So as the title says, I had another encounter with a fertile today. I hadn't planned on writing about it, but now I am too frustrated not to, I need to get my feelings out! Fertiles can be so insensitive, and I'm sorry to say, ignorant! My first mistake was engaging this person in the first place. I should have just let it roll on by but no, I just had to say something. Let me set the scene for you. So she says something on FB about how all these women need to stop posting their pregnant belly and baby pictures because they are giving her baby fever. Instead of letting it lie there like would have been best for me, I responded: "you think YOU have baby fever (emphasis on the you)! She then responds back with, "oh, sorry, I know you want one as bad as I do, probably even more.." Ok, first of all, probably?! There is no probably about it! She then goes on to brag about how she finally convinced her husband that they should start trying for a boy and she is very excited! Oh, how wonderful it must be to know that you can have sex one month and be pregnant the next. But no, it doesn't stop there. I then keep going with: "I am partial to a boy for our first, but honestly, I don't care what we get as long as we are blessed with at least one happy, healthy child. I"m not picky. " She then follows up with: "Yeah, I used to say the same thing, but after two girls I have been praying really hard for a boy." Are you serious?! I wanted to shout back with, "Well, I have been praying really hard for a child period!" Boy, talk about being ungrateful for what you already have. She has two beautiful little girls and yet all she can do is whine about how badly she wants a boy. The audacity and sheer ignorance of people just astounds me sometimes. This woman seriously needs to get a clue! Maybe I'm being overly-sensitive here, but I really felt as though she was rubbing her fertility and ability to reproduce at will right in my face. I definitely sensed a "I'm better than you" vibe going. This is the same woman that also said, "I feel sorry for women who have trouble conceiving, I really do, but there is a reason for it." Really?! Well, I don't know about anyone else but I'd sure be curious to know what this REASON is, especially from this woman who clearly has all the answers. You ever notice how the women who utter brainless things like this have no idea what it's like to be "fertily challenged?" Oh, but wait, it gets worse, I scowled down to see another comment that said something along the lines of, "it took us 3 years to get pregnant but I definitely don't want anymore. I am happy with the one we ended up with. I hated being pregnant." Wow, seriously?! I know it's not my place to judge but this caught by surprise coming from a fellow IFer. I would be happily puking my guts out right now if it meant that I were pregnant. I would endure every wave of nausea and every bout of morning sickness. Needless to say, this is not what I needed to be exposed to as I sit smack dab in the middle of my two week wait. Rant over. I don't feel better. :/
What do you guys think, am I being overly-sensitive and an extreme bitca to boot? Maybe she didn't mean anything by it and in my overly-emotional I read into things that weren't there. Jealousy is NOT a good color on me. Is this what infertility (I cringe even thinking the word) has reduced me to; a bitter, resentful person who not only can't be happy for others but begrudges them that right? I feel awful. :(
P.S. I hate IF blog terms like 'fertiles.' Why does there have to be a dividing line? Wouldn't I want (expect) everyone to be happy for me if I were pregnant? God knows I would be....
P.P.S. I stupidly posted pictures of the crib in the nursery on FB (back to that again), but then later decided to take them down. It's not that I care what people think of me, because really I don't. This is my journey and I will own it for the world to see. This is my fight for our unborn child and I will embrace every minute of it. The good, the bad, the hideously ugly, and the hopefully soon-to-be happy ending. I just decided that it would be best to avoid any unnecessary questions during this time in my 2WW as I am waiting to find out if by some miracle I am actually pregnant.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Another encounter with a fertile....
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