“Are you sure you’re doing right?” — Your mom

“Are you pregnant yet?”

No, are you tactful yet?

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“Maybe having children is not in God’s plan for you.”

What may be comforting to some is deeply insulting to others. Infertility can feel like a personal failing and by putting it down to simply not being in God’s plan, you are throwing our suffering in our face.

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“Just be patient.”

Imagine yourself in our shoes and what it would be like if someone kept telling you to be patient for something you desperately want and may never have.

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“Have you tried the fertility diet?”

Or acupuncture? Or sleeping with your pelvis tilted at a 45 degree angle? Or Googling fertility spells? Yep, we’ve tried literally everything.

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