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When fertility struggles reveal socially unacceptable grief

I'm infertile and everyone keeps saying 'just adopt' like it's the same thing and I can't explain why it isn't without sounding selfish.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Some losses are so specific that well-meaning solutions can feel like invalidation of the particular pain you're experiencing.

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