I signed a release and what I am about to do is probably not allowed by some clause or another (I wasn’t given a copy) but I just read the post by Mel and I swear to you I didn’t know that was what they said. I got an email from AFA and I don’t think they knew either.
Well its Tuesday, January 15, 2008. I received a very nice phone call from a lawyer for the show reminding me about certain clauses in the agreement I had signed so to comply with it I have taken down the details of the show. Thank you all for your support and great comments.
To quote a great tv show: “The Truth is out there.”
What sensationalistic bullshit. How about some REALITY for once? I’m glad you didn’t give them what they wanted, and that you looked GOOD!
sheesh. I HATE that she had to start the show with cartoon crap that isn’t helpful at all. But at least the grounding people in the audience were able to humanize the truth of the hell that is ttc. Let’s hope they don’t edit this into shit…
& I KNOW you looked awesome.
xoxo
It sounds like you handled it great, and I still want to know when the episode is airing. I want to see your outfit.
ditto Melody!
Good for you for providing what decorum you could to a classless show! I am sure the show will be edited…it would be a shame to see anything “real” end up on the cutting room floor!
First visit here and…just…wow.
Brave of you for going in the first place. Sounds like you looked amazing and represented reality well. I just feel so bad for you getting shanghied like that.
May I link to your blog?
You go girl! Way to be dignified and honest, even in a circus.
Thank you so much for being brave and speaking up.
VERY proud of you ~ for all of it!
Go you; you rock!–do you know when the show is going to air?
I wonder if the two shows–the one pushed by AFA and Resolve and the one listed on their site are two different episodes because the other one is still up as a future episode and this one taped yesterday?
Regardless, what crap.
Must have been tough to hold it together amidst the crap . . .
My heart goes out to you. What utter and complete bullshit! But you did well. I think they deliberately put out calls for response in a manipulative manner. Why would anyone who wants to portray infertility in a compassionate and responsible manner put out calls that would bring out extreme cases if they really wanted to educate and inform people?!!!! They wouldn’t! It’s just to sensationalize and degrade real people with real issues.
I’m so sorry this was your experience. It’s not fun to be sitting in the middle of a tornado. I’m sure you did the very best that you could. There is just no stopping this kind of tabloid garbage. You put yourself out there and I think that was incredibly brave.
I think Tyra is a bitch, sorry I just hate the girl. I hate the way IF is presented, completely trivialized. Thanks for carrying yourself with such dignity and grace when it was obvious this show was hoping for the opposite.
Wow, so sorry you got blindsided into that experience. I think its amazingly strong of you to rise about them and not let them senstationalize your story.
Sounds like you did a great job representing the IF community. Sorry that it couldn’t have been a more pleasant experience.
And yes, please do tell us when the show will be aired.
yes, because the real trials & triumphs of trying to have a baby apparently aren’t dramatic enough?
What a crock of shit.
Tyra is a TWAT. The producers are twats. You are a star. Thanks for speaking for us amidst all that bullshit.
Yuck. They had to end an infertility show with a baby? Niiiicceee.
I just agree with everyone! Wanted to offer you my support! I would have probably cried and spit at Tyra…
Told ALL my friends about it!
Sounds like you did great even if the show was a big bunch of junk. Oh and bring out the woman who adopted a baby because it’s sooo much easier to do. Yeah right.
Cheers to you for keeping it together in what I am sure felt like a very compromising position!
I hope you don’t mind – I linked to you and your report at http://www.fertilitynotes.com.
Thank you, for being a strong and confident voice, and for not giving them what they wanted.
Well done for remaining composed! I think that’s probably the most important thing under the circumstances.
Bea
Sounds like you did a great job.
I too called and was trying to go ont he show. Thank god I did not. I got a phone call from the producer and was told after I emailed them my situation of 3 IUI’s and 3 IVF with 2 miscarriages. They knew my story, but wanted me to explain the whole story. I said you got all of the story do far….going for a 4th IVF if I can remortgage my house for the third time. Well tell me how it makes you feel? She had to call me back because she had to go down the hall on an emergency. She never called back! Thank goodness. But if I actually went, there would have been no hissy fit, there would have been a kick ass fit! How dare they?? We are people, who have feelings! We are not desperate, we are nurturing people who would like to have the feeling of carrying a baby on our own. And if modern technology can allow us to do that, then we have every right!
I am glad that you were there and I am glad you spoke up. I am disappointed in Tyra but not surprised.