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Today, let’s stand by those, childless and not b Today, let’s stand by those, childless and not by choice. 💜 We see you. We stand by you. We got you. One step at a time. 📹 via @ceci_fertilitycollective ❤️ #infertility #education #warrior #mrkh #hope #journey #community #support #peersupport #mentalhealth #mrkhwarrior #strength #mrkhempowerment #friendship #acceptance #mentalhealth #disclosure #journey #mrkheducation #rokitanskysyndrome #1in5000 #positive #wellbeing
Every journey is valid. This week is World Childl Every journey is valid. This week is World Childless Week. A week designed to raise awareness of the childless not by choice (cnbc) community and enable every childless person to share their story, their way and with confidence. No children - No less No womb - No less We are all beautiful and worthy. This empowering week is all about sharing the reality whilst exposing the joy that can also be present in a future that perhaps was not planned for. Join webinars, discussions and more on different topics as the voices of those across the childless community are shared. We are a proud supporter of World Childless Week and it's aims to do more to raise awareness and educate. Many in the MRKH community are also childless and we want your voices to also be heard. We have a page on our website called #lifewithoutchildren sharing resources, information and importantly OUR stories, contributions are always open. This is OUR week. @worldchildlessweek #infertility #education #warrior #mrkh #hope #journey #community #support #peersupport #mentalhealth #mrkhwarrior #strength #mrkhempowerment #friendship #acceptance #mentalhealth #disclosure #journey #mrkheducation #rokitanskysyndrome #1in5000 #positive #wellbeing #courage
Do you have an experience to share? Through our Do you have an experience to share? Through our partnership on the #FightForSurrogacy campaign we are working to make a change with respect to fairness for access to funding for fertility treatment but what is not well understood or documented is the mental health impact of the journey as a whole. Sara Gilmer, trainee Clinical Psychologist wawawellness joins MRKH Connect for a placement to explore this topic, focusing on the psychological impact of accessing fertility treatment in the UK under the NHS. Access to fertility funding for fertility preservation or for IVF is limited and unequally distributed in the UK if it is available at all. For those of us who also need a surrogate then that access is often even more limited and often those wishing to pursue this journey have to self fund. The impact of this is not just financial but also psychological. Our mental health is critical to our wellbeing. Do you have MRKH? Have you had fertility treatment in the UK? Are you willing to share your experience anonymously as part of professional research designed to understand the toll this takes on our mental health? The outcomes will further raise awareness of lack of mental health support for those facing a fertility journey and work to prioritise action to improve this. Find out more by following the link below or via News in our bio! Deadline to register interest: 30th September https://mrkhconnect.co.uk/new-research-participants-requested-on-the-impact-of-accessing-fertility-treatment-in-the-uk/ #warrior #mrkh #journey #research #ivf #fertilitypreservation #support #community #mrkhsyndrome #peersupport #rokitanskysyndrome #infertility #mrkhwarrior #youarenotalone #infertilitywarrior #mrkhempowerment #peersupport #mentalhealth #mrkheducation #strongertogether #wellbeing
I see you. This is Hannely's third piece in her I see you. This is Hannely's third piece in her Chronicles of my Echoed Reflections series. Thank you so much for sharing your words 🤍 "My goal is that by sharing my story, it might reach and support those who are experiencing similar challenges" @Just_Hany / @hr_vidarte #mrkh #poetry #hope #journey #community #support #peersupport #mentalhealth #infertility #education #warrior #mrkhwarrior #strength #mrkhempowerment #friendship #acceptance #mentalhealth #disclosure #journey #mrkheducation #rokitanskysyndrome #1in5000 #positive #wellbeing #courage
