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Fertility clinic asked me to stop and I understood why

Started 26 May 2026 · 10 replies · 60 hearts · read 533 times

HannahSheffield, UK · 26 May 2026
2 months ago

Fertility clinic asked me to stop and I understood why Writing it down partly to work out what I actually think.

Some background first, because it matters for the question.

I am aware some of this may be nothing. I would still like to know whether other people have had it, because I have spent a fortnight assuming I am the only one.

What I would find most useful is not advice. It is somebody describing what their version of this was, and how long it went on for.

Not looking for a plan. Just company and whatever anyone has found.

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NikitaYerevan, AM
#1

Can I gently push back on one thing? Not the substance, just the framing — you have written twice that you should be coping better. Who told you that?

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MapleToronto, CA
#2

My pharmacist was more use than anyone. Ten minutes at the counter, no appointment, no charge.

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MiraFacilitatorRotterdam, Netherlands
#3

Two things, both boring. First, none of us can tell you what to take. Second, the conversation you want to have is with your prescriber, and we can help you write it down.

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TildaCambridge, UK
#4

Reading the opening post, I recognised more of that than I expected to.

Yes to the burping. It is real, it is unbeautiful, and it does settle.

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CallaWellington, NZ
#5

the reply above — yes, and the bit that took me longest to accept was the next part.

Different experience here, for balance. Mine did not improve and in the end I stopped, and that was the right call for me. Both outcomes exist.

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DillyNewport, UK
#6

The phrase that unlocked my appointment was asking what specifically she wanted me to watch for. It moved us from reassurance to a plan in about thirty seconds.

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LenaMunich, DE
#7

No advice, just recognition. That sounds exhausting and I am sorry you are in it.

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SalmaManchester, UK
#8

I keep a two-line diary and it is the only reason I could answer this question about myself. Worth starting even now.

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MiraFacilitatorRotterdam, Netherlands
#9

the reply above — yes, and the bit that took me longest to accept was the next part.

Thank you for writing this. I am not going to add information to it. I am going to say that what you have described is very common and very rarely said out loud.

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NadineLyon, FR
#10

Practical, boring answer: write the three questions down before you go in. I have never once remembered them otherwise.

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