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When fertility struggles overtake a couple's entire relationship

My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for three years and the grief and hope and medical appointments have taken over our entire relationship — we barely talk about anything else and when we do it feels forced, like we're playing house around this massive thing that's consuming us both.

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