When even the Super Bowl halftime show is a pregnancy announcement.

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Attended a wedding tonight. The bride pulled me aside at cocktail hour and said “I switched Amy out from your table last minute - she just found out she’s pregnant and won’t STFU about it”

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My anti-pregnancy announcement post for the socials today. A few people were not impressed with my gallows humor. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Walking out of fertility clinic for the last time 😎 - After years of misery and miscarriages we are calling it. Ive had enough. Thanks for the laughs and support, I love you all. Cheers to a lifetime of sleep, travel and dogs 🎉❤️

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Oh, so the Supreme Court wants to force me to carry a pregnancy to full term? Good luck MFers, not even I can make myself do that!

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The infertility leaving my body when someone says I’ll get pregnant when I quit trying so hard

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Putting up the christmas tree today and just remembered how I was sure I‘d have a baby or at least be pregnant by now when I put it away this January.

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My friend is disappointed that her two babies look too much like her husband & not enough like her. Meanwhile, I'm disappointed that my babies look too much non-existent & not enough alive.

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My employer created a new miscarriage leave benefit to help people with pregnancy loss and HR privately reached out and said I was the catalyst for the change

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Need help with this line eyes what do you all think? I inverted it with an app.

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Brother met a girl and she got pregnant 3 months later. With twins. She's due next month, and I just learned that they're naming one after our dad. I've been planning to do so for years. I can't get mad bc he didn't know, but it fucking sucks. It's silly, but I feel like my kid just disappeared.

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Going to cousin’s baby shower tomorrow at my aunt’s. Cousin had a LoNg & sCaRy jOuRnEy: 4 months of her “wondering if I’ll have trouble like you”. So I wrapped each tiny present individually with glitter paper and threw in an extra glittery card. I’m calling the glitter ‘baby dust’ for deniability.

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When even your breakfast is more fertile than you

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This absolute legend had her post-IVF fries delivered directly to the clinic.

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Me watching the fertiles do literally anything with their kids

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My husband’s sperm in my uterus, wondering what TF they are supposed to be doing.

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Ahhhh that's better. Hate seeing this fucking lady everyday.

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When you see a baby pic on your timeline but you know it was an IVF baby

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Ah, denial.

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recording our unenthusiastic ttc sex that neither of us really even wanted in fertility friend

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Waiting on ovulation like

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Me, at my fertility clinic waiting for my ultrasound appointment wondering if any of these other badass women waiting are a part of this sub....

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I thought “not pregnant” was a terrible feeling, but “not pregnant anymore” really takes the cake

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Apparently /r/MadeMeSmile is just everyone gushing over positive pregnancy tests. I did not smile.

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When you bring your friends on a girls trip, but they insist on calling it a MOm’S trip knowing you have no kids and haven’t been successful at making the babies 🫠

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When I tell my friends we’ve been trying for 1.5 years, and they react by saying, “Omg congrats that’s so exciting!!”

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me seasoning reddit with my salty downvotes on every single unicorn post on TTC reddit

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When my friend who’s been TTC for over 10 years makes it

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Looking at my “progression” of pregnancy tests

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All whilst in an Italian restaurant watching other people get to eat their pasta before you...

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Wearing my lucky socks to IUI #2

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“How do you feel grief from infertility if you haven’t, like, lost anything?”

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Me: “I’m going to use cheapies this month to stop peeing our money away.” Also me: “these are only negative because they aren’t FRER, I’m *clearly* pregnant.” My husband:

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Last weekend I was in family member's wedding while actively miscarrying... I didn't say a word about it, but the bride knew. At the rehearsal, she immediately pulls me aside and says, don't make this about your fucking miscarriage, this weekend is about me.

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Me for the last 4 years

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Me remembering how I subscribed to all of the pregnancy, motherhood and cloth diaper subreddits when I started TTC

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Please🥴

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To everyone who is struggling with today. All of us who wished 2022 would have gone differently... I am wishing a gentle new year for you, that 2023 is kind to you. That you prioritize your health and happiness. Sending love to you and yours 💕

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When your fiance (bf for 10 years who never believed in marriage before) confessed he changed his mind and proposed, because we both needed to celebrate our love and he wanted to make sure I wouldn’t think he would leave me for being infertile...

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Cd 1. About to do my first IUI and my coworker says It's always the ones who would be the best moms who seem to struggle to become one.

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My MIL offered to be our surrogate

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It’s just ungrateful when you really think about it

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I went to IVF and all I got was this T Shirt

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CD 1

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MRW Another patient brings in their toddler to the IVF clinic while I’m there for the 6325th time, doing IVF for longer than that child’s been alive

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Me checking this sub every morning like it's the newspaper

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“It took us four months to conceive. The waiting was horrible”

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Now this is one letterboard I can accept. Thought you other ladies and gents might agree.

