Support and Love

 

 The journey of IVF is definitely one that shouldn't be traveled alone.

 

 When I first found out about my condition being ALONE was all I wanted. I just wanted to crawl into a hole some where and stay there. I didn't want people to feel bad for me, I didn't want anyone to know what was wrong with me, I didn't want to have anything to do with anything! It was a really difficult thing to understand and to process for that matter and I just needed time to get through all of it.

 

 As a help to myself and everything that is going on in my life I've begun seeing a therapist. I started about a month and a half ago and I can't stress enough how helpful it has been. You don't have to be nuts to see a therapist! That's probably the most negative connotation "seeing a therapist" has. Talking to someone about what you're going through is extremely helpful. Something I've noticed in therapy is that hearing myself speak about what I'm feeling alone helps me. I hear my thoughts aloud instead of holding them inside where they eat at me and can't get fixed. I've realized that having someone to go too when I'm going through something is such a good feeling. I leave her office feeling renewed, optimistic and like I can accomplish anything I want I just have to continue to work at it. I mean, I'm no expert on therapy but I'm definitely a firm believer of it. 

 

 My point of bringing this up is because anyone that is going through IVF shouldn't do it alone. Although it may be difficult to share what you're going through and difficult to share your misfortune, sharing it with your family and friends will be the best thing for you. Yesterday, for the first time I shared what I am going through with my family and friends through this blog. I sent an email to them to let them know I had begun a blog where I planned to share our journey through IVF with my family, friends and I was making this blog public so that other families that are going through the same thing could find it on the web and turn to it for support as I am. It was far from easy to begin this blog and even more difficult to share it with my family and friends. I've always been a really private person, never liked putting myself out there and being open about my life BUT I've begun to change as I work on myself so that I can get through this journey and have the strength to live through the good and the bad that this journey may bring.  

 

 Talk. Talk to your partner, talk to your family, talk to your friends. The responses I got back from my family and friends gave me so much hope and strength. Hope and strength that's much needed.

 

 I hope me talking to you will help support you in talking to others.

 

 

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