Hopes and Dreams
Unsuccessful in trying to conceive
Your sense of being healthy and whole feels threatened
Your sense of belonging shifts
Hopes and dreams are distorted
Holidays and birthdays are roughEvery menstrual cycle is as a loss
veins ache from too many blood draws
medical procedures are traumatic, expensive and emotionally draining
it’s so difficult to concentrateThe most important relationships are affected
Parents and friends want to help
but it’s difficult to be around children and families
and everyone wants to give you advice
Why didn’t they “just adopt?”Everyone else is getting pregnant and having babies
And the clock is running out
But you are not alonePhaedra A. Ledbetter, Psy.D., MFT, HTR
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