Armchair Doctors

I have noticed that in sharing our infertility journey and story with those around us we have run into a curious phenomenon. It’s called the armchair doctor. It seems like everyone has a solution or diagnosis for our infertility. It seems like everyone is now a doctor! I love that all our family and friends want to help us and love us a lot. (This is evident by the show of support and encouragement we receive.) What we hate is the diagnosis. The fact that the diagnosis and the solutions to our infertility range from the crazy to the semi sane. We (particularly me) sometime just want to scream. “Why don’t you leave this stuff to the professionals?” We think that people tend to think they are helping when they try to find a solution to the problem but the truth of the matter is that most people dealing with infertility are already searching for the solution. We are usually exhausting every option. We are trying everything even sometimes when we know it won't work. We are usually seeking professional help and sometimes more than one or two opinions at a time with doctors.