In April I converted to Catholicism & switched from BC to NFP. During that time mom was asking a bunch of questions & was very skeptical on the whole process (as most people are). She is in her early 60's and never really understood her cycles, "Every 28 days you get your period, what more do you need to know?" So I broke down the cycle process to her several times & explained how I can choose to either make a baby or avoid making a baby based on CM.

Anyways to make a long story short, about 3-4 months into it I was talking to mom about how I thought I had PSOC. I was concerned that this was hurting our chances at conceiving. Her response was, "You need to stop fussing about your cycle, I just don't understand why you girls go though so much just to have a kid. Pretty soon you'll be temping, praying to a fertility god & dancing around in the rain."

I asked her how many times she tried before she had my brother & me and she said maybe 1-2 times. Which answered all the questions I had about why she said what she said. She never had to experience it. My SIL took 3 years hand full of IUI's and 1 IVF before they had their first so I thought mom might have understood it more.

I had to reach out to a lot of my friends who had similar situations in order to get the support I needed. Then I found HB and I knew I wasn't alone. Now that its going on 10 months she is finally starting to understand our struggle. She wants a new grand baby just as much as we want a child.

The first few months were not easy w/o my mom's support & understanding. How did your family & friends react to your TTC? Did you tell them or just keep it a secret?