Cringe!! Let's have a giggle.. share your stories if you have any, or feel free to comment..

[Faith27]

So I'm going through this journey with my partner, VERY close family (parents really) - and literally that's all that know about our 'secret difficulties' which we are waiting to share and talk about when the time comes.

Until we start treatment, we felt there was no need to share our situation with anyone else including my work place!

Last night I was struggling to sleep and I was reading about a local support group with fertility network that appeared on my Facebook. I thought about how brave some of the people were that publicly shared that they were attending the event and after some bed time reading.. perhaps a tiny a bit of Facebook stalking which included admiration, and more Google searching and diagnosing, I rolled over and got to sleep.

You can imagine my sheer horror this morning upon realising that I had unbeknown to myself, accidently clicked INTERESTED in event which in my mind was now appearing on everyone's feed, and had by now been seen by the entire world...

Thanks Facebook.

Luckily my partner seen the notification on his feed, and after a very supportive message and a 'who gives a sh** anyway' approach, I very slowly began to see the funny side.

(My partner was away on business hence the message!)

That being said, I have been wandering about the office today, waiting for someone to ask what on earth that was all about!

Luckily, no awkward convos took place but given that my desire to conceive will come as a shock to very many people.. I wasn't quite ready for my public display of strength 😂😂

Any other awkward or embarassing stories out there to make us giggle? Xxx

[Drives]

Oh no 🙈 can just imagine what went through your head when you realised!! Well done for holding your head high and cracking on 🙌 super strong x x

[Faith27 in reply to Drives]

If only you knew my experience today lol read my next post if you get chance! Xx

[Drives in reply to Faith27]

Tough week 🙈 bless you, what a nightmare! Hope you haven't let it put you off attending one in the future now you've mustered the courage x x

[Hidden]

Oh no! Bloody Facebook. I did a similar thing when doing IVF and was listening to a "Hypnosis for IVF" thing on Spotify. It was publicly sharing what I had recently listened to to Facebook "friends" (not all are close friends some colleagues etc.) So guess that was one way to tell everyone! No one said anything either. Well done for getting through it! It's something people shouldn't feel embarrassed about and the more people talk about it the better : ) x

[Faith27 in reply to Hidden]

Omg I think I'd have died!!!! I definitely feel that the more people that talk about it, the better but I wasn't quite ready to share it with the world lol! Your story is so funny xx

[KW83]

My OH was asked by a waitress why he didn't want a beer when we were out for dinner with friends the day before egg collection - he replied 'because tomorrow might be the day we make a baby and the swimmers need to be on their game' 🙈 Could have killed him but the look on her face was priceless 😂 I think she might think twice about questioning someone's choice to avoid alcohol in the future!

[Faith27 in reply to KW83]

OH my god that's so funny!!! Such an honest answer and yep, I bet she will think twice before asking in the future hahahah hillarious. Thanks for sharing xx

[MissSaoPaulo]

On day of EC, my hubby goes off to 'fill the pot' and my Dad keeps texting him the whole time wanting to chat about football!!! I'll never know how he managed to get the sample because it must be really off putting trying to do that with msgs popping up from your father in law wanting to talk about Firmino...

[Faith27 in reply to MissSaoPaulo]

Haha it would be enough to off put me!! Glad he managed to do the dreaded deed - can't imagine the pressure they must be under trying to do that! Xx