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    How do y’all handle explaining absences at work?

    @sarajul I just told my boss that I had some medical appointments and small procedures coming up and I’d be out occasionally over the next few months and left it at that.
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    Just need to write it out

    @mikeysmama1128 There was a post on askoldpeople the other day asking what you have to experience yourself to understand and unbelievably, no one said fertility struggles (though many many comments said “pregnancy, birth, parenthood, etc). Most people truly just don’t get it. It’s not something...
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    Just need to write it out

    @shannonhartwell24 I know exactly what you mean. I’m at the end of cycle 10 right now. It’s been awful. There’s this underlying current of anxious dread that I’m just sort of pushing down and ignoring but occasionally it starts to bubble up and I get this whole body panic. I just got back from...
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    Crossing the 6 month mark

    @rosetyler I’ll also add that even if you’re in the group of 15% of folks who don’t get pregnant by 12 months, that doesn’t mean it’s not going to happen for you. Most people have a 20-30% chance of pregnancy each month. People with unexplained infertility trying unsuccessfully for less than 2...
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    I don’t know if I can handle another close friend getting pregnant

    @almunday The part about how easy it is for them gets me the most for some reason (maybe cause I’m a bitter jealous b). Like they decide they want to be pregnant and then boom they are. Meanwhile we’re stuck standing in place, never knowing if it’s going to happen for us or not.
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