Abstract
When the author was diagnosed with infertility, she made a decision most individuals who cannot naturally conceive rarely do: she took a break from “trying” and began to write about her experiences. During this time, she met another infertile woman who also was also taking a pause from fertility treatment and using art as a method to cope with her recent reproductive loss. This multimodal essay narrates the artistic journey these two women embarked on and illustrates how art became a tactic to counter more dominant narratives of infertility.
Recommended Citation
Novotny, Maria
(2019)
"The ART of Infertility: Finding Friendship & Healing After Reproductive Loss,"
Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine: Vol. 4:
Iss.
1, Article 19.
Available at:
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/survive_thrive/vol4/iss1/19