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When your partner wants to take a break from trying to conceive

My husband suggested we take a break from trying and just enjoy our life as it is but I cannot turn off wanting something I have wanted since I was a child.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Some desires run so deep they feel like identity, and we cannot simply choose to stop wanting what defines us.

Ideas that help explain it
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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.