Why I decided to keep it all private
I am by nature a private person. Very much so. Not that I planned to be this way. More the experiences I faced turned me into one of this kind. Most of my life I had one target/goal per phase and I used to stick to it. And never was it to have friends or confidantes. Never to learn the skills of socializing. Which is the most basic and important skill of all one needs to learn. I make friends though. Lasting friendships, no doubt. Not many, a select few. I want to be able to grow my network or socialize rather spontaneously and it is a skill to learn yet. Anyways, when it came to struggles for getting pregnant, I shared my struggles with a few people. My mother-in-law and a couple of friends, both of whom were pregnant around the same time. And I remember that from the former, I was hinted that I would need to go for treatment, whatever it may be, to have a child. And that I am unattractive, have no passion and that I have low libido. The latter two, were quick to suggest IVF bac...