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  Finding Pregnancy Loss Support

  After experiencing my second miscarriage I was feeling truly broken, lost and alone. Nothing had ever knocked me in this way. The longing I had for another baby was so strong as was the grief I was...

  By: Sam Payne

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  Relatable Words After a Miscarriage

  The article may contain affiliate links.Pregnancy loss, miscarriage, or neonatal loss can be traumatic, life-altering experiences that are tough to truly understand unless you have been there. When...

  By: Kelly Park | Contributor

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  Best Books to Read After a Miscarriage

  This article contains affiliate links. The experience of losing a pregnancy can be hard to process. If you are looking for help understanding what has happened, to hear that you are not alone, or...

  By: Kelly Park | Contributor

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  7 Ways to Help Overcome Grief after Pregnancy Loss

  After a year-and-a-half of trying to conceive, followed by the loss of 4 consecutive pregnancies, I felt like I’d earned a graduate degree in grief. My friend and mentor, psychologist Dr...

  By: Katy Huie Harrison, PhD | Founder

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  Sometimes Getting Pregnant is Not the Issue

  “At least you know you can get pregnant.” This is a phrase that I have heard countless times over the last two years, from well-meaning strangers, family, and friends who want to help,...

  By: Taylor Ortiz-Hershman | Blogger

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  Secondary Infertility: What You Need to Know

  You probably either know of or are the couple that conceived easily with the first baby.You know, the woman who stopped birth control and was literally pregnant the next month. Maybe that’s why...

  By: Dr. Temeka Zore OB/GYN, REI | Reproductive Endocrinologist

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  5 Things I Learned From Experiencing Pregnancy Loss

  Before September 26th of last year, I was blissfully unaware of what experiencing pregnancy loss was like. When we learned that we were pregnant with what we thought was our miracle baby, miscarriage...

  By: Arden Cartrette | Infertility & Miscarriage Advocate, Blogger

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  What to Include in a Surrogacy Agreement

  Ah, the language of legalese. So clear to understand…as clear as mud that is.There are many factors for both the intended parent(s) and the surrogate mother/gestational carrier to consider...

  By: Candace Wohl | Award-Winning Blogger & Infertility Advocate

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  9 Unique Challenges of Secondary Infertility

  Infertility is a complex condition. Where the difficulty in having a biological child is common, the factors that can lead an individual or couple to a diagnosis of infertility are varied.In fact, a...

  By: Jen Noonan, LPC | Licensed Professional Counselor

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  Our Experience with Cystic Fibrosis & Male Infertility

  After two and a half years of not being able to conceive and a battery of tests and then more tests, we found the cause of our infertility. We were told that my husband had cystic fibrosis (CF). We...

  By: Jessica Jones

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  Excerpt: The Other Half - What About Men and Miscarriage?

  This is an excerpt from Not Broken: An Approachable Guide To Miscarriage and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss by Dr. Lora Shahine. It has been reprinted with permission. Men contribute half of the genetics...

  By: Dr. Lora Shahine | Infertility and Miscarriage Specialist

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  How Ovarian Reserve Impacts Fertility

  At the time of birth, a female baby has over six million eggs in her body which reduces to several hundred thousand as puberty hits. As she ages, the total number of eggs in ovaries keeps falling,...

  By: Kelly Park | Contributor