infertility & mothers day
As Mother's Day is fast approaching, I am quickly reminded of the time when the thought of Mother's Day was difficult, sad, and left me wondering if I'd ever be a mom to a human child. Infertility is hard, lonely, private, sad, frustrating, monthly grieving, exhausting, challenging, depressing, and so much more. If you have friends, family or know someone suffering from infertility and don't know what to say or do, a simple hug speaks volumes or even a "thinking of you" is all that needs to be said. A few quick things NOT to say... "You're lucky you get to sleep all night" that person is praying they get a baby to keep them up all night. "Just relax, then you'll get pregnant" infertility isn't that easy. if it was there wouldn't be fertility clinics... "Just adopt" sometimes fertility treatments are less expensive and the person needs to grieve the loss of the possibility of not having biological chi...
