Building your family with reproductive medicine can feel consuming, but it is also important to consider what your family will look like after it’s built. You may be annoyed by your mother-in-law asking about your treatment protocol, or by the perhaps unintentional, but hurtful things, people have said about using donor conception to have a child. You may feel encouraged by someone on social media who speaks openly about cutting off her relatives, or relieved that you have finally met “your people”, who truly “get it,” and now you have little patience for others who don’t understand your situation.

One day, the struggle, the waiting, and the added stressors of spending so much money, time, and energy will disappear. You will reach your goal of becoming a parent, feel overjoyed with your decision to hang in there and will be completely in love with your child.

While you are on your family building........

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