Whilst the mod team can understand the reasoning behind a thread like this, a chatter group for mums doing IVF at this point in time we have decided against it. As Sushee has said, LT TTCers already feel segregated from those that get their pregnancies more easily, why would we want to further that segregation? It feels a little like "well we have one or more child/ren our struggles are now different to yours" which simply isn't true. The LT TTC struggles are the same regardless if you have no children yet or if you have five children already.
To discuss the difficulties your partners or children are facing why not start up a thread for specifically that? Maybe "How has IVF affected your partner / husband?" and then one like "How has IVF affected your other children?" Both would generate some interesting responses I suspect, but without the need to segregate BB members even further than they already are.
Please understand that we're not trying to make things difficult for you or trying to take a place to chat away from you, we're just trying to keep the peace and make BB a happy place for everyone. You feel shunned for already having children in the LT TTC threads, but imagine how you would have felt if a thread this existed before you had your children. There's yet another thread on BB (and within your own section) that you just couldn't be a part of yet. It's hard enough as it is without that don't you think?
All ladies going through IVF are "mums doing IVF" even if their bubs aren't on this earth yet....
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