Unintentionally childless: blogger breaks with taboo topic
Every seventh couple in Germany cannot have children naturally or has difficulties doing so. Childlessness is still a taboo topic today and only a few of those affected talk about it. Blogger Claudia Remsing breaks with this taboo and starts a courageous campaign, followed by hundreds of women – with pictures of their bellies.
The desire has been there for a long time. For months – sometimes for years. But it just won’t work. According to statistics from “Zeit Online” , around 6 million people are unintentionally childless.
Most of those affected remain silent
Most couples don’t talk about it and work it out among themselves. The pain and suffering between the eternal hope and fear is too great. The physical and mental scars are deep. Many find it difficult to open up about the problem to family and friends. The fear of digging too deep and reopening wounds that have just healed being opened up again and again is too great, or of – mostly unintentional – know-it-all attitudes like: “Perhaps you should take a more relaxed approach to the matter. Stress is not good!”
Action #1of7: hundreds of women are taking part
Blogger Claudia Remsing, who has been suffering from her unfulfilled desire to have children for 10 years, does not want to remain silent. She regularly posts articles on this topic on her Instagram account, wegweiser.kinder Wunsch, and shares her personal experiences. Under the hashtag #1 of 7, Claudia has started a campaign in which she calls on other women with an unfulfilled desire to have children to show their bellies, which have remained empty.
Hundreds of women followed Claudia’s call and shared pictures of their bellies. They are happy about the solidarity of their fellow sufferers.
The physical exertion can be clearly seen in some of the pictures. Because fertility treatments are often associated with pain and injuries.
Claudia gave me a voice for her campaign, women who suffer from an unfulfilled desire to have children. We think: an impressive call to break with a taboo topic.
In our article “Coping with an unfulfilled desire to have children as a couple” you will get tips on how you can master this stress test together.