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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ours is a different situation since we have an only child and wanted a second but could not have anymore due to infertility.  I got pregnant on the first try with my daughter, then tried for 5 years unsucessfully to have a second.  We gave up trying to have a second once I turned 40 and our daughter was in Kindergarten.

Anyhow, the first few years were tough when I was in the midst of infertility treatments that were all failures, and didn't understand why it happened right away once, and then wasn't happening a second time (my diagnosis was unexplained secondary infertility).

Eventually, though when I realized it was not going to happen for us, I just tried to make the best of the situation and focus on our family of 3.  I tried to focus on all the positives of having an only child.  As the years went by and we got further and further from the baby/toddler years, it got easier.  But I'm still the only one in my social circle with an only and that is hard for me.[/quote]

I have an only and years of unexplained secondary infertility behind me. The cruelty (casual and otherwise) of some so-called friends took my breath away, but as my only has gotten older, things have gotten easier.

I totally understand your difficulty.

OP, at the end of the day, I had to learn to love the life I was dealt. It's normal to mourn what you can't have, as long as you remember what you DO have.

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