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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a dear friend who struggled with infertility for years and required medical interventions to get pregnant.  And you know what she used to say, when someone expressed that she might be uncomfortable with baby news?  "Just because I can't get pregnant doesn't mean the world stops revolving."

And 10:45, no one has the right to ask you not to post pictures of your baby on FB.  No one.
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Thank you for posting this.  I don't understand the extreme walking on eggshells people do.  Yes, infertility sucks and it affects people mentally/emotionally.  But the world does keep turning - you have to deal with that.  If that means excusing yourself or removing yourself from conversations, facebook, etc, do it.  But don't guilt people into placating you.

Now, this doesn't mean that your close friends and family won't be mindful of your situation.  I knew a cousin had trouble conceiving (they had announced and then m/ced a couple times) and I was hoping they would have a successful pregnancy before us.  Turns out we got pregnant at the same time and their child was born a couple days before mine, but yes, I did think about how it might feel to them had I been the first cousin to get pregnant (I am 10 years younger, too).  But we also weren't going to readjust our plans to conceive just because they were having trouble.
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