WavyBrains asked,
Aggressive treatment and adoption are probably incompatible, but I think it depends on the individual situation. I’m not sure what others do either–do you go on birth control to completely close a door you’re not really sure was ever open? Do you stop being aware of your cycle once you choose adoption? Is it [...]

(Before I begin, I’m a bit concerned that people are going to see primal wound and dismiss all this because that term is so alarmist. I’ll repeat that I don’t think primal wound is like being born without a leg; I don’t think adoptive babies are dismembered. Like I say further down, babies used to [...]

I’ve been thinking on this for awhile and trying to think of a way to talk about it. I’ve been thinking about the peer pressure of the infertile world — the pressure to take home a baby no matter what and how our own feelings of failure after an unsuccessful cycle are exacerbated by “miracle” [...]

If secondary infertility is statistically more common than primary (it looks to happen to about 20% of couples, according to one source, versus 10% on the primary end) then why don’t we hear about it more? I’ve got my thoughts. Come on over and let me hear yours.

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