The lovely Charlie Watson over @therunnerbeans is The lovely Charlie Watson over @therunnerbeans is speaking at The Family Blueprint: London Symposium on 12th October, 2024 from 11am until 5pm, sharing her journey with MRKH and her path to parenthood via surrogacy. The Family Blueprint: London Symposium is a comprehensive one-day event hosted by Family Inceptions and powered by Fertility 360, designed specifically for UK citizens interested in surrogacy, egg donation, and understanding the nuances involved with alternative family building options. To register for this event and find out more, please head over to @familyinceptions ! Good luck, Charlie! 💜 #mrkh #surrogacy #infertility #surrogacyevent #mrkhwarrior #mrkheducation #mrkhawareness #mrkhcommunity #mrkhsurrogacy #mrkhevents
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courag “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” Mary Anne Radmache 💜 #warrior #mrkh #journey #courage #community #mrkhsyndrome #peersupport #rokitanskysyndrome #hope #diagnosis #infertility #mrkhwarrior #youarenotalone #infertilitywarrior #mrkhempowerment #peersupport #support #mentalhealth #mrkheducation #strongertogether #inspiration #wellness #wellbeing
WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! 👋👋👋 So, so WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! 👋👋👋 So, something major just happened! And we’d love to know what you thought!? ❤️ Yesterday, the coming-of-age comedy, Fitting In. Starring (as featured in this picture) @maddieziegler (star of Sia’s music videos) and @emilyhampshire (Schitt’s Creek, 12 Monkeys), was RELEASED and is available on Digital Download in the UK and Ireland 2024!🔥 Based on Writer and Director @mollymarymcglynn ‘s personal nightmare, Fitting In follows 16-year-old Lindy (Maddie Ziegler) who is unexpectedly diagnosed with a reproductive condition, MRKH syndrome. The diagnosis upends her plans to have sex, her presumptions about womanhood and sexuality, her relationship with her mother (Emily Hampshire), and most importantly, herself. This is the first film to ever be made about MRKH, and we are in absolute awe to be part of this incredible community. 🫶🫶🫶💖 Thank you to TMP The Movie Partnership, for featuring MRKH Connect as part of the Press Release! And Molly, thank you. Thank you for deciding to turn your sadness into success, into the world’s first film about MRKH. ____________________ Director and Written by @mollymarymcglynn Produced by: @jenniferlweiss Executive Producer: @janellemonae Cast: @maddieziegler @emilyhampshire @djouliet @dpharaohwoonatai @ki.sces _________________ FITTING IN is available to view on streaming platforms and you can find out more by heading to the link in our bio under News! Thank you to everyone for making this happen! ❤️ #mrkh #infertility #fittingin #fittinginmovie #lgbtq #bloodyhell #mrkhsyndrome #selflove #ivf #surrogacy #mrkhwarrior #mrkhmedia #stigma #taboo #bloodyhell #bfe #selflove #rokitansky #mrkhadvocate #mrkhuk #globalmrkh #rokitansky #rokitanksysyndrome #mrkhmovie #hope #bodyacceptance
What feels like the end is often the beginning. What feels like the end is often the beginning. On the day that the Fitting In movie becomes available in the UK and Ireland I'm (Charlie) reflecting on this statement and thinking how true it is and how much I wouldn't have believed it was possible when I was diagnosed. I sit here with a mix of trepidation, excitement and interest to watch this film. Whilst I don't know how it will make me feel I do know that MRKH may have changed my expected path but I am also all the richer for what I have learnt along the way about myself, my own strength and this incredible community and the opportunities it has provided. Life comes with ups and downs, it unfortunately always will, but there is a strength there we may not feel at the time but with time and support will be something we can look back on and think, wow, i did that, I took that leap and I made it through. MRKH will always be a part of us it doesn't define who we are. We simply grow around it and with it. Maybe this isn't the end, maybe this is just the start. You are not alone ~Charlie 💜@iuliastration #mrkh #mrkhwarrior #warrior #infertility #community #teamwork #strongertogether #strength #courage #brave #peersupport #support #mentalhealth #mrkhempowerment #mrkheducation #diagnosis #health
This is Hannely's second piece in her Chronicles o This is Hannely's second piece in her Chronicles of my Echoed Reflections series. Thank you so much for sharing your words 🤍 "My goal is that by sharing my story, it might reach and support those who are experiencing similar challenges" @Just_Hany / @hr_vidarte #mrkh #poetry #hope #journey #community #support #peersupport #mentalhealth #infertility #education #warrior #mrkhwarrior #strength #mrkhempowerment #friendship #acceptance #mentalhealth #disclosure #journey #mrkheducation #rokitanskysyndrome #1in5000 #positive #wellbeing #courage
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