While infertility is no laughing matter, the comic relief of knowing you are not alone can give you a little encouragement. The journey can feel never ending and impossible at times but for many women it often ends with a healthy, precious baby in your arms (or two… or three).
Going through infertility treatment is incredibly difficult, but here is a lighthearted look to make your trying to conceive journey more tolerable.
Going through infertility treatment is incredibly difficult, but here is a lighthearted look to make your trying to conceive journey more tolerable.
1. You think you’re alone but you’re actually part of the biggest underground female cult out there. Infertility can feel lonely, until you see the waiting room at the fertility clinic and realize that everyone is infertile. You are now part of a secret society.
2. Every thing in your life reminds you of infertility. You’re at a diner for brunch and the waiter asks you, “would you like some eggs?” “Yes, please, working eggs would be great.”
3. You can get away with making your spouse do anything for you after you have done the deed. “Sorry honey, I can’t reach the remote/clean the dishes/do the laundry. I need to put my legs up.”
4. Balancing all the appointments might work in your favor. Juggling trips to the doctor and work is hard, but if the appointment is a nine in the morning and the mall opens at ten and you don’t need to be back at work until noon…. Retail therapy really is a thing.
5. Any excuse for wearing yoga pants all the time. Not that we needed an excuse to wear yoga pants and hoodies, but saying, “My ovaries are too big for real pants” does help to justify it.
6. You have the calendar memorized. What’s today’s date? What day of the month was it two Tuesdays ago? What’s the date next Thursday? Ask you, because you have it all memorized and highlighted with little flowers on the app on your phone.
7. Your lady parts are getting more action now than in college. What’s that? You weren’t prom queen? No worries, your nether region is making it up to you by winning the “Most Popular” award.
8. “Sometimes you want to go, where everybody knows your name”. Once you’ve acquired fertility clinic frequent flyer status you become a combination of one of the Cheers cast members and Lebron James. Super staredom.
9. Immaculate conception. If you want your father to think you’re still a virgin after having a kid, he can - since sex was not part of your child’s conception at all.
10. The Graduation that no one is invited to. If you missed your high school or baccalaureate graduations, don’t despair, eventually you will graduate from the clinic and transition back to your regular ob-gyn where the “normal” people are. The trumpets of Pomp and Circumstance will play loudly in your head while you size up all the other “normal” pregnant women who didn’t need fertility to get pregnant. The biggest façade of it all is that eight out of ten of those women are just as infertile as you, you’re never alone.
The woman behind Hilariously Infertile is a Westchester native who now lives in White Plains with her husband and two daughters. After going through fertility treatment to conceive her children she wrote a book about the process with a hilarious, self-deprecating, comedic spin. She is actively seeking publishers for her book.
You can read more about her and her book at www.hilariouslyinfertile.com. You can also follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
You can read more about her and her book at www.hilariouslyinfertile.com. You can also follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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