Thread: "Family" Discussion

Original message by Bobaloola The pain of IF haunts you through pregnancy and parenthood. I STILL feel as if this can't be real and that at any minute something will happen to take it all way because for YEARS I felt that it would never happen and I didn't deserve it enough. Boards like this are amazing, but heartbreaking. NO ONE should have to suffer through IF and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. But know that just...

Original message by Tkeys If the majority feels that all of us who are graduates and not currently ttc should stop posting, I, too, will step down as host. I'm not sure that is what I am seeing from the comments - I think more responses have been in line with Kerry, but let's put it to a poll. I don't see it either, most comments I seen want and love us being up in the grad area and our support down here! I think a poll would...

Shoot, I didn't mean for my siggy to be in the one post---so sorry, and I don't know how to get rid of it now.

This is my last butting into the conversation here. I have not started a thread since I have been pregnant, but have commented on threads to support my friends still TTC and to give advice as someone who has BTDT with many years of infertility and treatment. I am sorry if this has caused some of you pain or anger. It has never been my goal to hurt anyone or intrude in a place where it was not welcome.

WOW, this thread is all over the place...I have a couple more things to say.... First, I have NO problemo with you lovely ladies having siggies of your beautiful children or baby bumps and tickers. I just would prefer they be turned off on M/C and BFN, or other super emotional posts - as those posts are the most hard to handle. I understand that it is sometimes hard to remember to turn your siggy off, and that is fine - just ask a...

Eve and TKeys... to you! ITA with some of the previous posters...TTC is open to everyone. I agree with Leah with her statement of having changed since I joined this board. I was also one of the "oh, that will be me soon" people; however, I haven't been dealt that card. I know that many of the ladies who already have children have been through YEARS of IF treatments and procedures; I haven't been financially able to...

I want to add for me personally, while it might be hard to see people graduate, I cherish when those graduates come back and give me support. Like Eve and TKeys etc. I need for those of you who've been there and done that to Remember me while I'm still TTC. I need that support. So I love when the graduates reply to my threads. It keeps me going. It makes me feel like I'm remembered and in a way that I'm not being left behind.

Sorry! Forgot to turn off my siggy

I'm going to add my two cents here, from a different perspective. I've been lurking here for a few months and repsonded to a few posts here and there. It took me a long time for PPAF to show after having my son and wanted some company while waiting for AF, and on our TTC#3 journey without saying hello and goodbye on DI boards.(I checked out other boards with specific relevance to my situation, and they were all virtually dead, no new...

I'm sorry to see that there is problems here. I've totally been guilty of not posting much although I lurk all the time. I've had SO much going on and sometimes my laptop goes a whole week without seeing the light of day (haha). I know I learned so much when I was active on the TTC side and celebrated while everyone else got there bfp's! I hope the other ladies can have the same experience I had. I think the graduates can...