National Infertility Awareness Week runs through tomorrow, May 1. I've decided against posting this to Facebook or anywhere public because I really prefer to not make people uncomfortable and because admitting infertility has a way of bringing forward lots of "helpful" comments ("just relax" "it will happen when it's supposed to" "feel fortunate you have one child" "I wish I couldn't get pregnant!" to name a few).
So, it's a special week for me, but I'll just let myself and my couple of readers know that it exists. Because I don't want helpful comments and I really don't want to feel like my infertility matters less because I already have a kiddo (let's ignore the 28 months it took to get pregnant with him). It still sucks, for some of the same reasons and for some different ones than those without any children experience. So I'll celebrate my week...quietly. ;)
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Dude, you are a rock star. I can't imagine going through a zillion cycles with that "is this the one?" feeling EVERY time. You have amazing strength and ought to take some time to celebrate the journey. And hopefully you won't ever get to celebrate this month EVER again. =)
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