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Powerful and so true!

trying not to cry at work ...

This is so well said!! I can relate to a lot of that.

I really liked that post until I got to this part:
"My wife and I struggled for 14 months before we surprisingly found ourselves expecting our now 3 year-old son." I would've been better had he left the time line out... (Sorry, just having one of those days)

@Shutterbug: I thought they had when he described monthly ultrasounds, medications, etc. And then I saw 14 months. Who knows. (And you are more than welcome to stalk me even, I like you!! )

@Shutterbug: It was this part: "Even though the doctors couldn’t find anything wrong with either of us, she was the one scheduling the monthly ultrasounds. She was the one taking medications. She was the one physically being reminded every 28 days of the failure to conceive."

@LindsayInNY: why does the timeline bother you?

I tried to figure out if I feel disgraced b/c of infertility. . . I don't think that's the right word for me. I do understand the points he was making though and the feelings involved with the privacy of it all.

@LindsayInNY: later he goes on to say they've been trying unsuccessfully for their second child for two years... So maybe the treatments have been for the second child?

@LindsayInNY: Sometimes I feel embarrassed when I think of telling friends. I don't know why. I should feel broken--I once had my ovaries called "lazy" and when my lining didn't thicken up, they said, "That's just the way you are." I guess prefer to think of us as challenged and needing assistance.

This article did make me wonder how my husband has experienced it all. He's very confident that we'll have a family somehow, someday, so I don't think he's felt the same heartache as me.

@Happygal: Challenged and needing assistance sounds much better... DH has been more optimistic and positive than I have through this. But, like you said, I don't think he's felt the same heartache either.