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When family pregnancy announcements trigger overwhelming grief

We have been trying for three years and my sister just announced her second pregnancy and I had to leave the family dinner because I could not stop crying and now everyone thinks I am selfish.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The collision between others' fertility and our own emptiness reveals how isolated we become in our longing.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Infertility and the grief of wanting children?”

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