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Scenario

How couples navigate fertility struggles with different coping styles

My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for three years and we've started handling the disappointment and medical interventions so differently that I feel like we're grieving alone even though we're going through it together.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Shared loss can create parallel solitudes when we cannot find each other in our different ways of hurting.

Your guide for this
Mira
Mira works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Continuing bonds — ongoing relationship with the deceased?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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