Another parent knocked the wind out of me with one question

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Another parent knocked the wind out of me with one question
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Asking someone when they’re having kids isn’t an innocent question, it’s a loaded one

The question was insensitive enough, but the touching was next level ‘When’s his sibling due?’ asked a fellow parent at my son’s sensory class, touching my stomach. It knocked the wind out of me. I’m not pregnant, and I’m not sure if I’d be able to pregnant again. My son Teddy is our miracle baby after four losses. I felt angry, upset and worst of all, alone. No one else stepped in or piped up to help. Perhaps too uncomfortable to approach the situation for fear of making it worse.

We were too laser focused on IVF and our own wellbeing to be bogged down with other people’s insensitivity. After letting my body recover, we prepared for another round of IVF, self-administering the daily injections to get the eggs ready for collection. Again, three eggs were successfully fertilised and one embryo was the strongest. We saw the embryo before the transfer, and it was the shape of a heart.

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