| Infertility Chat Rooms are a wonderful way to | | | | memory of this feeling is still sharp for me. |
| connect with other people who are struggling to get | | | | I spent countless hours in infertility chat rooms. The |
| pregnant. In the early days of my own infertility I | | | | internet is a fabulous resource for information on |
| found that chat rooms offered an incredible way to | | | | how to get pregnant. It's also a great resource for |
| alleviate the loneliness I felt almost all of the time. | | | | connecting with people who are interested in the |
| Since infertility only hits about 10% of couples who | | | | same subjects as you are. Infertility is no different. I |
| try to conceive, it can be hard to find people to talk | | | | found that almost all of the other people I chatted |
| to that truly understand this sensitive issue. I can't | | | | with felt like I did. This alleviated the loneliness and |
| count how many times I heard comments like "I bet | | | | even the shame I felt because I was infertile. These |
| if you just relax it will happen" or my personal | | | | people reported being the recipient of most of the |
| favorite "you can always adopt". This is easy to say | | | | thoughtless comments that I had heard as well. Many |
| if you conceived your children easily. Struggling month | | | | had been treated far more thoughtlessly by friends |
| after month and then year after year to have your | | | | and family than I had. All of this was provided by |
| own baby while everyone around you gets pregnant | | | | infertility chat rooms. |
| easily can be heartbreaking to say the least. The | | | | |