To Blog or Not to Blog June 28, 2004
That is indeed the question. I’m not referring to this blog. I think getting all my crap out there is somewhat therapeutic for me. I’ve been toying with the idea of starting a second blog to keep our families up to date on the whole IVF thing. I’m not really sure if that’s a good idea or not.
On one hand, it would be nice not to have to update several people, all at different times, over the phone. I know they’re gonna want to know how things are going, etc. Plus, I think it would be good for our families to know exactly what we’re going through. There’s so much to learn about IVF, and I think this would be a good way for our families to be informed. It’s not like they’re all going to go buy books on the topic or spend hours researching it on the net. (Well, maybe my mother-in-law will, but that’s it.)
On the other hand, do I really want to give these people that much information? They’re my family, I realize, but in general, I’m a pretty private person. No one in either of our families knew about our struggle with infertility until my husband was about to have his first surgery. I’m not really concerned with them “getting it” or having any “moral concerns” about it. They’re all highly intelligent, scientifically minded people. I’m also not concerned about it being a hot topic among other people. So far, they’ve all been good about “keeping it among the family,” like we’ve requested.
So, I don’t really know what my hang up is. Am I worried that they’re going to learn too much about me? Am I worried that we’re going to go through all of that and it not work, and then it will all be immortalized forever? (ok, yes on that one.) I just don’t know. I do know that if we have a negative at the end of our cycle, it will be easier to tell our families on a blog versus over the phone. I guess the other alternative is to just give them a very, very general timeline for things, so immediate updates will be unnecessary. Oh, decisions, decisions.
- Posted in : various other ramblings
- Author : amanda
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