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4.30.2011

I hate IF urban legends, therefore...

...I hate me. For you. For me even. Urban legends give false hope and/or soul stabbing outcomes to fellow IF'ers.

Unfortunately, though, I seem to be one. A

After all we've been through, I find myself very gratefully unexpectedly five weeks pregnant, with two good looking betas and an u/s next Tuesday. The doc credits the repeat HSG and maybe the gluten free eating in case you're wondering.

Whatever the reason though, like I said, I hate me for you all and I would unfollow me for you if I could.

And if you say it's because I deserve this, I'll unfollow you, because we all deserve this.

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Regardless of how this all turns out, for as long as it lasts, this blog will talk about my pregnancy. I will not complain about it. Not a moment or a symptom. I will be the happiest, vomiting person on the planet. If I'm not, you have my every blessing to spam my comments section with hateful comebacks and immediately block me from your world. But I will positively document what's going on for my own sake because I want to live gratefully in every moment (no, I won't say that IF'ers can't complain...I just choose not to for everyone's sake involved). Also, you will not see pictures on here. I just can't bring myself to do that to anyone able to stick around. That's just crossing a line in my world (not judging others, just telling you where I stand for me).


As for my plea yesterday, I try to approach life how I would want to be treated--for me, reading things that pop up without warning is just plain awful, while suspecting that's what's coming isn't as bad--thus, I offered a warning to run while you could so you wouldn't have to see it in writing if you couldn't and/or didn't want to. Because if I were me reading this, I wouldn't be able to handle it. So I wouldn't fault you at all if you hit unfollow (or if you already have...but then you wouldn't have read this far...but either way, I still won't fault you). Like I said up there, I hate urban legends. They are torture to a veteran IF'ers soul. So, as I asked yesterday, please unfollow me for your own sake.

For those who are at a point in their own journey where they don't totally want to claw my eyes out and kick me repeatedly and thus choose to stick around, I stand in humble awe of you, as you are doing something I know I couldn't do because it would just be too painful.
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Whether this is my last post you read or not, I want to thank you for your support up to this point. You all are amazing at the kindness you bestow through your comments and shared hopes and frustration. If you're leaving me now, I desperately wish you peace and hope you get your a happily ever after, whatever the ends up looking like for you, sooner than later.

19 comments:

  1. Congratulations! To me, it's always a win for our group of IFers when someone beats the odds. In the end, I truly believe that we all make our way somehow and we are able to move on in a place of peace through adoption, IVF success, or child free living. It's just excrutiatingly painful getting to that place. So, a toast to you and wishing you the best in this pregnancy!!! I will still be checking in on my fellow UUer! :)

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  2. Congratulations! I'm very, very happy for you and I won't be un-following!

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  3. I appreciate your respect and understanding when it comes to how your good news can indeed affect us still struggling infertiles. But you know what?

    You have been waiting for this and have been through enough to never need to appologise for your extreme good fortune. Please allow yourself to be completely happy and not worry about us too much.

    It's wonderful news that should be celebrated and I would give you a big hug if I could. Things just happen and you are indeed blessed.

    All the best, MissConception

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  4. A HA!!! I knew it! I couldn't be happier for you, and I mean that from the bottom of my heart! Soak up every minute of this, and yes, you DO deserve it :)

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  5. Congrats! I am beyond happy for you and can't wait to follow you through this nine month journey!

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  6. I am so truly delighted for you! Congratulations this is amazing news! :D I will definitely be sticking around to continue supporting you. Please don't feel guilty, this is the miracle you were striving for one way or another and you fully have the right to celebrate! Thank you also for your very kind and considerate way of letting us all know "the news" :) best wishes and good luck :)

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  7. Woo! This is the best news I've heard all day! As much as you may think that the rest of the Bitter Infertiles hate you, I think you're wrong. You're one of us. An inspiration. The one who escaped! Enjoy it, embrace it, and for the love of all that is holy--blog about it!

