Comments on: Lessons from Japan: Part 2 http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/japan-2/ ...or that's the goal, anyway. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:01:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jessica http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/japan-2/#comment-353 Jessica Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:43:41 +0000 http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-353 Thank you for such an informative post. I wasn't aware of any of this in Japan (culture or media coverage of her infertility). You learn something new every day. Here via ICLW Thank you for such an informative post. I wasn’t aware of any of this in Japan (culture or media coverage of her infertility). You learn something new every day.

Here via ICLW

]]> By: Nancy http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/japan-2/#comment-352 Nancy Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:40:24 +0000 http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-352 Oh my goodness. Stories like that never even occurred to me. Wow. To see how an entire nation of people aren't happy with a little girl. Oh my goodness. Stories like that never even occurred to me. Wow.

To see how an entire nation of people aren’t happy with a little girl.

]]> By: Sweetgeorgia http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/japan-2/#comment-351 Sweetgeorgia Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:51:01 +0000 http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-351 Wow, my heart goes out to this woman. To have to publicly live through infertility is unthinkably cruel. Wow, my heart goes out to this woman. To have to publicly live through infertility is unthinkably cruel.

]]> By: Anna http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/japan-2/#comment-350 Anna Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:59:18 +0000 http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-350 Your posts are always so well thought out and beautifully written. Beyond the great narrative your point has been well made. I've always wondered about countries such as India and China where boys are preferable to girls. Who do these parents expect their son to grow up and marry if only sons were born. I've seen to a lesser extent the same thing with Eva Longoria. I believe she made the mistake of making her personal life too accessible to the media and now they keep asking when she's going to have a baby, whether she's 'working' on it etc. I don't think most people care, but, the gossip shows keep asking and talking about it as if anyone is interested. Poor Masako didn't have a choice. Unfortunately, we all have our crosses to bear--in whichever form they manifest themselves--. The beauty, if such a term can be used, is to try to grow from such adversity. That which doesn't kill us will only make us stronger. Thanks for the beautiful post. Anna. Your posts are always so well thought out and beautifully written. Beyond the great narrative your point has been well made.
I’ve always wondered about countries such as India and China where boys are preferable to girls. Who do these parents expect their son to grow up and marry if only sons were born.
I’ve seen to a lesser extent the same thing with Eva Longoria. I believe she made the mistake of making her personal life too accessible to the media and now they keep asking when she’s going to have a baby, whether she’s ‘working’ on it etc. I don’t think most people care, but, the gossip shows keep asking and talking about it as if anyone is interested. Poor Masako didn’t have a choice.
Unfortunately, we all have our crosses to bear–in whichever form they manifest themselves–.
The beauty, if such a term can be used, is to try to grow from such adversity. That which doesn’t kill us will only make us stronger.
Thanks for the beautiful post.
Anna.

]]> By: Dora http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/japan-2/#comment-349 Dora Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:24:24 +0000 http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-349 Wow, I didn't know about that. Thanks. Wow, I didn’t know about that. Thanks.

]]> By: JuliaS http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/japan-2/#comment-347 JuliaS Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:07:26 +0000 http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-347 Wonderful post - I have always been touched by the story of Princess Masako. She is such a beautiful and intelligent woman - I cried for her when she had her first miscarriage. ICLW Wonderful post – I have always been touched by the story of Princess Masako. She is such a beautiful and intelligent woman – I cried for her when she had her first miscarriage.

ICLW

]]> By: Cara http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/japan-2/#comment-346 Cara Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:22:11 +0000 http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-346 What an amazing story! I love the perspective it brings to our variety of situations. Thanks for the history lesson too, cause you described it so vivdly! (I suck at history!) What an amazing story! I love the perspective it brings to our variety of situations. Thanks for the history lesson too, cause you described it so vivdly! (I suck at history!)

]]> By: Kelly D http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/japan-2/#comment-345 Kelly D Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:14:29 +0000 http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-345 Great posts. As most of us know, having a girl in China is bad too, princess or not. I feel so sorry for this Japanese princess because the joy of being a mom was taken from her the minute she found out it was a girl and not the boy that everyone was hoping/expecting. We still have a long way to go with infertility awareness... Great posts. As most of us know, having a girl in China is bad too, princess or not. I feel so sorry for this Japanese princess because the joy of being a mom was taken from her the minute she found out it was a girl and not the boy that everyone was hoping/expecting.

We still have a long way to go with infertility awareness…

]]> By: Arpee http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/japan-2/#comment-344 Arpee Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:15:27 +0000 http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-344 Wow...how oppressive. I did not know this of Japan. Thanks for bringing this into light. Here I am with not a lot of people paying attention to my IF journey and boy, I still feel pressure. How much more this real-life, modern princess who is in the limelight? I feel for her... Wow…how oppressive. I did not know this of Japan. Thanks for bringing this into light.

Here I am with not a lot of people paying attention to my IF journey and boy, I still feel pressure.

How much more this real-life, modern princess who is in the limelight? I feel for her…

]]> By: mdep http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/japan-2/#comment-343 mdep Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:07:00 +0000 http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-343 Wow. That is just devestating. So sad that this already difficult situation has pushed her into an isolated depression that she must face under the pressure of her country. Wow. That is just devestating. So sad that this already difficult situation has pushed her into an isolated depression that she must face under the pressure of her country.

]]> By: Nity http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/japan-2/#comment-342 Nity Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:15:29 +0000 http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-342 Thanks for sharing that. I haven't kept up with news around the world lately, but I vaguely remember her having a girl. I didn't think I consciously put together IF. It's pretty amazing to think about the pressures we put on our own selves TTC, I cannot imagine having the pressure of a nation and a gov't on top of that!! Not sure what type of drugs - it might just be general, but they don't let you go home alone. I remember having my wisdom teeth out and I had to have someone there with me too. Maybe it's just that they're over cautious. **HUGS** Thanks for sharing that. I haven’t kept up with news around the world lately, but I vaguely remember her having a girl. I didn’t think I consciously put together IF. It’s pretty amazing to think about the pressures we put on our own selves TTC, I cannot imagine having the pressure of a nation and a gov’t on top of that!!

Not sure what type of drugs – it might just be general, but they don’t let you go home alone. I remember having my wisdom teeth out and I had to have someone there with me too. Maybe it’s just that they’re over cautious.

**HUGS**

]]> By: Danielle http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/japan-2/#comment-340 Danielle Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:10:11 +0000 http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-340 Great story! I was really looking forward to part 2, and as always, you didn't disappoint! My heart goes out to her and her daughter. I hops she doesn't feel unwanted. I can't imagine the guilt she feels for not "doing her job". Sad. Enjoy your day! -D *ICLW* Great story! I was really looking forward to part 2, and as always, you didn’t disappoint! My heart goes out to her and her daughter. I hops she doesn’t feel unwanted. I can’t imagine the guilt she feels for not “doing her job”. Sad.
Enjoy your day!
-D *ICLW*

]]> By: Michelle http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/japan-2/#comment-339 Michelle Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:37:58 +0000 http://babysmiling.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-339 I guess being a princess isn't all it's cracked up to be. I remember hearing bits and pieces of her story awhile back, and my heart does go out to her. Infertility sucks, but in the public eye, with cultural expectations, it has to be much, much worse. ICLW I guess being a princess isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. I remember hearing bits and pieces of her story awhile back, and my heart does go out to her. Infertility sucks, but in the public eye, with cultural expectations, it has to be much, much worse. ICLW

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