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Speaker: This week has been National Infertility Awareness Week, and the theme this year has been more than, more than a diagnosis, more than a single chapter of your life, more than what your body can or cannot do. On this final day of the week, I want to say something clearly. Infertility awareness doesn't end when this week does. But as this week comes to a close, there's a bigger question. What does it look like to carry this forward? Because after nearly two decades in this space, I can tell you, it doesn't end when the awareness week does. This is something people carry with them long after the post-stop and the conversations quiet down. In this work, awareness isn't seasonal. It shows up in the everyday moments people don't always see. It shows up in the everyday moments of this work. In the phone calls when someone has just received difficult news. In the emails that come late at night when questions won't quiet down. In long conversations about options, expectations, and what comes next. And so sometimes it's simply sitting with someone while they process what this journey is asking of them. We've always believed that this work has to be more than matching because building a family is deeply personal. It requires guidance.
Speaker: It requires honesty. And it requires responsibility because how families are built matter just as much as the fact that they are. And sometimes it just requires someone steady walking alongside you. Building families isn't a campaign, it's a commitment. And infertility awareness isn't something we talk about for just one week in April. It's something we carry with us all year long.
Speaker: For so many people, this journey doesn't just change your plans. It changes how you show up in the world. You become more aware, more connected to other people's stories. And for many people, what starts as just the hardest chapters of their lives becomes something they carry forward with purpose. That might look like advocating. It might look like sharing your story. It might look like helping another family as a surrogate or an egg donor. There are many ways to stay connected to this work and to be part of what helps someone else move forward. If you're navigating infertility right now, if you're considering egg donation or surrogacy, or simply trying to understand what your options are, please hear this. You are more than infertility. And this story doesn't end here because building families, protecting people, and doing it the right way is bigger than a week. It's something we can carry forward.
Speaker: Thank you.
