Infertility summed up

I just recently became aware of a song written by the Dixie Chicks about infertility because two of the girls went through it and ended up going through IVF to conceive their children. I listened to the song & read an interview where they talked about it and all I can say is they summed it up perfectly.

Parts of their interview:

"One of the hardest things in a relationship is you picture where the relationship is headed next after you've gotten married and you've been together a couple of years."

"And you grow up as a woman, I think, thinking you're going to have a child and that it's just kind of your God-given right to the next step. And then when it doesn't happen, you're shocked and saddened, and it's such an emotional journey to go on."

"I think you go through almost every emotion. I know my husband felt guilty. I know I felt guilty. For a moment you sit there and think if this doesn't happen, will he love me any less?" said Robison, the band's guitarist. "And those are the self-destructive thoughts that probably you shouldn't be thinking, but I just think it's natural."

Lyrics to the song:

Back when we started
We didn’t know how hard it was
Living on nothing
But what the wind would bring to us
Now we’ve got something
I can imagine fighting for
So why is fighting all that we’re good at anymore

And sometimes
I don’t have the energy
To prove everybody wrong
And I try my best to be strong
But you know it’s so hard
It’s so hard

It’s so hard when it doesn’t come easy
It’s so hard when it doesn’t come fast
It’s so hard when it doesn’t come easy
It’s so hard

It felt like a given
Something a woman’s born to do
A natural ambition
To see a reflection of me and you

And I’d feel so guilty
If that was a gift I couldn’t give
And could you be happy
If life wasn’t how we pictured it

And sometimes I just want to wait it out
To prove everybody wrong
And I need your help to move on
‘Cause you know it’s so hard
It’s so hard

It’s so hard when it doesn’t come easy
It’s so hard when it doesn’t come fast
It’s so hard when it doesn’t come easy
So hard

I can live for the moment
When all these clouds open up for me to see
And show me a vision
Of you and me swimming peacefully

Last night you told me
That you can’t remember
How to feel free

It’s so hard when it doesn’t come easy
It’s so hard when it doesn’t come fast
It’s so hard when it doesn’t come easy, easy

It’s so hard…..