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Why assisted conception can feel like victory and loss

I am pregnant after infertility treatments and I should be grateful but I feel robbed of the natural experience I wanted and guilty for being ungrateful

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Achieving desired outcomes through medicalized processes can hollow out the meaning of success, leaving gratitude mixed with grief.

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