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Ilona Baliūnaitė

Parents Want Kids So Badly, They Forget The One They Had: “Can Never Make Up For Neglecting Me”

Infertility is a devastating diagnosis that affects 15 in 100 couples. The road to treatment is stressful, expensive, time-consuming, and not always successful, which can create financial difficulties and put strain on relationships with partners, family, and friends. 

This teen has seen how his parents struggled with secondary infertility for his entire life. Due to them focusing their attention and finances on treatments, he felt like he wasn’t on their minds anymore. Slowly, he started distancing himself from them, which his extended family thought was a wrong move.

Couples might not notice how infertility-related stress starts putting strain on relationships with others

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