I hear you. I just found out yesterday that a close friend is pregnant with her second. Their first was a boy and yesterday they found out the second is a girl. I was fine all day and until I saw that announcement via FB. I just sobbed and sobbed and my poor husband didn't know what to do.
Our time will come and the wait will be so worth it. :)

thanks for your support Claire... my cousin had baby on Friday. My husband and I are the Godparents. All week I have felt very happy and upbeat... but looking at fb got me really down.. ya know pics of the baby on the first day home... I'm so happy for them ...but feeling sad for myself... plus there are several friends on fb having babies. time for me to take a break from fb for awhile.. it's torture...and yes our time wil come!!! the waiting is just so tough :(

Our day will come. Success is getting up just 1 more time after falling. I will not give up my goal, it's too important to me

Yes Jodee I agree. My faith is high.. Just having a tough day. I refuse to give up too.

Sorry youre feeling so blue. It is right and natural to feel these feelings. Infertility is so hard, and the hardest part sometimes is watching other people get what you want while you still struggle and ask the question "why". Cheer up, all we can do is keep trying to make our dreams come true, it will happen for you - I truly believe that! Big hugs & love!!

P.S. JUST SAY NO TO FACEBOOK!! I have never been and never will be on Face book and after reading similar post to yours I am so thankful for that!!

Susan
xo

I am sorry you are feeling down today...some days are harder than others. I used to have FB in the background on my computer and now I try not to go on at all. You ladies are right!!!! It will be our turn one day.

Be well-- this too shall pass.
Some of the best advice I got from a couple of people who have been on the IF path for a while is to stick to IF-specific social networks and to really limit the amount of personal time you're online in general.

At first it was a bit hard to get rid of my fb, but once I did get rid of it, I actually got much more JOY back in my life. And even on tough days, if I cheered up, I found it easier to *maintain* that cheered up feeling. I certainly didn't have that when I was on fb and sites like it. If you can't completely rid yourself of it, it might help to steer clear of logging in to that when/if you're taking IF treatments.

Also-- there's really good advice and tips from two specific books that get me through situations like that:

"Conquering Infertility" by Dr. Alice Domar

and the very funny "Conception Chronicles" by Patty Doyle Debano et. al.

Big Leap Year hug for you, my dear.

Thanks for all the encouraging words. I'm feeling much better today :)... Just had a rough day yesterday.

Ugh..vent away girl.. I completely feel your pain as I have been surrounded by at least a dozen friends and family this past year that just had babies or are pregnant. I would have never thought this situation would be so painful and so emotionally draining. I'm to the point now where I get annoyed being around pregnant people I don't even know. All we can do is keep taking it day by day and holding hope that we WILL get our time soon..and when we do it will be AMAZING! Hang in there... we're all in this together.

I know how you feel. the past week or two ive been pretty upbeat myself. i saw a pregnant woman yesterday and it kinda got me down a little. hopefully you'll be back to your upbeat self soon! infertility is all about the wave of emotions that we have to deal with.

Thanks for all the encouragement. These last few days have been tough to bare. The constant questions from co workers gets tough for me. No one at work really knows about my IF. Every day I'm asked when I am having a baby. People mean no harm but they just don't know how rude they are being. Last week I had a coworker ask whose fault it is I don't have a baby and it must be my fault because I'm old... lol. I usually remain strong but I can only take so much. If is such a tough journey.. but I do know that this too shall pass ;)

Big hugs!
This is one of the main reasons I'm diving into my Spring Cleaning with the last shred of energy and sheer will that I have in me....
I'm doing a lot of reading on the things that I must be doing to keep myself afloat, when the flood of emotions rush in. There's so much we can do as individuals and here, together, to get us through this storm.

Yes I plan on doing some spring cleaning too. I also enjoy decorating so I will try to keep busy to help keep my mind off things.