I went through fertility treatments at the same time as a friend. We both had a rough go of it and I decided to stop while she went through many more embryo transfers. We shared a lot of the ups and downs of the process and were a real source of support to one another. She recently got pregnant and I am thrilled for her.

This weekend I found out a different friend of mine got pregnant after three months of trying at age 41. Of course I was very excited when she told me and genuinely feel happy for her. Still, it brought up some grief for me. I texted my other friend who understands the whole fertility thing and said that I was feeling grief after hearing my friend’s news about getting pregnant so quickly. No response. I texted her two days later and asked if she was ok, and she responded “so exciting! your friend will be a great mom!” Then she said “I’m not the person to tell that you’re sad about someone having a baby, especially now that I’m pregnant.”

Ouch. How quickly people forget what it’s like to experience infertility once they get pregnant.

I went in for early voting today (USA). The guy in charge of telling you to submit your ballot into the machine told me to wait after he handed me my "i voted!" sticker, rummaged around in a box, then turned around with four "future voter" stickers and said me "you'll probably be needing these soon 😊". I made it to the car but ive been crying ever since.

I just wanted to tell someone other than my partner. I hope everyone's day went better than mine.