    So happy for you, and hopeful for us all! :D

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  8. Fantastic news!! I know how hard it is to hear news of natural pregnancies from Non-IFers and occasionally Ifers too but I feel nothing but joy for your wonderful miracle!

    Though we IFers really could do without more proof of that 'stop treatment and get pregnant' 'myth' ;) Only joking xx

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  9. Oh EBC!

    Please accept my heartiest congratulations!

    This is truly tremendous news. You do yourself and your readers proud.

    My hope for you is that you just keep blogging in the honest approach you have gone about this thus far.

    However, while I understand your nervousness, I hope you will exclude words like: "Regardless of how this all turns out, for as long as it lasts" from your thinking. You are pregnant!

    It saddens me that the down side of triumphing over IF is to be faced with guilt and shame for succeeding. The early days of pregnancy are stressful enough without this burden. You are pregnant, it doesn't in anyway stop me or any other number of IF bloggers from doing the same. There is room enough for us share in this joy, afterall there is plenty of misery in this struggle. A little BFP by proxy can't hurt any of us!

    EBC, enjoy this! Blog however you wish! You are pregnant!

    Thank you so much for sharing!

    LS x

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  10. My worries and fears are different in these early weeks of my pregnancy, but they are still there...and I need anyone who will support me in blog world and I want to do the same for them. I needed the success stories I found through blogs and I hope that I am one for somebody else... all that said, this community needs to hear that it can happen...without ART or after multiple tries with ART, even better. Be a success story and encouragement for others here still trying to get there:] Congratulations!

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  11. I'm not going to say you deserve this, because fuck that shit. We ALL know how little being deserving has to do with any of this. And that the urban legends are bullshit.

    But I will say that since I like you and you're not a douchebag, I'm happy that this has happened for you and wish you the best. In other words, I don't want to throw my computer through the window upon reading this.

    I think that's perfectly cool of you to document your pregnancy on this page. It is, after all, your space - not ours. We come here and read of our own volition if we want to.

    Hoping for a long, uncomfortable, nausea-filled 9 months :)

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  12. Congratulations! Can't wait to hear about your first ultrasound!!

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  13. Congratulations! Sorry I've been MIA, I had no idea about your pregnancy and wasn't avoiding you!

    I made a decision a while back that I didn't want to be the bitter, angry infertile. Your pregnancy doesn't take away my chance of a pregnancy. And you will appreciate this pregnancy and this child in a way that many of my friends did not. I find my life a lot more rewarding if I support the people around me. That whole "treat others as you would like to be treated" thing I guess. So please let me know if there is anything you need. Lots of hugging and squealing :)

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  14. I am so excited for you and I am not dropping you!! You are the success story!! your blog is what keeps me going!! Your blog is an inspiration.
    hugs:)

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  15. Amazing! That's great news! I hope everything turns out beautifully! (I have an OBGyn I can recommend and a pediatrician and Great Beginnings is the BEST store in the area for cribs and stuff...not that I bought one there, only drooled over a couple).

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  16. Stopping by to give you a big, hearty congrats. I think we can all appreciate your sensitivity in the matter. That being said, I appreciate hearing stories of IF success, in whatever form that maybe, as it helps me to know there is a light somewhere at the end of the tunnel. It gives me strength and courage and I would be surprised if I was the only one.

    I wish you nothing but a smoothe and healthy pregnancy in the months that follow.

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  17. Wow! Big congrats to your pregnancy, amazing news. I truly hope it will be a healthy 9month and more to come..

    Thanks for your concern about others but remember this is your space!

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  18. Wow. How amazing. There have been quite a few urban IF legends coming to life in my twitterverse. It is crazy. Who knows why- it has just happened. I hope you don't get any hurtful words sent your way, I hope all your followers know we are here to support each other.
    I pray for the best outcome for you and this little fighter.

    This is wonderful, and glad I have found your blog!

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