More than ever we need these stories and need to know that people like Ilana and Beth live among us

Yes, well said. It is also what we lose when opportunity is based on station in life and accidents of birth instead of ability and what people have to offer to us all

Good point about the men! And thanks for seeing and enjoying the humor in this used to be serious phenomena.

I did check it out and didn’t see anyplace to respond there. But for you to know, it came up very big, as in some of it bled off the page. and I didn’t see a place to repsond.

Excellent response. Many years ago when I worked in respidential treatment, we had a psychiatrist, who was mediocre, not bad or good in his job. One say, several of us women were talking about pregnancy and birth, and instead of just talking about the negatives, we talked about what it felt like to be able to do this. Dr, just listened, but then said, “Well, we men can grow beards”. Seriously, he was comparing growing a beard to bringing life into the world. I couldn’t read his mind and didn’t want to, but frankly, if anything talked about envy, and his, as you said was that was womb envy. Thanks for the comment, very insightful

Thank you, I will try to look into it, but not technically adept