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when i call my obgyn's office to report my pregnancy loss and the receptionist tells me my ultrasound will be $160 instead of $130 because $130 is the rate for VIABLE pregnancies 🤮

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People say this sub is negative, but you're the only ones I want to tell that I finally get to start IVF, and I know you will react like this

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Scrolling past a picture of a positive pregnancy test in r/mademesmile with the caption My wife and I's first time trying

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new level unlocked: shamelessly walking through manhattan in my pajamas, clutching a 3 pack of FRERs

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Meds got me looking for fights so I got myself kicked out of a TTC group for telling them if they’re mature enough to have a baby then they’re mature enough to stop saying “baby dance”

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When anti-vaxxers say the vaccine will make you infertile

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Had a dream where I had a baby and was holding and cuddling and smooching and laughing with him and it was amazing. Then in my dream I became self aware it was a dream, so I held my dream baby and cried and cried and cried, knowing I was going to wake up soon. Now I’m awake and crying lol

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Finally, a costume for me!

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Me when I'm talking about the IG I made my dog and one of my coworkers says, Oh, we used to have social media accounts for our dog. Then we had kids and we realized the dog is just a pet.

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Had a heart to heart with someone experiencing secondary infertility and they took the time to look into my childless eyes and say “I’m sorry I know it’s not the same...”

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Can I share this on my Instagram this December?

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After almost 5 years, 2 IUIs, 2 IVF and 3 failed transfers, my husband and I are tapping out. Thank you so much to this group for being everything I've needed to get through this shit show... honestly it was sometimes the only thing keeping me going. Who knows tho, Maybe wE'LL gEt a MiRaCLe bABy!

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My Husband: it's so nice you've found this community in reddit. I thinks it's really nice. ☺️ Me: no longer hearing him now that I've found my coven.

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“It’ll happen when you least expect it!” Oh don’t worry, I never expect it anymore. Which is why I have depression.

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MRW someone in an egg donation group asks if they can buy “boy eggs”. No, she doesn’t want embryos. Just eggs. Eggs that will make boys. Can she test the eggs to make sure they have just a Y chromosome and no X? Her last 2 cycles “only gave me girl embryos, so now I want to start with boy eggs”.

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When one of my friends announces at 6 weeks and I can't even fathom. Then she posts a reel about 2 years of TTC and wanting to share early, regardless of the outcome, because so much is out of her control now.

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I miss the person I was before TTC

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How I envision cycle 1 unicorns struttin’ around with their magical wombs

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How I feel about some of the TTC acronyms people use.

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Made this cake for myself for MD because I’m doing my best + I deserve cake 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Got an idea from a post on here that’s gonna make us all rich. An app that is snarky about fertility. You get awards every time you have another hurdle lol. One year trying? ⭐️ Uterine lining issues? 🥇 I can be the product manager I just need engineers. Lol 😂

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Finally got the courage to say “I have no living children” when asked insensitively “So how many kids do you have?”

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Ultrasound Tech: Avoids eye contact. “The doctor will be in to speak with you”.

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Searching for new infertile people to follow on TikTok because everyone I was following got pregnant

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In my villain era

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David Rose saying what we're all thinking. Crappy New Year, Trollers!

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So, staying away from TTC-Reddit for a full cycle doesn’t get you pregnant either. I’ve tested it for you

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Me trying to seduce my husband even though I haven't worn real clothes in 6 months

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Am I brave enough to say it loud?

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when I'm banned from a fb group for asking why someone is posting an obviously positive test asking if it's positive

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Today's irrational hate goes out to those who post a photo with their wedding ring on their BFP. Don't tell me it's to help the camera focus, it's 2021 not 2009, your phone can handle your obvious dye stealer, Jessica.

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MRW I go to my team xmas lunch with one 8.5 month pregnant woman and another brings her 6 week old baby. AND I hold the baby. AND asked preggo lady nice questions. AND DIDN'T CRY

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Started my period today, attended a baby shower, stayed the whole time and didn’t cry once during it. I feel like a fuckin champion.

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“What worked for us is we stopped watching tv early so we can get ready for bed early, talk and laugh a bit then massage each other. DH def liked when I massage his thighs, calves and feet.”

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Thrice this week ✌️

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No, MaDiSyN, your easily conceived second pregnancy in your mid 20s is not a little miracle. IT'S NORMAL FUCKING BIOLOGY. Congrats on your very boring, typical reproductive system that 7 out of 8 people have.

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I finally decided to delete all of my social media accounts today

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Me calling the Universe to make sure I’m not on the “Strongest Warriors” list again for 2023

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MRW I read an article that the economy is suffering due to the low birth rate

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Even the sperm in my fertility benefits promo pen are swimming away from the egg

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Cycle 4s drafting their posts about how their disappointment is totally just as valid as the pain of someone on cycle 24

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Being told I can get pregnant if I have sex 2 days before ovulation.

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Agreeing to go to a baby shower only because it’s an IVF baby

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Happy Easter! ..Bout to go on a egg hunt🥚

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I lost my baby and my due date is next week. Today, my friend who is coming home for Christmas to show off her newborn had the AuDAciTy to ask if she can borrow my car seat that she knows I bought this summer.

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Me basically seeing anyone pregnant:

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Had a family member tell me that they feel sorry for my husband in our struggle through IVF because he’s “been deprived of getting to make a baby the fun way” and they hope I’m “making it up to him.”

