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Grieving loss of ability to carry pregnancy

I had a hysterectomy for medical reasons at thirty-five and now people tell me I can still adopt but they do not understand I am also mourning the loss of pregnancy itself.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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We can mourn not just the absence of children but the absence of the experience of creating them.

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