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For more information about this film, its creator, and what you can do to raise awareness about infertility, please visit HannahWeptSarahLaughed.com.

Thank you to everyone who has shared this video online with others. Every person who shares this with another helps to raise awareness about infertility. Please continue this grassroots advocacy by continuing to share this video online!

My hope is that this video illustrates the "everydayness" of coping with infertility and that by publicly "outing" myself and my struggle with infertility that I can help erase some of the stigma surrounding the subject. I hope I can be a voice for those women and couples who can't speak up or speak out for themselves.

What IF we no longer remain silent about our infertility What IF we give infertility a face, a name, a story? What IF we can become a positive force for change?

What IF we don't give up hope?

Winner: Hope Award for Best Viral Video, RESOLVE - 2010; Grand Prize Video, "This Is Me" Video Contest, Wellsphere.com - 2010.

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  • Claire Smithney 1 year ago
    I am so moved by this.
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  • arielmeadow 1 year ago
    Thanks so much to Claire for sending this to me. Five years of infertility came rushing back to me watching this video...thank you so much for sharing it.
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  • tesspantaz 1 year ago
    What a beautiful, well-done piece. What a strong, wonderful message for women. Thank you.
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  • Keiko Zoll plus 1 year ago
    Thank you to all who have shown such an outpouring of support. The retweets, the shares on Facebook, the reposting on your blogs... I'm humbled and deeply grateful. Thank you for continuing to spread the word to raise awareness- that was my one goal in making this video, and it looks like I've met it!
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  • Circle + Bloom plus 1 year ago
    Beautiful Keiko! We will be posting on our Facebook page and probably our blog as well. All the best to you and thank you for sharing this! Joanne ~ Circle + Bloom
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  • Sonya Hagaman 1 year ago
    My husband and I have been struggling with infertility for 18 months. It is the most heartbreaking experience of my life and so few people truly understand it. I was very moved and inspired by your video. It always helps to know there are others who understand exactly how I feel. Thank you.
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  • Kimberly Chambers 1 year ago
    Thank you for posting this! I have been "If" since i was 21 when I learn that I was. I have endo and PCOS real bad. I have had a a few MC, and have one living son. For five and a half years I lived with "If" before I had my son, then now we dealing with "If" again. I was told that "if" goes away after you have one living child, but I am finding out that is not ture. Once again we are trying for the past 18 months. Thank you for making this it helps so much that others are going though this too. People can be so mean and told me to get over this and be happy. That I am selfish to put myself though all of this heartache. I have been posting on facebook about "if" all week long and you either get good stuff back or negtive stuff back from people. People think I am over reacting when it comes to "IF". I am glad their more people who are understanding.
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  • arielmeadow 1 year ago
    offbeatmama.com/2010/05/coming-out-of-the-infertility-closet
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  • Chloe Brownlee-Chapman 1 year ago
    Thank you. This helps to know I'm not the only one who asks What If? x
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  • Exodus Productions plus 1 year ago
    Keiko great job with your video and your message! Please join us also at
    TheFertilityChase.com for many inspirational videos on Infertility and let's collaborate to reach out to those suffering from infertility.
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  • Kim Kurtis 1 year ago
    this was lovely...thank you for sharing your story.
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  • dell marchant 1 year ago
    very moving.... for a subject so hard to talk about, this was beautifully done... ive watching this 3 times in 2 days and feel like crying everytime. its so real. I made my husband sit down and watch it with me today and he thought it was amazing. thank youm xxx
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  • jamie abruzese 1 year ago
    This was wonderfully done. I have to say that it is not easy to talk about the struggle with infertility with others as they do not fully understand. I have experienced 6 miscarriages and have been dealing with infertility for 2 years. Sometimes I just want to wear a sign on my back that says "infertile", so people will stop asking me when we are going to start a family. You have inspired me to stop the stigma of infertility and become an advocate. I am 30 years old and unfortunately have come to the end of our journey as my insurance does not cover IVF. Thank you for being an inspiration. You are a strong and amazing person!
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  • Adi Wajnberg 1 year ago
    Thank you for making and posting this. My husband and I have been trying for our first for nearly 18 months, with only 2 miscarriages and an episode of clinical depression to show for it.

    I am 32 and next week will hve a hysteroscopy and D&C to try and get to the bottom of this. This after being told that I didn't qualify for automatic testing since I hadn't had 3 miscarriages.

    While we are not at the IVF stage yet, I am so glad that where I am, in Australia, there is at least some public funding for IVF. I will post this on Facebook too
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  • tamara fuller 1 year ago
    Thank you Keiko for posting such an incredibly moving video. We have been trying to conceive since January 2008.

    After 2 years of failed IVF attempts, surgery and two miscarriages - one of those only 2 weeks ago at 10w2days, I am finding it difficult to move on.

    Today I would have hit my second trimester so it was always going to be a tough one to go through. You have reminded me that there is hope and there are many other women walking the same path as me.

    You have certainly touched my heart. I wish you all the luck in the world.

    I will send this to all my IVF girls in Australia

    x
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  • nicole fraser 1 year ago
    Wow. I cried when i saw this. Thank you for sharing your story. What a really great job you did. It really lets the fertiles out there , that there are others struggling with issues.
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  • andrea 1 year ago
    amazing. thank you.
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  • Whitney Anderson 1 year ago
    great job. i feel like it's a video of my innermost thoughts.
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  • rurugby 1 year ago
    This really hit me hard -- me and my wife have not been using protection for over 7 years now and are not parents and are working towards doing more.

    Beautiful video, made me cry, made me think, made me write --- made me realize I buried this part of me.

    Amazing video.
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  • Savvy Auntie 1 year ago
    Beautiful and so moving. Thank you.
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  • Esperanza Says 9 months ago
    Oh Keiko, for some reason I re-watched this today and I cried just like the first time I watched it, and the second time, and the third.

    This video is amazing. Thank you.
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