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So sick of IF making me bitter (preg/babies mentioned, not mine)

Babies/Pregnancy Mentioned, (not mine). Just so sick of being angry and bitterall the time lately. I had a fight with my mother yesterday, she is less than supportive. I'm starting to feel resentful towards my husband, who is super loving, but he says he's going to cut back on his drinking and caffeine, but doesn't. I found out an ex friend of mine who I stopped talking to because she was a hot mess, is now KU. Seriously, the girls drinks like a fish, yet she had no problem getting KU. I go to Walmart and see a women in front of me online with an infant and I just get angry, a year ago I would have smiled at the baby, but now I just want to cry at the thought of never having my own. Every time I go online a new celebrity is pregnant. I think seeing that Sara Gilbert is pregnant tonight on Yahoo just did me in tonight. I want to be happy for these people but I just can't stop being bitter and angry. I know I'm only hurting myself. Just wondering what other pp do to not feel so bitter and angry. I'm starting to hate myself for feeling this way. I used to be a happy person, now I just feel like a Debbie downer all the time.


TTC #1

Me: AMA, DH: MFI

Official DX - MFI due to Hemochromatosis

IVF #1 Nov. 2014 - ER 11/10 (10R 6M 6F) - ET 11/13 

3DT of 3 embies - no frosties - CP = BFFN!!!!

****All Welcome****

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Re: So sick of IF making me bitter (preg/babies mentioned, not mine)

  • I'm sorry :(. Those feelings really suck. I don't know if this will be any help AT ALL, but it kind of changed for me once we stopped talking about adoption and focused solely on TTC. Adoption was always in the back of my mind as a 'just in case', and I found that it made me angry when people that shouldn't have kids (in my genius opinion ;) ) did, and I knew I could be doing better. Once I realized that I really didn't want their kid, I wanted my own, there was a huge shift for me, and now I generally love it when I hear about other peoples pregnancies. Except when my own mother announced that my cousin was pregnant the very day I found out IUI#1 failed... But most of the time it's no longer an issue :)
    ME 28, DH 28
    09/2007 Married
    11/2007 TTC
    03/2010 SA dx = low morphology
    03/2014 RE dx Unexplained Infertility DH numbers are all up and look wonderful.
    08/2014 IUI#1 Clomid +Gonal-F+Ovidrel = BFN
    09/2014 IUI #2 Clomid+Gonal-F+Ovidrel = BFN
    10/2014 WFT apt. moving to IVF in Feb. 2015 FX!
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  • I'm sorry - I feel the same way.  I've asked my husband numerous times to please not let me get bitter, but I still do.  There are some people I just stand to hear about their pregnancy.  I don't really have an advice, but I do try and focus on me a lot more (as selfish as that sounds), but it's helping a little. 

    Me (29), DH (32)
    Aug 2011  - Married
    Jan 2013   - Started TTC
    Jan 2014   - OB started some testing 
                         - HSG - Normal
                         - Ultrasound - Normal
                         - SA - Normal, but tested positive for Ureaplasma
                         - Both of us on antibiotics to treat ureaplasma
                         - Blood work - progesterone: 15.9, TSH: 0.89, FT4: 1.2, Prolactin: 33.4 
    Feb 2014   - Endometrial Biopsy - Normal
    Mar 2014   - Prolactin: 22.9, referred to RE
    Apr 2014   - First RE appointment, put on medication for high prolactin levels 
                      - Clomid (50 mg) 1 follicle, Trigger shot - BFN
                      - Second SA - All Normal, borderline morph (5%) 
    May 2014   - Clomid (100mg) 2 follicles, Trigger shot - BFN
                      - blood work: Estradiol: 32.7, FSH: 5.3, Prolactin: 14.1
    June 2014  - IUI #1, Clomid (150 mg), 3 follicles, Trigger shot - BFN 
    July 2014   - IUI #2, Clomid (150 mg), 4 follicles, Trigger shot - BFN
    Aug 2014   - IUI #3, Femara 2.5, 3 follicles, Trigger shot (first time done by DH!!) - BFN
                      - Hysteroscopy - Normal
    Sept 2014 - IUI #4 Femara 2.5, 1 follicle, possibility of another one, Trigger shot - BFN
                       -Progesterone test 4 DPIUI - 7.8...started crinone.
    Oct 2014 - IUI #5 Follistim 150 3 possibly 4 follicles - Trigger Shot - BFN
    Oct/Nov 2014 - Follistim 150 with TI & Trigger shot - ???

    **October Siggy Challenge**

    I don't even know what he is supposed to be!
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    **EVERYONE WELCOME!! :)**

  • I'm sorry. It is hard not to get bitter. I teach, and encounter a lot of "parents" that have great children and they don't take care of them. It's sad. Prayers to you.
    Me: 26  DH: 31
    Married 10/15/11
    Started TTC 8/2012
    8/12-8/13 - TTC Naturally

    8/2013 - PCOS/anovulation diagnosis
    8/2013 - Metformin + Clomid, no reaction (Not insulin resistant, but tried Metformin to see if it would make a difference.)
    9 & 10/2013 - Femara, no reaction
    12/2013 - Referred to RE
    8-9/2014 - Follistim + Ovidril + TI= BFN
    10/2014 - Follistim + Ovidril + TI=???  

