Comments on: #744 Count the Pregnant Women http://www.999reasonstolaugh.com/2010/06/744-count-the-pregnant-women/ because crying about infertility doesn't seem to help Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:05:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kristen http://www.999reasonstolaugh.com/2010/06/744-count-the-pregnant-women/comment-page-1/#comment-8196 Kristen Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:16:01 +0000 http://www.999reasonstolaugh.com/?p=778#comment-8196 I wish I could find a local group of women to meet with for therapy every week! I feel so left behind since all my friends even the younger ones are working on their second and third babies. My husband and I are going on 7 years married and can't manage to have even one! My heart is completely crushed... it's so hard when I even read of one of my facebook friends who is celebrating their newfound knowledge of a pregnancy. I often question God as to why this is happening to us. I trust his will, but can't justify seeing so many we know who are not married, dont want a baby, getting abortions, etc... My husband and I are good citizens who try to live our lives morally and we are doing all the "right" things when it comes to ttc. It's just so hard... my heart is heavy every day and I cry all the time. I feel sorry for my husband. He tries his best to support me emotionally and he is sensitive towards my feelings, but even he gets weary of my crying episodes. It feels like it will never happen for us. There are few people in my life who are sympathetic because they've "achieved" a baby so easily without any effort at all! Still somehow I have a small thread of hope that I hold on to. I don't know when it's time to just give up? :( sniff... I wish I could find a local group of women to meet with for therapy every week! I feel so left behind since all my friends even the younger ones are working on their second and third babies. My husband and I are going on 7 years married and can’t manage to have even one! My heart is completely crushed… it’s so hard when I even read of one of my facebook friends who is celebrating their newfound knowledge of a pregnancy. I often question God as to why this is happening to us. I trust his will, but can’t justify seeing so many we know who are not married, dont want a baby, getting abortions, etc… My husband and I are good citizens who try to live our lives morally and we are doing all the “right” things when it comes to ttc. It’s just so hard… my heart is heavy every day and I cry all the time. I feel sorry for my husband. He tries his best to support me emotionally and he is sensitive towards my feelings, but even he gets weary of my crying episodes. It feels like it will never happen for us. There are few people in my life who are sympathetic because they’ve “achieved” a baby so easily without any effort at all! Still somehow I have a small thread of hope that I hold on to. I don’t know when it’s time to just give up? :( sniff…

]]> By: Erin http://www.999reasonstolaugh.com/2010/06/744-count-the-pregnant-women/comment-page-1/#comment-7522 Erin Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:29:55 +0000 http://www.999reasonstolaugh.com/?p=778#comment-7522 Where I work, I travel from mall to mall, and you can imaging all the teeny-bopper baby bellies I see!! I once got the call at work that I was in-fact NOT pregnant, then my very next customer was very, very pregnant! It really is like a slap in the face. Especially when every single friend of mine has at least one child, and all of my same aged cousins/friends who got married about the time I did are now either pregnant or have a child! We have been trying for about 4 years now. Our next step is insemination and then hopefully that works because I am absolutely terrified of IVF! Of course I’ll go through with it, but MAN! It makes me sick that the Ontario Government will pay for you to have a sex change, or an abortion, or countless other non-essential procedures. But they won’t pay for infertility treatments! Especially when it has been proven that it will be cheaper in the long run for the government if it is at least partially covered! Anywho, I’m glad to see I’m not the only one going through this. Where I work, I travel from mall to mall, and you can imaging all the teeny-bopper baby bellies I see!! I once got the call at work that I was in-fact NOT pregnant, then my very next customer was very, very pregnant! It really is like a slap in the face. Especially when every single friend of mine has at least one child, and all of my same aged cousins/friends who got married about the time I did are now either pregnant or have a child! We have been trying for about 4 years now. Our next step is insemination and then hopefully that works because I am absolutely terrified of IVF! Of course I’ll go through with it, but MAN! It makes me sick that the Ontario Government will pay for you to have a sex change, or an abortion, or countless other non-essential procedures. But they won’t pay for infertility treatments! Especially when it has been proven that it will be cheaper in the long run for the government if it is at least partially covered! Anywho, I’m glad to see I’m not the only one going through this.

]]> By: Almond http://www.999reasonstolaugh.com/2010/06/744-count-the-pregnant-women/comment-page-1/#comment-7501 Almond Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:02:15 +0000 http://www.999reasonstolaugh.com/?p=778#comment-7501 They seem to occupy my space constantly. My office mate, my maid, my boss and my office mate again for the second time - three of my friends are preg with baby no two. How am I supposed to feel amidst all this. I want to run away to some place were no kids are allowed.The worst is travelling on a long flight with a toddler screaming for 11 hours and her little sister kicking your seat constantly. Thats what seeing a pregnant women or families with kids feels like everytime I encounter them - a toddler kicking my seat each time. They seem to occupy my space constantly. My office mate, my maid, my boss and my office mate again for the second time – three of my friends are preg with baby no two. How am I supposed to feel amidst all this. I want to run away to some place were no kids are allowed.The worst is travelling on a long flight with a toddler screaming for 11 hours and her little sister kicking your seat constantly. Thats what seeing a pregnant women or families with kids feels like everytime I encounter them – a toddler kicking my seat each time.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.999reasonstolaugh.com/2010/06/744-count-the-pregnant-women/comment-page-1/#comment-7446 Lisa Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:46:28 +0000 http://www.999reasonstolaugh.com/?p=778#comment-7446 I was recently on a jury trial. One of the witnesses was 8 months pregnant. Since you arent allowed to discuss anything about the case, I wasn't even allowed to tell my husband why I was so upset that day after sitting 5 feet from a belly... the day I started my period. Also took a trip to Disneyland to relax and forget our TTC troubles... unfortunately we didn't think that through too well.. EVERY single person there had kids of course and it just made me feel like more of a freak/alone. I was recently on a jury trial. One of the witnesses was 8 months pregnant. Since you arent allowed to discuss anything about the case, I wasn’t even allowed to tell my husband why I was so upset that day after sitting 5 feet from a belly… the day I started my period.

Also took a trip to Disneyland to relax and forget our TTC troubles… unfortunately we didn’t think that through too well.. EVERY single person there had kids of course and it just made me feel like more of a freak/alone.

]]> By: Carolyn http://www.999reasonstolaugh.com/2010/06/744-count-the-pregnant-women/comment-page-1/#comment-7235 Carolyn Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:29:57 +0000 http://www.999reasonstolaugh.com/?p=778#comment-7235 Just remember... some of those preggo women have been right where you are now--struggling with infertility, taking clomid and antidepressants, watching BBT, doing the TPI thing, and trying every acupuncture, meditation and tea drinking advise to try to get pregnant. I was there for 4 years, which I know is a drop in the bucket for some ladies. But it still sucked every day. I'm finally, for the first time in my life, preggo at 9 weeks and counting, and I'm scared witless. Consider all those preggo women as a beacon of hope--like me (and like you) many of them struggled for years to finally be successful. Maybe you will too.... Just remember… some of those preggo women have been right where you are now–struggling with infertility, taking clomid and antidepressants, watching BBT, doing the TPI thing, and trying every acupuncture, meditation and tea drinking advise to try to get pregnant. I was there for 4 years, which I know is a drop in the bucket for some ladies. But it still sucked every day. I’m finally, for the first time in my life, preggo at 9 weeks and counting, and I’m scared witless. Consider all those preggo women as a beacon of hope–like me (and like you) many of them struggled for years to finally be successful. Maybe you will too….

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