Not-Less
A space to talk about the emotional journey of infertility, fostering and adoption failure, the struggles of letting go, and finding peace in a life that didn’t go as planned.
Challenging Stigmas

Success and Failure. Why do we use these terms?

Success and Failure. Why do we use these terms?

  I am in Paris for Christmas, and I keep thinking about success and failure and why we use these words to measure women’s procreation via IVF. The image above shows me with my friend’s…

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Challenging Stigmas

The Jennifer Aniston Effect

The Jennifer Aniston Effect

The Jennifer Aniston Effect is what happens when one woman’s truth makes millions of others visible. After twenty years of speculation about when Jennifer Aniston would have children—or why she had not yet become a…

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Challenging Stigmas

Why Do We Have to Prove We Tried Everything?

Why Do We Have to Prove We Tried Everything?

There’s a question that has haunted me for years. A question that echoes in fertility clinics, family gatherings, even in whispered conversations with friends: “But did you try everything?” It’s not asked with cruelty (usually).…

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Challenging Stigmas

Childfree Not by Choice: No Kids, No Shame – A Manifesto

Childfree Not by Choice: No Kids, No Shame – A Manifesto

Embracing the Childfree Not by Choice Identity I never imagined I’d be writing publicly about being childfree not by choice. For the last year, I did not even have that phrase. I thought, “I am…

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