The Unicorn sets out on a perilous journey, not knowing how far she will need to go to find others like her. But she knows she must find them. Starting out in the journey of Infertility feels like this. Most of us start down this path not knowing how long - how far we will travel or what challenges we might face. What were your feelings about starting down the path of ttc and infertility at the start? And then later on?
Here is a link of the movie at this part. "On Man's Road" I tear up almost every time.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Editor's Pick: The Last Unicorn Discussion Question #2
The Unicorn sets out on a perilous journey, not knowing how far she will need to go to find others like her. But she knows she must find them. Starting out in the journey of Infertility feels like this. Most of us start down this path not knowing how long - how far we will travel or what challenges we might face. What were your feelings about starting down the path of ttc and infertility at the start? And then later on?
Here is a link of the movie at this part. "On Man's Road" I tear up almost every time.
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Starting down the path of ttc, I thought I was fertile Myrtle. When it didn't happen the first month, I instantly felt something was wrong. I guess that was my little "butterfly" moment. :)
ReplyDeleteStarting the treatments, I felt like "IUI - sure, but we shouldn't ever need to go so far as IVF! That's the worst-case scenario."
Now, I'm looking back on my last two IVF cycles and not knowing for sure what lies ahead for me. Another fresh cycle? FET of Han Solo? DE? Adoption?
One thing I DO know, is that I have that gut-pull in me, like the unicorn. I *know* that there is a child in my future that will call me "mommy". And now, I know how hard it will still be... especially looking back at how far I've gone in the last 5 years... and knowing through other's journeys, how hard it could be. But I still want to keep going.
At the beginning of this journey I would never have imagined us to be where we are 9 years later. I had so much hope at the beginning and now it has been crushed smashed and hurt so much it is hard to find it again. I've gone much farther on this journey than I ever thought I would and right now, I wish we would have just accepted our natural fate and moved on somehow. But it is that little "hope" bug that keeps finding me every once in awhile that can't be crushed that keeps us going. The unicorn has that hope too.
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