How do you cope when a close friend announces a pregnancy?

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A close friend just announced her pregnancy on social media and I feel so distraught. I think I’m just dealing with too much stuff since my retrieval and now recuperating from OHSS. It really hurts that it can be so easy for others.. I’m overwhelmed with sadness.
What do you do to cope in these situations?

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I’d get sad and cry. There’s no sugar coating it for me.  So I’ll just be over here breaking for you.  Sending you hope and love💕

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Everyone thought my husband and I would have the first great grandbaby in the family. And my best friend and I started trying at the same time. 
My husbands grandpa used to beg me for a baby. My husband was named for him and I think it was important to him to see my husband have a baby. He passed last summer and now I’ll never get to tell him the news (if and when it happens).   
Today there are 4 great grandbabies and my best friends baby is turning 2. We will be lucky if we have the fifth at this point.  
It doesn’t get easier. You just remember your love for these people and see all the friends your hopefully one day baby will have. When your time comes none of this other stuff will matter anymore.

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There is no easy way to deal with pregnancy announcements. It knocks the wind out of me each time I learn someone new is pregnant. I can’t even imagine the joy and happiness they must be experiencing because this journey has been nothing but pain and disappointment for my husband and I. I can tell you to try to stay strong, but I know it’s so much easier said than done.

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I used to was getting very upset. Was saying to myself “this supposed to be me!”. But then I saw post in one of the groups here about not to get upset as this is someone else journey. Which is true... my life or circumstance are different than others. I started owning my infertility. Making pease with it. Starting to talk about it. It really helped me coping with this long and exhausting journey. Well, I’m still getting annoyed on Pampers commercials, but not so much as before. I just wish my husband would do same... he is still stuck on “why us?”. Stay strong girl! Sending positive vibes 🍍🍍

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I have yet to start the retrieval process, and need to use a surrogate for a baby. But a few weeks ago my hundreds cousins and his gf announced their pregnancy. No one likes her (seriously no family member likes her) so it made it even worse. It was an “accident” (so she says but no one thinks so) they are young and HAD to get married for her to have insurance. The cousin didn’t want al this right now. We’re quit older and have gone through very hard losses. We want this so bad and to see their situation is like a knife in the heart. 
I totally understand. I try to keep my state of mind at “it’ll happen for us” “we will be happier since we want it so badly” ect. And a little happy that she’s going through it during this time so she can’t actually enjoy it fully. I know its horrible. 
I’m so sorry , stay positive 💜💜

How do you cope when a close friend announces a pregnancy?

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