Having been TTC for a while, I’ve come to expect I’m going to feel like crap at the end of each cycle, but recently I’ve been feeling less like myself and am starting to wonder if there is something larger at play. I don’t know if my poor moods are just related to PMS combined with TTC/experiencing infertility and the struggles that come with that or if those things are exasperating a bigger issue.
My questions are for those who experience PMDD. What are your symptoms (physical and mental)? How were you diagnosed? What role does TTC or infertility play? What strategies do you use to cope? Have you always struggled with this or did it seem to occur suddenly?
Unexplained infertility has me feeling like an imposter. My husband and I decided to start taking steps towards treatment but I can’t help but feel like we don’t actually “need” to do treatment…like our testing was good (except 1% morphology), maybe we just need more time.
But in my heart I’m so over trying and want to do more. My husband is 38 and my 32nd birthday is in a couple weeks and I’m feeling pressure to get things going. I just can’t help but feel that my family will think I’m over reacting. Or that maybe it could still happen unassisted and we could save money if we were patient.
I feel like an imposter either way. I’m having a hard time feeling like I fit into the infertility