Everyone around me is pregnant and welcoming babies.

My husband and I have been TTC for 3 years now. In that 3 years we have officially become the only ones in our close friends group that doesn’t have children. Now a number of them are having their second or third child and it seems like every time I log onto social media all I see is pregnancy announcement after pregnancy announcement from others we know or went to school with. It feels like it’s becoming harder and harder to deal with. All the gender reveal party invites, baby shower invitations, and what not have been poring in and it hurts more than I thought it would. I am so happy for my friends and love being “auntie” to so many amazing children but it hurts so much right now. I try to be as open as I can with my close friends about my feelings but I also never want them to feel guilty or exclude me from things because I don’t have children. Others have suggested making new friends that we have more in common with being childless, but we are at the age that is hard to find and we truly do love our friends. Is there anyone out there that has any advice? I’m so sick of the, “when the time is right it will happen.” “It’s when you stop trying it happens” and the “I have a friend who’s sisters roomates cousin did this and was pregnant in no time.” I just feel like it’s so out of reach and like we have to accept the reality that we may not have kids with our friends or at all. I just feel helpless.