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Podcast: IVF Failed You - The "So Now What?" Podcast
Episode: Infertility and Othering: When You Don't Belong
Description: Infertility and Othering: When You Don't Belong Have you ever walked into a room and instantly thought, "I'm the only one here without kids"? That sinking feeling in your body is what is known as othering. Othering happens when you are seen, or you see yourself, as separate because you do not fit a societal mold. If you are childless after infertility or your IVF journey ended without the child you dreamed of, you know how often othering can happen. You get left out of conversations, your life experiences are dismissed, or someone makes...