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When couples disagree about pursuing fertility treatments

My partner wants to pursue IVF and I'm terrified of the physical and emotional toll, but every conversation about it becomes them explaining why we should try and me trying to articulate fears that sound like I'm giving up on having children, and we can't seem to actually hear each other.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Medical decisions around reproduction can expose fundamental differences in how partners weigh hope against harm.

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