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Preaching to the choir .. been there and bought the tee shirt. About 8 years and more cash than I care to count thrown at science to help us grow two awesome boys. Now 20 and 15.

There is 7 weeks between my first son and his cousin. My EX sister in law was the jealous type (and highly fertile). Shrugged and said "me too" at our carefully planned and fought for announcement. A friend from playgroup also fell pregnant while her first was only 3 months old. Whoops she said. If only ...

I had to remind myself that on the whole people mean well. And each has their own path. Until you've walked that path, you simply don't understand the depth of longing or despair, not to mention self blame. I kept my cards close to li chest. And never shared. It was simply easier to avoid those conversations

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