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14 - 20 September - World Childless Week 2026
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ANYTHING YOU LOSE is an intimate journey through the maze of Assisted Reproductive Technologies and into the depths of the silence of infertility.
A Guide to Purpose and Possibility - When the dream of motherhood fades, millions of women are left asking, "Who am I without children?"
A beautiful 25mm enamel badge, with a hidden message of support to lie close to your heart, and a backing card you can keep in your phone case or purse to remind you World Childless Week is here for you through the year.
World Childless Week News
AMBASSADORS BLOG by Aisha Balesaria
How many IVF success stories have you heard? About a million, right? Or that’s what it can feel like. I’ve lost count how many ‘miracle baby’ posts I’ve seen on social media in the last ten years, but I can count on one hand (as there are so few) how many included stories like mine – those without a baby after IVF.
PODCAST
Hosted by Elizabeth Tiglao-Guss, the By Chance Ave Podcast is a sacred space for women navigating a life without children. Honest conversations that meet you exactly where you are.
CHAMPION BLOG by Gayle Letherby
Much of my working life, as well as my personal life, has been spent reflecting on what it is like to be other than mother. I am a sociologist and over the last 35+ years I’ve been extremely fortunate to have had time and other resources to research and write about experiences that many people, including me, believe to be often misunderstood and misrepresented.
AMBASSADORS BLOG by Anne Altamore
I have a love-hate relationship with the merry month of May. Here in Australia, the autumn leaves are littering the street, and the days are getting shorter, a sure sign that winter is not far away. It is also Mother’s Day and the month I was pregnant oh so many years ago.
FOUNDERS BLOG by Stephanie Joy Phillips
Ever heard the phase “A reason, a season, a lifetime”. When we find friends within the childless community they can become buoys keeping us afloat in turbulent seas. We connect through our shared grief and the dark emotions.
Have you completed fertility treatment without having a child? You are invited to participate in a research study through Northwestern University.
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