  • I'm sorry! I completely get where you are coming from. I'm a Speech-Language Pathologist in the schools and you wouldn't believe the number of families I deal with that don't give a crap about their kids. I've seen it all and it makes me SO angry. I always ask myself how people like that can have kids (sometimes 4+) that they don't take care of and I can't even have 1. That sounds so awful but ugh it's how I feel sometimes.

    I have no advice to give bc I haven't thought of anything for myself that works. I allow myself to have a pity party and then I guess I just suck it up and move on and hope that the next cycle is the winning one.

    Hugs!!

    ***SIGGY WARNING***

    Me (26) & DH (26)
    Dog Momma to 2 amazing furbabies
    Started dating: May 6, 2005 & Married: August 4, 2012
    Diagnosis: PCOS


    September 2013 - January 2014: Not trying but not preventing
    February 2014:
    Officially TTC (BBT, OPKs, etc)
    February-August 2014: Irregular Cycles, U/S showed Fibroids/Cysts, Provera required to get AF, BFNs
    September & October 2014: Testing Months with Reproductive Endocrinologist!
    DH's SA: Normal (116.4 million sperm, 97% motility, 36% morphology) - WHO criteria
    DH's Repeat SA: Poss. Low Morph. (138 million sperm, 73% motility, 8% morphology) - Kruger criteria
    HSG and SIS: Normal (tubes clear)

    Medicated Cycle:
     5mg Letrozole + Trigger Injection + TI = BFP!!

    ESTIMATED DUE DATE: AUGUST 13, 2015

    Beta #1: 12/8 - 1,040 Beta #2: 12/10 - 2,902 Beta #3: 12/16 - 19,321
    Ultrasound #1: 12/12 (5 weeks 1 day) - Gestational sac and yolk sac present
    Ultrasound #2: 12/18 (6 weeks 0 days) - Measuring good, heart rate 99
    Ultrasound #3: 12/26 (7 weeks 1 day) - Measuring good, heart rate 150




  • I 100% understand how you feel, and most of the time I feel guilty for how I feel.  I have many co-workers with multiple children who they cannot take care of or really care about, it breaks my heart.  I find myself telling my husband that if we were a little less prepared and wanted this less it would happen sooner.

    I don't have any advice but just want you to know that you are not alone and IF is a nasty beast :(
    Me: 26, PCOS, Clear HSG
    DH: 29, Perfectly Normal SA

    Married Since 10/6/2012
    TTC Since 6/2013

    2/2014: Visited OB-GYN, Low Progesterone
    3/2014: 50 mg Clomid, Ovulated, BFN
    4/2014: 50 mg Clomid, Ovulated, BFN
    5/2014: 50 mg Clomid, Ovulated, BFN
    6/2014: 50 mg Clomid, Ovulated, BFN

    7/2014: First RE visit, Diagnosed with PCOS, Started on 5 mg Femara + Ovidrel + TI, 1 22mm Follicle, BFN
    8/2014: 5 mg Femara + Ovidrel + TI, 2 Mature Follicles, BFN
    9/2014: 5 mg Femara + Ovidrel + IUI #1, 3 Mature Follicles, BFN
    10/2014: 5 mg Femara + Ovidrel + IUI #2, 1 Mature Follicle, BFN
    11/2014: 5 mg Femara + 75 mg Follistim + Ovidrel + IUI #3, 3 Mature Follicles, BFN
    12/2014: Starting IVF in January

    1/2015: IVF with ICSI, Currently Stimming

    *****Everyone is Welcome*****

  • I'm sorry @hallowvic I definitely feel where you're coming from. It's so hard to not get resentful and bitter. I have no words of wisdom for you; I wish I did. I hope it makes you feel better just to know you're not alone. (((HUGS)))
    Me: 31 (PCOS) possible right tube issues DH: 36 (SA normal) 
    Started dating in 2006, Married 2012 
    TTC since November 2013 
    First RE visit due to irregular periods: June 2014
    Lap/Hysto to remove polyps, cyst and tube blockage 11/6
    Cycle 1 (Dec. 2014) TI with Clomid, Trigger, & Progesterone CX due to no response
    Impatiently Waiting CD1 to try again with Fermara Back on the bench due to giant cyst,
    who know I'd ovulate on my own after a cancelled cycle and end up with a mega cyst :(
    All Welcome
     
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  • I think today just got the best of me. I've been pretty good the past couple of weeks, but I guess I'm allowed to have a pity party once in a while. I had to go to pick up the records from my old RE and bring them to my new RE, I started reading through them, the notes, all the SA's w notes that said abnormal, I just lost it. A lot of the stuff I didn't understand, it seems so hopeless right now. @murrt‌ I seriously think we're married to the same guy, lol.


    TTC #1

    Me: AMA, DH: MFI

    Official DX - MFI due to Hemochromatosis

    IVF #1 Nov. 2014 - ER 11/10 (10R 6M 6F) - ET 11/13 

    3DT of 3 embies - no frosties - CP = BFFN!!!!

    ****All Welcome****

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  • I feel the exact same way. It makes me angry at myself that I get so damn jealous and angry about everyone else's pregnancies and children.
    Love 2010 | Marriage 2011 | TTC #1 since 2012
    PCOS | Anovulatory | Metformin + Letrozole
  • I am so sorry to hear about this. I know it is stressful, and it does hurt. My ex husband and I were trying to get pregnant and I couldn't. I know the pain and frustration that comes with that. I will keep you in my prayers.

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