Your IVF or IUI Journey.

I've been in between - very close friends and immediate family members know, but I'm not sharing with anyone else. I've been TTC since 2018 and I quickly found it overwhelming to talk to too many ppl

We were quite open with close friends and family. We'd been trying for 3 years and when it came to starting IVF all the appointments meant I had to tell work and people found out (nothing stays private in a school!) Just meant I had more support when the injections made me feel awful etc.

I'm pretty open with people in person. I find being open about it is easier for me than trying to dance around it when I'm asked if I want kids. I've also found through being open that the most unlikely people ultimately give the best support (and the opposite for people I thought would be my biggest supporters).

Depends on the person, really…We’ve told quite a lot of people, partly for support and partly because so many people are clueless about how intense IVF actually is and what it involves, and we think it’s good to raise awareness x

I've been open about it with close family and my coworkers cause u can only make up so many excuses. I found it really hard when I have got pregnant twice doing ivf and around 7 weeks had a miscarriage. Going through all these emotions and having to tell everyone that we're so happy for us the devastating news broke my heart more. It's nice to have some support though

I’ve been very open and also ready to educate anyone with questions. I respect those who chose thru go they the journey privately but it’s way too many women with Fertilty issues who don’t even know where to start. I shared my journey on my social media a while back. So many women inboxed me with their problems and questions. U never know who your journey may inspire

Hey im single and 38. The clock's a-tickin and with no husband on the horizon I've decided to start a family. It's not a secret, opposite actually! Friends and family know when I'm transferring and their not so successful outcomes. Xo unexplained infertility sux but I think conversations surround it should be narmalised

I was very private until I had my MMC after my first FET. Everyone was shocked that I kept the whole process a complete secret but it wasn’t meant to be like that- I just didn’t want peoples advice who never have lived through it, or peoples pity, I just wanted a baby. I could hide the appointments, stims, the retrieval but I couldn’t hide the loss of my sweet bean or my failed FET’s after that I was just a changed person and I knew i couldn’t hide it any longer. I am now happy to have found this app to offer advice and receive support from fellow mamas who live this roll-coaster Ivf life.

I have been open with close family and friends but my partner doesn’t feel as comfortable discussing it. I am coming up to doing a FET and I really don’t want to share this with others, this is the part I want to do alone but then it’s quite difficult as people know we are doing this process. My advice would be to share with people you think can support you as this journey is difficult and any support and somebody to talk to other than your partner sometimes is just what you need. Best of luck with everything ❤️

Like some of the comments above I was initially very private as have been TTC since 2018 but after Covid halted everything I decided to be a lot more open. However now I’m at the IVF stage I really regret being so open the insensitivity in my experience has amplified and I’ve been shocked how direct people have been with me so have kept this cylcle a secret