DeniseM wrote:For instance, how many of you under 30 are surrounded by classmates and peers naturally having families?
And how many of you have been told that you're trying to hard, and if you just relax it will happen?
It's been my experience that to be so young and to have difficulty conceiving can sometimes be viewed as a failure.... I know I've cursed my body on occasion. I'm healthy, like to exercise, and come from a large family. I'm under 30, so what's wrong with me?
Anyone else under 30 with a view on this?
Hello! I'm Jen. I joined the site not that long ago and I joined the New Year's buddies for IVF. I was bored tonight and decided to look around the site and found this old post. Better late than never.
Anyhoo...I will be 28 in February, my husband will be 28 on Tuesday. We celebrated our 3rd anniversary in October and will be together for 10 years in February.
We have been ttc for 1 year and 9 months. I have stage 4 endometriosis and I start the stim drugs on Wednesday.
To answer your first question, since we started trying, it seems like EVERYONE we know is getting pregnant. It's a little depressing at times and I sometimes feel a little jealous.
I wish that I had a penny for every person that has told us that we are trying to hard. I'd be rich. We even took 2 months off and just did it when we felt like it and nothing....
Being under 30, and having a hard time conceiving= failure? Well, realistically, no, but try to tell that to someone who has been ttc forever... Personally, I DO feel like a failure. I feel like I am failing my husband most of all. I can't give him the one thing that he truly wants....I know in my heart that's not true, but it's how I feel sometimes. It sucks!
Anyway, I hope you don't mind if I join your group...Merry Christmas!