Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Support Groups and Old Faces

I've been meaning to update but I've been busy at work so I've been lazy at home!

Monday night I went to a meeting for the local infertility support group. It was so great to have everyone in the room truly understand what I'm going through. It was strange to see a girl I went to high school with stroll through the door but it was nice as well.

The Kansas City Infertility Awareness Foundation has been going on for about 4 years and on Monday I met a couple of the founders. They are so awesome and have so much knowledge and aren't afraid to share it which is great! I found myself still feeling a little like a fraud since I'm so early in the journey but they did so much to help me feel welcome.

Another awesome thing they do besides these monthly meetings, is put on a conference each year! From what I understand it's pretty amazing. All the local RE's have booths there so you can meet with their staff, chat a little about their offices and make a better decision on who to pick. I really like that. They also have several speakers that will be speaking on things like IVF, PCOS, Male Factor, etc. It looks like it's going to be great. I really wish hubs could come but he works the night before and the night of. Mom works too so I guess I'm going alone. Oh well, such is life.

Anyway... that's my "update" for now. There's not much going on until I go get my bloodwork on the 28th..

4 comments:

  1. That sounds wonderful! You are lucky to have that group! :)

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  2. I wish I could sit in a room with the three RE's in town and basically make them fight over who gets to help me. It's so hard to choose based off of their websites.

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  3. I've joined my local support group as well and it's been a great experience. It's interesting to exchange with women who are at various stages of their journey. The conference sounds like a great way for you to get tons of information.

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  4. That sounds like a great resource! How weird to see a girl from high school. Hopefully you like her okay ;)

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