they “should”, as in, I don’t think they should have to. But I don’t like it when they lie about it. I guess I’d rather they play the “none of your business” card than the “ohhhh, yessss, we had 10 children who all share the same birth date and noooo they weren’t concevied with fertility treatments”. Do they think we’re dumb?
I voted yes. What I really think is that anyone who is even remotely “normal” should disclose their struggles as much as possible. It seems like that is one of the biggest complaints that IFer’s have, feeling isolated. The only way for all of us to rise out of it is to get a lot of dialogue started.
That is why I was so pissed at the Dixie Chicks when they said that thing about Bush and started so much upheaval They were seen as “normal” celebrities and had such an amazing platform to talk about their IF and then they blew it on a political commentary that didn’t change a damn thing. Gah!!! .
I voeted yes only because I think it would make others realize just how far reaching infertility is. It’s one thing when the family down the street suffers through it. But, Jennifer Aniston? Oh my! Something needs to be done then! If more and more people talked about it, maybe the government could “encourage” insurance agencies to stop considering some forms of ART “cosmetic”.
I don’t they should HAVE to reveal anything but I appreciate those celebrities who have come forward. I think it’s a dirty little secret but then again so is all the plastic surgery/Botox done in Hollywood.
I voted that I don’t give a flip, but then when I thought about it more, I realized that I do think those ginormous reality TV families should fully disclose how they got their litters. It’s so common for people to go on and on about what an act of God it was for this to happen when it was really an act of science. The general public should be more aware of this.
I am now in agreement with a bunch of PPs that were celebrities to share their fertility struggles even a little more that it might help the average Jane realize that her struggles aren’t so unusual after all.
the more people that “come out” about a subject, the less taboo it becomes.
I don’t think they should HAVE to disclose anything. Would be nice if more voluntarily discussed IF and treatments…and definately don’t like to see out and out lies regarding whether or not treatment was used. But no one should ever feel they have to disclose to the public just because of their celebrity status.
Yeah, i don’t think ANYONE regardless of social/entertainment status should HAVE to disclose something so intimate, but i do think that using their celebrity status to shed light on the issues of IVF and infertility in general does a great service to woman who feel so utterly alone.
Oh and i apologize again for my unseemly rant yesterday…