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[quote=Anonymous]My mom is also an immigrant parent from Pakistan and moved here when 20ish...the IVF path is unheard of for her, but I've been open since the start. I told her this is the route I have to take and these are the issues we're struggling with specifically and there is no way possible to conceive without it. She doesn't necessarily understand the details except for the cost of it and just 'prays' a lot for our success. I left it to her to tell my father and then once he got the run down from her, I talked to them about it openly and answered all their questions. My father is a professional and would understand these things at the same level as myself.

I chose not to get into it with my inlaws b/c there is no way they would even understand words like, 'ovulation, ovaries, fallopian tubes, blocked fallopian tubes' - I feel like those would go over their heads and so rather than stress myself out and worry them  (nothing they can do) I'll just leave that alone. DH wants me to tell them if I'm comfortable and if they had a higher level of understanding I would, but I think they'll just be confused.

Agreed with PP's - parents are quite resilliant and do understand when it comes down to it. They understand this is painful and want to help as much as they can.  [/quote]

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