My Journey with Secondary Infertility
"The Student" by Jenedy Paige Just less than 3 years ago, after recently having a baby, I wrote a blog post about meeting a woman in India who dealt with infertility: "I don’t have anything profound to say about this experience. But for some reason, the phrase, “for me no children,” is something I have reflected on again and again. It continues to run through my mind as the symbol of what all women with infertility must go through. There are emotions and experiences behind that phrase that I know nothing about. But I have sympathy." I am feeling the irony now. Now, I am actually very familiar with the emotions and experiences that come with the phrase, "for me, no children." And yet, that phrase is not perfectly accurate in describing my situation. I have one child. Just one, for now. "Just one" sums it up pretty well. There is a feeling that something is lacking, a feeling that something is not enough, or something is missi...