Khloe Kardashian is Pissing Me Off

Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom married in 2009. Since that time the couple has been trying to conceive, and haven't been successful.  According to Perez Hilton on May 7, 2013, Khloe had an interview with Redbook magazine where she discussed her infertility issues. She claimed she wants everyone to know the "truth." Many applaud her for coming out and discussing her pregnancy issue, but I, along with many others, question whether she’s telling herself "the truth."

In the article Khloe discusses hormone treatments that she has undergone to try to get pregnant. “It’s more about my hormones being off.  I was taking hormone shots to stabilize them, and you have to take those shots consistently and they have to be done by a doctor—you can do them yourself, but I couldn’t.  And then after your cycle, you have to go to the doctor for ultrasounds and more testing. And if I’m in Miami and miss a treatment, I have to start all over again. It’s a commitment and I don’t mind doing it, but the timing was just off.”

Khloe wants everyone to know that she is "not infertile and that she is tired of discussing the issue."

And this is what pisses me off.  The very definition of infertility is a lack of conception after 12 consecutive months of unprotected sex with a fertile partner.  There are many causes of it, and hormonal imbalances and irregularities are one of the many of them.  She is in denial and it is pissing me off that she won't own this.

Look, I get it.  Nobody likes being labeled, especially by others, and particularly when it's something we find to be negative.  But COME ON!  You can't just say you're not infertile and make it be true!  You've been trying for 3.5 years and haven't gotten pregnant yet!  That's the definition of infertility!

And get this, she does admit that she thinks her difficulty in getting pregnant has helped a lot of other women who are struggling with similar issues.... except for the fact that the entire interview demonstrates that she is completely attempting to separate herself from these women!  She clearly does not want to be identified with women struggling from infertility, so why claim that you are proud to have helped them?!?!?!?

How cowardly and two-faced.

I used to like her, she was my favorite of all three of the Kardashian sisters.  This is an opportunity for her to become an activist and a role-model, and instead she is in denial and diminishes the truth of the struggle that 12% of American women are facing.

Come on Khloe, be brave and own this.  Lead the way for us. Continue bringing awareness to this issue instead of shying away from it.  Help us teach society that this is a medical disease and it is okay to talk about it.  Lead by example.  Show us that it is not something to be ashamed of.  Help us create awareness and demand equality, so that all states will mandate health insurance coverage.  Help us, don't lie to yourself that you are not one of us.  None of us wished this for ourselves either, but you could be a voice for us.  You could do something to further our cause.  Use your celebrity and fame to say the things we are thinking, talking, and blogging about.   Advocate for us.  Speak up for us so that more of us can someday achieve what we are all dreaming of, children and families of our very own, and if nothing else, acceptance and support.

You did great things for animals suffering from in-humane cruelty when you advocated with PETA, now do the same for something that hits even closer to home.  Continue making a name for yourself as the Kardashian with substance, courage, and strength.  Do this for the sisterhood you belong too whether you want to admit it to yourself or not.

Rant over.  I hope she bounces back from the press this interview is currently generating, and I hope it's in a way that supports infertile women, rather than ostracizing them.

This is how crazy I am

So Prince William & Princess Kate are pregnant.  I'm curious and my attention directly gets sucked into any news about their condition... and I should be happy for them like the rest of the world, but I'm not.

I always kind of felt like my life mirrored Prince William's.  My parents got married the same year as Charles & Diana, and I'm only about 9 months older than the first-born prince.  I got married about 10 months before the current Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, and I just hoped in my silly-little fantasy mind of mine that we'd get pregnant around the same time as the royal couple.

I don't wish the heartache of infertility on anyone, but part of me takes comfort when celebrities share their stories of infertility tragedy & triumph.  I'm glad the princess is NOT suffering from infertility, but if she was, like me, it would bring a lot more awareness to a growing problem in modern society.

If infertility wasn't such a stigma, and more people talked openly about it, and more became aware of it, maybe someday ART could be covered by health insurance and our pocketbooks wouldn't determine our eligibility to conceive and give birth.

Like I said yesterday, B & I need to move to a European country where this stuff is covered so I can stop projecting my own angst onto every celebrity, acquaintance, friend, and relative who gets pregnant.

Seriously, I'm upset about Princess Kate being pregnant (and announcing it at 8 weeks, that just seems cocky!)?  As the title of this post says, it just goes to show you how cray cray I'm really becoming.  Glad I can say these things here so I don't have to say them out loud!  Maybe there is something to that Dutch study about involuntarily childless couples having a higher risk of psychiatric illness... ;)