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When your husband gets home and says he feels sad that there was a pregnancy announcement at his work today.

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Today I am NOT happy for the unicorns and I will not pretend to be. Not because they don't deserve to be happy and pregnant, but because I'm still not, which my salty self finds to be absolutely unacceptable.

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Remembering that we pulled-out for years to avoid accidentally becoming pregnant

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Me silently crying at church today when the priest said that women who have miscarried deserve today too 😭

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Anytime anybody suggests dietary restrictions while ttc

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When my therapist asks me if I have anyone to vent my TTC concerns and frustrations with and I respond, well there's this reddit meme group...

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If they could stop putting pregnancy story lines in literally every show I watch, that would be great...

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Colleague at work asked me today, When are YOU going to have a baby?! with a big smile on her face. I smiled back and said, I don't know because I'm infertile, ta da!. I then watched her squirm and apologise profusely.

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OMG GOT MY BFP! #blessed

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“I didn’t get pregnant the second I got off birth control, this is SO hard.”

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When people try to make infertiles feel better by saying how hard it is to be pregnant/have kids- don’t they get that BEST case scenario is we have years of suffering PLUS what they experience?!

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When your friend, who is very aware of your infertility struggles, complains in the WhatsApp group about her morning sickness then rounds it up with “BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR”

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Not me flexing my spontaneous romantic Europe trip to my mom friend's as retaliation for all their unsolicited baby pics

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Me, going on year 4 of infertility, listening to my fertile friend “educate me” on what cycle days we should be having sex to give us the the best chance of conceiving.

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Me thinking about introducing a friend, who just suffered a loss, to all my reddit groups

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Currently at dinner with our best friends, who decided that now was a fantastic day to announce that they are pregnant. In person. On my fucking birthday.

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My reaction to anyone worried about a December due date

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Showing up for ultrasound number 4 this week like

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Me wondering if maybe I just need to hit up Nick Cannon? That could work, right?

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When I post about my loss on another subreddit and someone says I feel so sorry for you. I'm holding my 9 month old in my lap right now

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Me to the couple who brought their little “success” into the fertility clinic:

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Just found this sub. Been TTC for almost 3.5 years with absolutely no luck. I’m home (and also dead inside)

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In the fertility clinic waiting room, wondering if any of you in here are trollers

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*me booking a 2-week European vacation after holding off plans for the past 7 months thinking I’d be pregnant*

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Me hugging my wife after another family member hit us with a surprise (& in-person announcement) yesterday. After 3.5 yrs, 4 IUI's & 2 IVF rounds, of course I feel the pain as well, but there is a unique way a woman experiences this. Shoutout to her & all you women out there. (Hope this is allowed)

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Walking into my fertility clinic this morning for beta, knowing full well that my FET failed

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Mother in law (who has time and again said she wants a grandchild asap) when we told her we‘re starting IVF: „oh that‘s so unnatural! If it‘s not meant to be, you should just give up.“

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None of our fertilized eggs made it to day 5, the last one arrested yesterday. This was the only IVF we could afford and our jOuRnEy is over. Reminding myself today that I have just as much value as people who can conceive.

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Bonding with a coworker over IVF when she says, “Oh no, we’re not infertile or anything! I just always pictured having a girl!”

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Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals

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how it started vs. how it's going

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Me waiting for the person I used to be to come back. I miss her.

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Oh did you mean the date?

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TFABlineporn users: SO NERVOUS MY LINES ARENT PROGRESSING! What do you think? The lines:

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The phrase “sticky baby”.

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Everywhere I look I see nothing but happy little families doing Christmas things together... while we spend yet another holiday season in an empty house.

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Lost my pregnancy at 10 weeks. Here come all the ignorant sympathy texts from people with a whole herd of babies who definitely don’t say the right thing. Lol at how I thought I was done with PIO injections.

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An open letter to every well-meaning person on this planet

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It does seem like that sometimes..

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MRW I realize the pregnancy announcements have stopped because everyone I know is DONE having kids; they've had all the babies they wanted for their lifetime...

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Me downvoting yet another pregnancy announcement on a completely unrelated subreddit.

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Them: You're struggling to get pregnant? Have you tried having sex during your fertile days? Did you know there are apps for that? Me:

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We’re gonna need a smaller boat

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Fertility appointments be like...

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Me to the new girl at my job when she says she’s been ttc for over a year with no success and struggles with infertility

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When someone says, “if you can’t afford IVF, then you can’t afford to have a child.”

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My husband asked “When is My Mom is Dead & We Are Infertile Day?”

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Just saw a pregnancy announcement online with all the well wishes underneath and realised that my first thought was That doesn't mean she is going to have a baby. Wow at my trauma rearing its head.

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Lurking user’s profiles that posted here a long time ago and finding out they had success :’)

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Baby making noises nonstop on a Zoom call. Dad explains they were about to give up hope after waiting to adopt for over three years.

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My husband’s reaction when he comes into the bathroom and I’m testing the temp of my bath water with a meat thermometer to make sure it’s not hot enough to endanger my non-existent pregnancy

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Whether you've been trying for one cycle or for-

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