Thursday, June 28, 2018

Mother’s Day After a Failed Frozen Embryo Transfer (2018)

I would like to thank this guest blogger, who will remain anonymous, for her courage in writing this. And although Mother's Day has past, the feelings don't go away at the end of the day.

Mother’s Day is hard during infertility.
When it falls days after you find out that your PGS tested perfect embryo transfer failed
Mother’s Day is a punch in the stomach
It’s a constant reminder of everything you don’t have
But everything you want
It’s logging onto social media and immediately logging off because every post is a trigger
It’s staring at baby strollers longingly and wondering if it’ll ever be you
It’s seeing pregnant women everywhere you turn and trying to push the tears away
It’s a constant reminder of what you had, if only fleetingly for those 2 weeks when you were pregnant until proven otherwise
It’s trying to hide, but not being able to