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How couples navigate fertility struggles while staying connected

My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for three years and all the treatments and disappointments have made us feel like we're on different planets sometimes. We both want this so badly, but we cope so differently that I sometimes feel more alone with him than I did before we started trying.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Shared grief and hope are being processed in such different ways that two people are becoming isolated within their most intimate relationship.

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