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Scenario

When couples receive difficult fertility test results and process them differently

My partner and I just got our fertility test results back and the numbers aren't what we hoped — we're both processing this differently and I can see them shutting down while I want to research every option. We're supposed to be in this together but we're handling the disappointment in ways that feel like we're moving apart instead of closer.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Shared medical news creates divergent grief responses that threaten connection when unity is most needed.

Your guide for this
Dipa
Dipa works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Laboratory tests and reading your results?”

Peri

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