“And when are YOU having another?” Common Emotions behind Secondary Infertility Explained
Secondary infertility affects those who already have one child, but are unable to conceive a second. You may have had little or no trouble conceiving a baby the first time around, and then suddenly you find that after months or even years of trying for a second, you are unable to do so. No matter what your first story was, you may be feeling a sense of shame at your difficulty in having a second child, and a sense of failure at not having a sibling for the child you have, with the spacing between them that you desired. Your situation can raise many new questions and feelings that are normal and quite common among the patients we [...]