Comments on: On being a big sister.

By: Janna

Janna — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:58:08 +0000

That’s just heartbreaking! I hope that she NEVER has to experience IF!! She’s so blessed to have you to come to with all her questions, fears, frustrations, etc…

By: Bea

Bea — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:57:03 +0000

1. Yes, damnit, get the pillow already.

2. Well, hopefully your sister won’t also be affected, but if she is, I’m glad she’s got a big sister like you to take care of her.

Bea

By: My Reality

My Reality — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:30:22 +0000

I hope your sister doesn’t have to deal with the pain of infertility. If she does have to deal with some of the same things that you and J have faced, she will be lucky to have you on her side to support her and understand what she is going through.

By: christina(apronstrings)

christina(apronstrings) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:06:13 +0000

oh fvck. s.
fvck.fvck.fvck.
man, that made me very, very, sad. let’s pray that their timing just sucks.

By: Krista

Krista — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:58:33 +0000

This post made me cry. My sister is 7 years younger than me and we have always been very close. She wants children as badly as I do and is getting married this summer. I am so afraid she will have the same problem, she shows some of the signs of PCOS.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:16:09 +0000

This is my biggest fear. In both respects that my sister gets pregnant on her first try and that she isn’t able too.

And I think she worries about it too. She makes comments like, we don’t know if we can have kids. It is for this reason, sometimes, I feel so sad. My infertility has taken her magical pregnancy away.

Hoping and praying for your sister. At least you can give her comfort that it can happen.

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:40:08 +0000

We often say how we wouldn’t wish IF on our worst enemy – much less a much loved sister.

By: Christiana

Christiana — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:31:38 +0000

It was my sister who was the most sympathetic to me as I tried to get get pregnant – she was actually scared to tell me when she accidentally became pregnant with her 4th child, and yet, I was the only one she wanted to tell. And she was the most joyous when I told her that i was, finally pregnant.

By: rachinbar

rachinbar — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:21:49 +0000

My little sister was diagnosed with PCOS shortly after she got married (they started TTC immediately). After failed clomid cycles, it turned out that a med she was taking was raising her prolactin & she conceived during the first cycle after she got off it… I was so relieved. My niece is nearly 5 months old

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:34:40 +0000

I have felt very thankful that my little sister wants to remain child-free, because then she won’t have to worry about infertility. And one of the reasons I don’t particularly want to have a genetically-related daughter is that I’m deathly afraid that I would pass PCOS on to her.

It’s hard being a big sister when you care about your little sister so much. Mine is 2.5 years younger and I tortured her much like you did, but heaven forbid anyone else try to do the same! We hated each other for a while when we were teens and now we’re great friends who talk all the time.

It can be such a special relationship, but those are the ones that open us up to the most heartache. I hope your sister has just been bad on timing and that she won’t have to go through infertility hell.

And I hope your Squishy has a cousin close in age.