by CommanderGratton May 29, 2025
Get the Infutility mug.A medical condition that affects one in seven couples yet isn't widely talked about. It can be both life changing and devastating. It can be caused by male or female factors or a combination of the two. Sometimes there is no explanation.
Most of us spend a long time trying not to get pregnant and then assume that we will become pregnant very quickly when we decide the time is right. For 15% of us it will take longer than a year and many of these will seek the assistance of treatments like Clomid, IUI or IVF to try and make it happen.
For some it seems worthwhile going through arduous treatments in order to keep hope alive and for others it makes more sense to accept the situation and move on as a childless couple. Some will seek to have children through donor gametes or by adoption.
There is support out there on websites and in support groups where you can talk to others who are in similar situations; people who understand.
Most of us spend a long time trying not to get pregnant and then assume that we will become pregnant very quickly when we decide the time is right. For 15% of us it will take longer than a year and many of these will seek the assistance of treatments like Clomid, IUI or IVF to try and make it happen.
For some it seems worthwhile going through arduous treatments in order to keep hope alive and for others it makes more sense to accept the situation and move on as a childless couple. Some will seek to have children through donor gametes or by adoption.
There is support out there on websites and in support groups where you can talk to others who are in similar situations; people who understand.
by Little Miss Me September 30, 2010
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I. an action that is generally pointless and will have no effect.
II. A discussion that is useless in the bigger picture and in which neither party is actually right, even thought both sides of the argument try to win every time.
II. A discussion that is useless in the bigger picture and in which neither party is actually right, even thought both sides of the argument try to win every time.
I. washing your car before a thunderstorm is an exercise in futility
Ia. trying to exterminate cockroaches
II. the unending fight over whether rock is better than rap.
Ia. trying to exterminate cockroaches
II. the unending fight over whether rock is better than rap.
by Herzlos March 19, 2008
Get the exercise in futility mug.1. An action that achieves no end or goal.
2. An action to achieve a goal that is unachievable.
3. An action that achieves an end or goal that is in itself pointless
2. An action to achieve a goal that is unachievable.
3. An action that achieves an end or goal that is in itself pointless
by Old_Bean September 10, 2005
Get the Pointless Exercise in Futility mug.Joe never gets a latte on coffee runs or goes to happy hour; he has fun infertility, he's got to pay child support on all 5 of those kids.
by floorfly November 15, 2010
Get the fun infertility mug.Jennifer was the only one in the gym who considered her workout to be an exercise in futility, since the men all appreciated that her boobs were still bouncing long after she got off the treadmill.
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