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When Others' Joy Highlights Your Loss

I'm infertile and every pregnancy announcement makes me feel like everyone else is living in a world I'll never access and I hate feeling this bitter.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Involuntary childlessness creates a permanent outsider status to cultural narratives of fulfillment.

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