I hate the word infertility

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Do you really think the insurance company is trying to insult you?

No, but one major insurance company outright rejected me due to "infertility." Not that their plan would have covered fertility treatments (or even preganancy, anyway.)

[Anonymous]

I understand what you're saying, OP. I've often thought the same thing -- infertile means unable to have children, so hopefully I am just "fertility challenged" or something like that.

[Anonymous]

let's just use "subfertile" and call it a day.

[Anonymous]

Totally understand, OP. I don't like it either. I specifically don't like what I had to go through even more, and I think that's understandable and allowed.

And, I'm sorry for the poster who is offended by the offense at the word... I am not the OP but I bet she's grateful for what she has. That doesn't mean there aren't scars.

This board can be so supportive. I recently moved to one of the other boards, and let me tell you, I've been missing the community of this one. So, perhaps we can all be nice to each other, even if we can't emphathize (i.e., telling someone what they perceive to be a problem isn't a problem and they should get over it does not equal helpful).

[Anonymous]

i hated the word infertile too. i would say that i was having fertility "issues."

[Anonymous]

As a sufferer of DOR I like to say "I'm past my prime"