They call it the “WTF Appointment” — the one you have with the doctors after your IVF fails, where they can’t give you any reason why it didn’t work. Nor can they tell you anything that’s really of value at all. So we just decided not to go to ours.
IVF & Being Infertile
Becoming a Bitter Infertile
You know that whole “don’t judge me ’til you’ve walked a mile in my shoes” thing I am always preaching? I realized today that I am really, really bad at following my own advice.
The News: Getting the results of our iVF cycle
The phone rang. “Are you somewhere you can talk?” the nurse asked. With that, I already knew what she was going to say. Our first attempt at IVF, our first fresh cycle, had failed. Is there an upside to this? I try my damnedest to find a few positives in this crappy, shit-loaded situation.
“Will someone PLEASE give me a shot in the ass? Please?!?!”
An unadvertised “Joy of Infertility” — finding someone willing to stick a needle in your booty for hormone injections. When I had to spend a night in Chicago for work, I suddenly found myself without a shot-giver. Finding one was a huge pain in the ass (ha ha).
“Should you be drinking? Aren’t you trying to get pregnant?”
I do not even want to describe the fate that awaits he (or she) who stands between a grieving woman going through infertility and her ice-cold beer.
“Have you tried acupuncture?”
Some folks swear up and down that it’s the holy grail, even people I know and trust. I’m not curious enough to try it. because I think it’s malarkey.
![“You need to [gain/lose] weight.”](https://www.peanutmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/guppy4.jpg)
“You need to [gain/lose] weight.”
There are few times in life where people feel it’s OK give you advice on your weight. Unfortunately, when you are trying to get pregnant is one of those times.
“Did you try putting your legs in the air?”
Ah, another gem for the “Captain Obvious” category. I can’t even count how many people told me this over the last year and a half.
“You just need to relax. Then you’ll get pregnant.”
If you tell someone they need to lose weight to get pregnant, you’re basically calling them fat. By telling me I need to relax, what’s that saying?