The Trying Game Quotes

“That’s when she decided that infertility was funny—and a few years later, after the birth of her two daughters she created a social media account and wrote a book about it. “My uterus is in a bad mood,” one T-shirt reads. “I think my unfertilized eggs are cuter than your offspring,” quips an e-card. “You can have humor in infertility,” Jeffries says. “I always had an inappropriate outlook on things—that really did help me. I’ve had women from all over the world tell me, ‘OMG all I did was cry and now I found your website and I’m crying from laughing now.’ ” Some of her most popular posts and memes are about unsolicited advice (“Thanks for telling me just to have sex if I want to get pregnant. I’ve spent thousands on fertility treatments and never thought of that”), and other people’s pregnancy announcements (“If everyone could just stop getting pregnant that’d be great”).”
― Amy Klein, The Trying Game: Get Through Fertility Treatment and Get Pregnant without Losing Your Mind

“The hard thing about this is that I don’t know if I’m at the beginning, middle, or end,”
― Amy Klein, The Trying Game: Get Through Fertility Treatment and Get Pregnant without Losing Your Mind

“I felt so alone. My friends who were mothers told me to “keep trying” and “relax” and “have patience” because it took them an incredibly long time to get pregnant (three months!!?#@!).”
― Amy Klein, The Trying Game: Get Through Fertility Treatment and Get Pregnant without Losing Your Mind

“The truth is, most people won’t understand what you’re going through. If they’ve never struggled with getting pregnant, or never wanted kids in the first place, they may make you feel like you’re being overly emotional, overwrought, oversomething.”
― Amy Klein, The Trying Game: Get Through Fertility Treatment and Get Pregnant without Losing Your Mind