Snapshot: Infertility Awareness Week
Originally Written 4/22/15
One of our friend's husband is an infertility doctor. She posted this picture yesterday:
Pretty funny. Mostly because people going through infertility do not want you to be aware of anything. So infertility awareness week is recognizing that you should be aware of someone's silent struggle who you might or might not know and not make any insensitive comments about how you hate being pregnant or your accidental 5th pregnancy, or love on your baby too much, or talk about your chapped, cracked, and bleeding nipples. (That's really a TMI every week) And please don't post a fake pregnancy announcement as an April Fool's Joke. You will get crucified.
The truth is that being infertile is hard. But so are a lot of things. Being pregnant and raising babies is hard. Being single and getting asked when you will settle down sounds miserable. As long as we are kind and supportive to everyone, we are all winning. Coping skills are a must and you have to get tough. We joke about our infertility all the time and yes, we are deranged people, but it's coping. Whatever gets you through.
V thinks at the next baby shower I go to, or gender reveal party or whatever, I should wear a shirt that says "Infertility Awareness". Then be like, oh this? No, I just got this at a fun run.
Infertility awareness week almost made me brave enough to share these drafted posts that were just for me, to let out my feelings (#classicmillennial)...to show solidarity to those still silently suffering, alone. But alas, I am still not courageous enough. #cowardice #amity
In the continuing saga that is our infertility, I finally made my way back to the doctor post miscarriage to see what was up next. With all the crap going on at school, I did not want to do anything until close to the end of the year.
I was told (and shown!) that I would need yet another surgery before round 2. So now that puts us in September to even try another round.
Sigh.
While being weighed during blood work, I told the nurse, "Gosh, baby weight is hard to lose..."
Too soon?
No, I'm coping.
One of our friend's husband is an infertility doctor. She posted this picture yesterday:
Pretty funny. Mostly because people going through infertility do not want you to be aware of anything. So infertility awareness week is recognizing that you should be aware of someone's silent struggle who you might or might not know and not make any insensitive comments about how you hate being pregnant or your accidental 5th pregnancy, or love on your baby too much, or talk about your chapped, cracked, and bleeding nipples. (That's really a TMI every week) And please don't post a fake pregnancy announcement as an April Fool's Joke. You will get crucified.
The truth is that being infertile is hard. But so are a lot of things. Being pregnant and raising babies is hard. Being single and getting asked when you will settle down sounds miserable. As long as we are kind and supportive to everyone, we are all winning. Coping skills are a must and you have to get tough. We joke about our infertility all the time and yes, we are deranged people, but it's coping. Whatever gets you through.
V thinks at the next baby shower I go to, or gender reveal party or whatever, I should wear a shirt that says "Infertility Awareness". Then be like, oh this? No, I just got this at a fun run.
Infertility awareness week almost made me brave enough to share these drafted posts that were just for me, to let out my feelings (#classicmillennial)...to show solidarity to those still silently suffering, alone. But alas, I am still not courageous enough. #cowardice #amity
In the continuing saga that is our infertility, I finally made my way back to the doctor post miscarriage to see what was up next. With all the crap going on at school, I did not want to do anything until close to the end of the year.
I was told (and shown!) that I would need yet another surgery before round 2. So now that puts us in September to even try another round.
Sigh.
While being weighed during blood work, I told the nurse, "Gosh, baby weight is hard to lose..."
Too soon?
No, I'm coping.
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