At a family do today for my step sister's birthday, two members of her family separately commented on how 7 year old DS had grown etc and both asked, "Don't you want any more?" I managed to restrain myself from replying, "Well, we haven't used contraception since he was born, I have Pcos which reduces my chance of ovulation and polyps which mean even if I did conceive it would probably result in miscarriage, and has three times in the last 6 years.. so yeah I do want another, I physically ache for another. ooh can you pass the menu?"
I know they meant no harm but so much of infertility is dealt with in secret, it sucks I have to watch what I say to stop others from feeling uncomfortable, but they don't!
My actual response was, "you never know what might happen..." with a weak smile and a shrug of the shoulders.
What are your best responses when people ask questions like this? Do you answer honestly, spare their feelings or come up with a witty retort?
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"Didn't you want any more? " *facepalm*
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DennyDifferent · 05/07/2015 17:38
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