Overshared my IVF journey
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Anonymous
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I got overexcited and told people the number and gender of our embryos. Pretty shortly afterwards, I began to regret this decision and now I feel embarrassed!
UGH |
Anonymous
| Just tell them you got the viability test and it’s not as many as you originally thought. End thread. |
Anonymous
| I didn’t really mean to end your thread 🤐 |
Anonymous
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Why are you embarrassed? Did you over share with another friend dealing with infertility? Or over share with family who will now feel free to ask and pry? Or over share with people who will just be happy for you and pulling for your success? (also, people in the first two categories can also be in the third!)
Congrats on a good retrieval and sending you best wishes for the next steps! |
Anonymous
| I wouldn’t even know what good is. Don’t worry, no one is invested in your IVF journey like you are. I would be happy for you if you were happy, though! |
Anonymous
| It’s understandable. Just don’t share anymore. |
Anonymous
| If you see them in person, and they bring anything up re: your IVF, just be humble and say you talked about it too much, and you shouldn't have. If it's brought up again, anything in the future, just repeat the same sentence. |
Anonymous
| Don’t beat yourself up, you were just excited. But be more judicious about sharing information in future. If it takes longer than expected you don’t want to deal with questions, no matter how well-meaning people might be. |
Anonymous
| IVF parent here. Do not trouble yourself. It is such a hard journey, and I'm actually impressed that you shared those details. I found it painfully hard to talk about any of it, and when I did, people said the oddest things to me. Our bodies go through so much with all of this, and we cling so hard to any glimmer of hope. Of course you were excited about some concrete updates. Please be gentle with yourself, and do not worry too much about overhearing. |
Anonymous
| *oversharing LOL |
Anonymous
| Don't be embarrassed, and good luck! |
Anonymous
It’s Ok OP. You were just excited; we all get excited about making it this far. Yay and congrats! Plus you even get to select the gender of your child (which is so awesome). |
Anonymous
| Nothing you can do now. Just take note and do better next time. |