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When couples face infertility with different coping styles

My wife and I have been trying to get pregnant for three years and we've started grieving differently - she wants to keep trying everything and I'm feeling like I need to start imagining a different life.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people are mourning the same loss on different timelines, each feeling abandoned by the other's way of hoping or letting go.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief for lost possibility — paths not taken?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.