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When trying to conceive becomes an obsession that controls your life

We've been trying for eighteen months and every negative test feels like a small death, but I can't stop myself from planning our whole future around a baby that might never exist.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Hope has become a prison where each cycle creates fresh attachment to an imagined future.

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“Where Are You with Fertility and conception?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.