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    You know all of the crazy things we hear that are WRONG!
    Let's compile a list of them.

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    MISCONCEPTIONS #2
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    One friend actually said to me when I told her I miscarried "Too early huh?
    There's always next time."

    I don't care what science or doctors say, as soon as a woman realizes she is pg, the thing inside her is a human life, not a fetus and it is a terrible loss. If she had to come home from the hospital completely void of that life inside her I doubt she'd be saying..
    oh better luck next time.

    But my favorite is "m/c is so common. Sometimes it just takes a few tries."

    It amazes me how insensitive and shallow some people can be!

    Tori
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    My aunt told me that orgasm is the key to conception.
    She avoided pregnancy as long as she didn't have an orgasm.

    I wish it was that easy.

    DEBRA

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    If your sister gets pregnant quickly,
    you will, too.

    Jennifer

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    1) "Maybe you're trying too hard?
    Stop trying and it will happen...
    it worked for me"


    Little do these women realize the reason why
    it worked for them is because they don't
    know then they ovulated, so they just presume
    ovulation is this evil thing that can come
    any time during your cycle-
    or even more hilariously-
    during your period.
    Here's my theory,
    if you have sex long enough
    at any time during the cycle,
    anytime you want,
    and you and your Dh
    have no physical problems,
    you are bound to conceive
    without 'trying"
    (Sex+no physical problems= pregnancy)
    Any questions? ;-)


    2) "Have you considered adoption?
    My cousins' sisters' Aunt's mom adopted and
    got pregnant immediately,
    maybe is can work for you, no?"


    Ha! can someone give me one valid scientific proof
    that stressing over the costs and time-consuming,
    heart-aching expenses of adoption can suddenly make
    my ovaries so jealous that they pop out an egg
    resulting in immediate pregnancy?


    3) "What about invitro-fertilization?
    Have you heard of this?"
    Have i heard of this? My pocket book and
    bank account cringes at the thought
    of a minimum of $12,000 per medicated cycle
    of IVF.
    And when has IVF has suddenly become
    the cure-all for all women who take a while,
    or require medical intervention to conceive?
    Maybe I thought on this one a little too hard.


    4) "Oh, fertility drugs?
    That means you're gonna have Septuplets
    like that one lady on TV right?....how exciting!"
    Yeah exciting!
    Nothing excites me more than to gain a cute,
    curvy 100+lbs all for 7 underweight babies.
    I am sure my husband will enjoy my lovely
    stretch marks that look like the county
    map on my butt.

    5) "Are you sure you want that responsibility
    for the rest of your life?"


    As I get this comment often, i think,
    do i want the responsibility of raising
    their hare-brained child, or MINE?
    Makes me wonder what some of these
    women took during pregnancy to result in
    such misbehaved children....
    On and on, thats for another topic another day...


    6) "Taking Charge of Your fertility?
    Natural family planning?!
    Well no wonder you're not getting pregnant,
    that Rhythm Method doesnt work,
    didn't grandma tell you that?"
    Oh man, don't make me explain why grandma
    has 11 children
    and why the Rhythm method didnt work...
    here comes the lecture on the mythical day 14
    ovulation and how we should have sex
    days 10-17 and we will be pregnant in NO time.


    7) "Have sex everyday, thats bound to get
    you pregnant!"
    Sex everyday without an egg to fertilize
    will for sure get me pregnant!
    Why didnt i think of this before...::
    shmack shmack::
    I am not sure what kind of caffeine
    or speed these ladies take,
    but all the Jolt in the world couldnt
    give me the energy
    to make love every night every cycle...

    8) "Oh you took depo-provera,
    well don't you know it can take up to 3 years
    before you can get pregnant after that shot!"
    Considering I have had 1 shot 12 months ago,
    and I have normal periods
    with ovulation on Clomid, I have a feeling
    that's not the problem.

     
    THE WORLDS MOST LOATHED COMMENTS:

    "I got pregnant first try with all 42 of
    my children"

    some sex tip like "You know your father
    and I did it
    in the bathtub when we conceived you!"

    "wait until you are AT LEAST 1 week late
    before testing"
    A week, is she mother Theresa!?
    I have no patience.

    And our favorite…
    "So are you pregnant yet?"

    Well i guess there is some good from our
    infertility experiences...
    we are given the sole responsibility to
    educate each and every one of our
    hillbilly cousins who think that
    injectable infertility meds
    can be addictive and are also illegal,
    that Sperm washing is for people with STD's.
    and 2 IUI's can get your
    drivers' license taken away! Heaven forbid,
    what are we going to do with these people?

    ~~From the malcontentious mind of Shara

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    Maybe you're not doing it right!
    L
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    I guess I heard them all, and I don't want to repeat any of the ones I already read in the board, but this one I didn't find. It was said by a very primitive-minded old lady in her grandson's birth party. She didn't even know I was TTCing, she just assumed something is wrong because we're married for 5 years without children.

    "You should go to the maternity board of a hospital and go to the toilet after a woman who just gave birth. If you are embarrassed, I will go with you!"

    Come on! That was a first! Anyway, DH and I still laugh about it whenever we are down from TTC.

    Raquel
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    My cousin told me that both times
    she got pregnant she stuffed an old
    t-shirt up herself, so as to "take out"
    the excess sperm!
    She was trying NOT to get PG!
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    I'm sorry, but I thought you just said,
    "STAND ON YOUR HEAD AFTER SEX",
    are you crazy???
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    My sister (currently pg with her 3rd child out of
    wedlock, with 3 different daddies), told me to try
    A) Doing it "Doggie Style".... it worked for her.
    And B) Have an affair with a loser..... that also
    works for her. All of my nephew's daddies are
    losers. Keep in mind that this is coming from
    someone who all she has to do is miss 3 bc pills in
    a row and ....... BAM!

    Krissy
    ttc#1 c#8 (endo)

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    Me and DH have been together 13 yrs.
    married for 11 of them.
    So of course people ask us if we have kids
    and of course we say "no", then
    come the suggestions..
    "Don't worry it'll happen,
    just relax and not think about it"

    Oh thank god you told me that,
    I'm so relieved now...

    Lisa
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    I think the weirdest one is when your mother calls
    you at two in the morning
    asking you are you pg because
    she just woke up from a dream with fish in it.
    Another is when you walk into the dining room with
    all your extended family enjoying Thanksgiving dinner
    and your great aunt exclaims,
    "I smell breast milk in here are you pg Ericka?"

    It simply boggles the mind.....
    Ericka
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    My Favorite one is the one my mom told me:
    She said that if a rabbit dies
    then someone is pregnant.
    Then she looks over at our pet hampster and says
    I guess it would work with a rat too.
    Another one she told me, is that when i was
    concieved my dad was holding his tongue
    a certain way and thats how he got his little girl.
    All I want to say is thanks mom
    for putting that image in my head
    LOL.
    -sherry
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    The funniest I heard was from an older friend of the
    family who advised me to
    "keep a bottle of Coke on the bedside table and
    any time your man lays more than a hand on you,
    shake up that Coke and let it fizz up your hooja" -
    seeing as this was her preferred method of contraception,
    and she has had seven children,
    I'm almost tempted..LOL.
    Ruth
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