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564 views 6 replies 4 participants last post by  iixivboots 
#1 ·
I've been looking around for resources on this. Actually I've found some very validating stuff that has made me feel a lot better. Thought I would share!

http://www.resolve.org/support-and-services/pregnancy-after-infertility/

http://www.blogher.com/pregnancy-after-infertility-neither-here-nor-there?page=0,0

Here's a couple talking about their story on youtube:



They were pretty funny.

There was one other link that I really liked that I can't find right now, but I'll come back and post it later. :)
 
#3 ·
I can tell you my husband and I were infertile for 3 heartbreaking years and then we had 3 blessings out of 'nowhere'...Then we were infertile for 5 years and -- surprise --- due with number 4 in May, again out of 'nowhere'.

I can't pinpoint anything different. No miscarriages in the between times, just fertile or not fertile. No birth control usage, and active sex life all those years. Who can explain these things? Not I.
 
#4 ·
I found the blog that was the first one that I read that really helped me:

http://www.inpursuitofparenthood.com/2011/04/myth-feelings-of-infertility-end-once.html

This is what struck me "Myth: The feelings of Infertility end once you become pregnant. BUSTED! The feelings of infertility never go away."

I'm struggling right now, I'm only six weeks along and I have a coworker that is 8 weeks or so. She has no idea I'm pregnant but she does know we've been trying for a very long time and were at a clinic. The way she is showboating her pregnancy and talking about it in front of me hurts SO much. I shouldn't care, right? I am pregnant, too, which is all that matters. But it seems bigger than that. Yes, I'm bitter it took her two months to get pregnant right after she got married. But I also just have learned so much about how insensitive people are towards others in these last two years.

lifeguard, just like you said, infertility changed me and my life forever. It has affected the way I feel about this pregnancy.
 
#5 ·
bootsvalentine - I wish it did go away but really, even now (ds is 3) when I hear people complain about their children or treat them poorly it burns me - we worked sooooo hard to have a family... Congratulations on your pregnancy - I hope you are able to enjoy it, it is an interesting time.
 
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