My MIL Gave Me a Necklace Made of Tiny Baby Bottles and Pacifiers Knowing I Couldn't Have Children – What My FIL Did Next Silenced the Room

The worst appointment came six months before my birthday.

We had done two rounds of IVF.

Both failed.

The worst appointment came six months before my birthday.

The specialist folded her hands on the desk.

The smallest kindness from him sometimes felt bigger than entire conversations.

"I don't want to tell you something impossible," she said. "But based on everything we've seen, carrying a pregnancy will be extremely difficult."

Thomas squeezed my fingers.

The smallest kindness from him sometimes felt bigger than entire conversations.

I stared at a framed photograph of a sailboat behind her shoulder because if I looked at either of them, I knew I would cry.

That night, I deleted three baby apps from my phone.

On the drive home, Thomas said, "We don't have to talk."

So we didn't.

That night, I deleted three baby apps from my phone.

For a while, I stopped going to baby showers too.