- Being asked when you are going to have children
- Social occasions when it's obvious anyone other than children and their parents are considered utterly dull
- Complaints about how the church should be more welcoming to children. From where I sit, all it thinks about is children. And the unhealthy attention (which is basically about clinging on to the next generation in order to keep the institution alive) does the littluns more harm than good.
- Moaning about parenthood on public forums like Facebook. (It can be hard to deal with the positive stuff too but at least then the comment acknowledges good fortune!)
- Facebook profile pictures that are the person's child, not them. If you see your child as your identity, where does that leave those of us who have none?
- Certain questions from well-meaning friends and family, asking you to repeat something you know you have already explained to them about infertility. This is not an easy life situation - please bother to check the facts elsewhere if you forget what I said!
- Discussions about 'family life' that limit it to a parents-and-young-kids scenario
- Christian websites that talk about fertility but do not inform you of opportunities such as IVF because they think it's immoral.
Can't think of anything else for now. Good to have that lot off my chest, though!
