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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a person who has struggled to have a healthy pregnancy in the past, nothing was more heartbreaking than hearing other women talking incessantly about their happy healthy pregnancies.

You are a good friend for noticing your infertile friend's distress. I would take the clueless friend to the side and let her know that it's insensitive to talk so much about her pregnancy since she doesn't know other people's situations in the office. There be others struggling with infertility who would appreciate her keeping her big mouth shut as well.[/quote]

Why don't the infertile women be direct and ask the chatty pregnant women to tone it down? Why the need for a third party?[/quote]

It's a very difficult and emotional situation and hard enough to keep your emotions together much less try to encourage sensitivity in others. It's not only women struggling with infertility but those like me who have terminations of very wanted pregnancies due to fetal medical conditions.
This "third party" has asked how she can be helpful and I appreciate that effort.[/quote]

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