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Readers Respond: You Know You've Been Trying to Conceive for Too Long When...
Responses: 5

By Rachel Gurevich, About.com

Updated April 02, 2009

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You know you've been trying to conceive for too long when...you call up your best friend to tell her you're ovulating. You have to move the fertility drugs to reach the cheese in the back of the refrigerator. You have a completely new understanding of the phrase, "Don't count your chickens before they hatch."

Now it's your turn to fill in the blank: "You know you've been trying to conceive for too long when..." Whether humorous or poignant, share how you would complete this sentence here. Finish the Sentence

You know you've been TTC too long when:

-your best friend buys you the expensive OPK for your birthday. -extended family stops asking when you're going to have kids. -you define your month by cycle day.
—Guest Angela

You've been ttc too long when...

one of your most frequent websites you go to everyday is your monthly cycle tracking site.
—Guest Kayce

You've been TTC for too long when...

Your husband says "do we have to do it AGAIN? Tonight?" True story.
—EKJacques

You've been TTC for too long when...

someone asks you for a date and you tell them when you're ovulating.
—Guest Robin

You know you've been ttc for a long time

when you would never, ever find it romantic to say, "Let's make a baby," during sex.
—Guest Anne

Finish the Sentence

You Know You've Been Trying to Conceive for Too Long When...

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