Sage advicetoo bad no one ever takes it.
What was I waiting for??
But alas, there was no Hot Tub Time Machine and no way to avoid these questions.
So here are some suggestions for how to deal with them.
Consider Whos Asking
Pause.
Take a deep breath.
Is it a close friend?
Your nemesis from college who always has to one-up you?
Determining who is asking and why will help you figure out what to say.
After, whenever anyone would ask, Hey, how are you?
shed stop and give a lengthy truthful answer beginning with what she did that day.
Come up with a few good lines that will keep everyone happy:
When it happens, it happens!
Thats a great question!
!I wasthisclose to losing it.
So while its probably better advice to hold your tongue, sometimes you really, really cant.
Oh my god, you think Im that fat?
No, its just the hormones.
Hows your sex life going?
Still getting any after the kids stretched out your hoo-ha?
Kids are so overrated.
Were getting a dog.
Educate the Masses
We werent even trying and then I discovered I was six weeks pregnant.
Sometimes it seems like everyone has gotten pregnant the old-fashioned way.
But trust me, most people have had some trouble or know someone who has.
A womans chances of conceiving at age 30 are only 20% per cycle, and declining from there.
Did you know that even younger people can have fertility problemsespecially if they have endometriosis or PCOS?
Men contribute to 1/3 of fertility problems.
or about that fabulous friend who tried and tried and then gave up and fell pregnant herself.
No one is a doctor or fertility expert but everyone has advice from, Just relax!
to Why dont you adopt?
Most of it will not be helpful.
