The Globe and Mail Jon Waldman Published April 17, 2021
Jon Waldman is the Winnipeg-based author of Swimming Aimlessly: One Man’s Journey through Infertility and What We Can All Learn from It.
Infertility is isolating. There’s no simpler way to put it.
When you’re unable to have children by natural means, you feel, in many ways, that you’re not only different than your family and friends, but that your life is going to be in a constant battle to get even close to where your peers are. Being told things such as “you’d better catch up” hurt like hell (and yes, that happened to me).