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piperx. The quote on it has special significance for me.
As you know, I'm trying to get pregnant, and I use it to psych myself up
when I get my period.
What's the worst thing about failing to get pregnant? Well, a baby will mean
a complete overhaul of our lives, and I just want to get it over and done with.
It's a bit like going to the dentist to have a particularly bad tooth extracted.
It will be painful, but in the end it's good for you. Now imagine sitting in the
dentists' waiting room for weeks on end. Lots of people get called in for the same
operation - people who came in hours after you, people you know well, famous people;
imagine reading about their successful operations in the magazines that lie around
in the waiting room, while you still don't know when your appointment is, whether it
will be kept, and whether the whole operation will be successful.
Then you see cured patients gliding out of the door, with radiant smiles, while your face
is still contorted with pain.
Somewhere, you read that one in six of these operations fail, the tooth remains, and for a while, it hurts more viciously than before. So you try not to pin too many hopes on it, and prepare to live your life as it was before. Look for efficient pain killers, relax to take your mind off your bloody dentistry, try not to think about it, because the doctor will call when you least expect it.
The pain persists.
piperx. The quote on it has special significance for me. As you know, I'm trying to get pregnant, and I use it to psych myself up
when I get my period.
What's the worst thing about failing to get pregnant? Well, a baby will mean
a complete overhaul of our lives, and I just want to get it over and done with.
It's a bit like going to the dentist to have a particularly bad tooth extracted.
It will be painful, but in the end it's good for you. Now imagine sitting in the
dentists' waiting room for weeks on end. Lots of people get called in for the same
operation - people who came in hours after you, people you know well, famous people;
imagine reading about their successful operations in the magazines that lie around
in the waiting room, while you still don't know when your appointment is, whether it
will be kept, and whether the whole operation will be successful.
Then you see cured patients gliding out of the door, with radiant smiles, while your face
is still contorted with pain.
Somewhere, you read that one in six of these operations fail, the tooth remains, and for a while, it hurts more viciously than before. So you try not to pin too many hopes on it, and prepare to live your life as it was before. Look for efficient pain killers, relax to take your mind off your bloody dentistry, try not to think about it, because the doctor will call when you least expect it.
The pain persists.
