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Someone slap me - I feel such a failure for not being pg with DC2

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diamondstuds · 05/04/2011 23:36

Period arrived today and I'm fed up with feeling such a failure for not being pg :(

Have DC1 of 22mo and really wanted a second without too much of an age gap. So many of my friends are either pg or keep asking me whether I'm pg / ttc or even worse, offer me advice such as "you just need to do it more often" or "you're just not very fertile are you?"

It's not as if I've told loads of people we're ttc. They just assume and I don't blatantly lie and say we're not ttc.

I just wish I knew how many more failed cycles there were going to be :(
I'm so impatient and now trying to muster the energy and enthusiasm for another cycle.

Sorry for rambling and thank you for reading!

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DreamingOfABump · 05/04/2011 23:50

god people can be so rude. who on earth says to someone "youre just not very fertile are you" !!!
i hope its not long for you x

ladysybil · 05/04/2011 23:52

all those peopel sound like fuckwits. ignore them

essenceofSES · 05/04/2011 23:57

Thank you both - I can't believe how insensitive some people are! I guess they are lucky ones who were able to plan their family exactly as they wanted.
I really hope we don't have to wait much longer either - especially as I'm 38yo!

I do know I'm lucky to have DC1 though and also want to make sure I enjoy what I have instead of always focussing on what I might have!

diamondstuds · 05/04/2011 23:59

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ladysybil · 06/04/2011 00:04

nope, i wasnt abel to plan my family. i had sex, got pregnant. each and every single time. repeated failure of contraception is just as painful and traumatic as the situation you are in. no one has the right to make such judgemental horrendous comments to you. and you shouldnt let them get to you. but its late at night, and thats when we are always at our most vulnerable.
so stuff them. enjoy your baby. and if you ahve another one, great. if not, still great. coz you have a beautiful bubba you can spend all your energies on.

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