tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post7890872072611096040..comments2024-01-15T12:17:49.418+02:00Comments on Midlife Singlemum: IVF: Gearing Up For Round TwoRachel Selbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-81036638753443065622011-05-18T13:32:35.513+03:002011-05-18T13:32:35.513+03:00Beth - My mantra was and still is (for other peopl...Beth - My mantra was and still is (for other people) never give up. Regarding insensitive comments - the things I'm uncomfortable with now are sometimes things I remember saying to others before I was in the thick of it. I hope I've got wiser. Good luck with your plans, I wish you an easy journey to success.Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-23737699045499829932011-05-18T10:06:15.651+03:002011-05-18T10:06:15.651+03:00I remain amazed at how insensitive some people can...I remain amazed at how insensitive some people can be. Maybe it's because I got married at 34, well after 3 of my younger siblings, so I had my share of pressure and heartache, but I am always careful to avoid saying anything potentially hurtful. You never know what someone is going through privately. My favourite insensitive (and daft) comment came from my uncle, well before I'd even met my now-husband "We want children from you!" Argh.<br /><br />Anyway. I was very lucky to conceive my son 5 months after I got married, with no problems, but now we are trying for another, I'm 38, and six months in, nothing has happened yet. I was so sick when I was pregnant that it took a long time for me to work up the courage to try and go through it again, but now I'm feeling pressured and worried and wondering what I may have to go through to achieve a second pregnancy. It has been a shock to me, since the first one was so easy. It gives me a lot of hope when I read blogs such as yours, knowing that many women go through an awful lot to get pregnant and yet do still meet with success even if it takes time.Bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-65236473356601240652011-05-18T07:09:25.135+03:002011-05-18T07:09:25.135+03:00Emma and Northernmum - it's funny you should b...Emma and Northernmum - it's funny you should both say that as I wrote these words about two years after the event but whilst I was still trying to conceive. When I put them into the blog yesterday I toned down my words because I couldn't believe how angry and upset I was over it. How quickly we forget the rawness of the emotions during the process.Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-48613992013244660832011-05-18T01:46:43.281+03:002011-05-18T01:46:43.281+03:00I wouldnt of been impressed, I dont see it as a jo...I wouldnt of been impressed, I dont see it as a joking matter at all. Not something to be used like that. I became pregnant at 20 the natural way, I never ever gave thoughts about motherhood until I saw those little lines which told me I was expecting a baby. From then onwards I discovered the journey of motherhood and how some mothers really do undertake one hell of a journey to get to the stage I so easily did with 'some guy' my heart breaks when I hear of such journey's where it takes people who want to become mothers/parents so many attempts at IVF, so much money and sometimes it not going right. I want everyone who wants it to experience what I have by becomming a mother! I'm rambling, it's late. But yes, I can just imagine how you felt when she just laughed off IVF like that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266711293046712178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-12825695115231584052011-05-18T01:17:12.793+03:002011-05-18T01:17:12.793+03:00What a rather daft 'joke' to make. My bro...What a rather daft 'joke' to make. My brother is about to embark on his fifth IVf journey and I feel he would not have enjoyed hearing that!<br /><br />well done you for keeping your cool xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com