Infertility Sucks. Period.

Growing up you take health class. You are told over and over again if you have sex you will either A) get pregnant or B) get an STD. Never do they tell you growing up that getting pregnant could be hard. Never do you think you will struggle with infertility.

But here we are..

I feel for everyone of you struggling with infertility because I’m there with you. I know the heartbreak every moth when you get a negative. I feel the jealousy seeing pregnancy announcements on our timelines. I feel the guilt in ourselves as if we did something wrong in our lives and to feel punished for not being able to do it on our own. And I feel the light at the end of the tunnel get smaller and further out of reach every month.

I’m over a year into this battle with fertility. I read tons of stories on this app of people celebrating their pregnancies as well as the comments from those of us that are struggling to get there. But the most exciting stories to read are the ones of those who have struggled and are finally getting to celebrate reaching the goal of pregnancy.

Never did I think I would struggle with fertility. Never did I think my husband and I would have to talk about how far we want to go to try and have a family. But most of all never would I have thought I would feel so ashamed to tell my family that it might not happen for us.

To everyone struggling, I feel you. I’m hopeful for you. You’re not alone because I’m there too.