I'm not sure if this is an appropriate post, but I wanted to share this anyway. I was listening to a morning radio show yesterday and they were discussing Lady Gaga's song "Til it happens to you." I personally haven't heard the song before yesterday and it was written for a documentary about rape victims. The video is graphic, so I didn't want to post it so it wouldn't upset anyone (you can find it on YouTube.) Anyway, I just found the song fitting to what we're all going through. The words don't talk about rape specifically so the song can be applied to a number of instances/situations. I said to myself "even I had no idea what women with fertility issues were going through until it happened to me." The song touched me and I shed a tear while thinking of my own struggles. Just wanted to share it as I feel like playing it for people when they ask me when I'm having kids finally.
***History & TW in Spoiler***
***bfp & child warning***
TTC - since 2014
7 rounds of Clomid - BFN
IUI #1 - October 2015 - BFN
IUI #2 - November 2015 - BFN
IUI #3 - December 2015 - BFN
IVF #1 - March 2016
Retrieval #1 - April 2016
FET #1 - May 2016 - BFP!!! DS - Born January 2017
Trying for baby #2...
FET #2 - January 2018 - BFN
No more embryos left; switched to a new RE
IVF/Retrieval #2 - January 2019
IVF/Retrieval #3 - March 2019
FET #3 - April 2019 - BFP!!! - DD: Born December 2019
Trying for baby #3...
FET #4 - October 2021 - BFP!!! - Due June 2022
Re: Til it happens to you...
Me - 28, Lean PCOS
DH - 31
Married June 2010, TTC since March 2014
Blog: ourbinarystar.com
FET cycle #3 Transfer July 28th 2016, Triplets born healthy on February 26th 2017 at 33w1d!
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Started TTC April 2011
Me: 32, DH: 32
Diagnosis: Endometriosis
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I never knew how it felt, and am a little glad I haven't spoken with anyone before that went through infertility. As I might have said the same things, done the same things as some of my friends that really have no clue. Which sometimes, even though they mean well, is utterly hurtful without them realising.
Thank you for sharing.
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