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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I guess it would be nice if there were more secondary infertility support groups (I only know of one that is too far for me).  I'm surprised there aren't more.  Interestingly, from my own friends/social network, I know tons of women who went through primary but no women going through secondary.

Most of the women who went through primary got pregnant easily after with their second.  I'm the opposite, got pregnant easily with our first, started TTC when #1 was 12 months, and still no pregnancy after 2 years.  Unfortunately it looks like pregnancy with my own eggs is just not going to happen (I still cannot wrap my mind around how I developed premature ovarian failure after getting pregnant on the second try with my child and starting TTC when #1 turned a year old).  It makes no sense to me that I could be super fertile just a year and a half before I learned I had premature ovarian failure, but I understand that it can happen).

I really need a support group.  I have a therapist, but I think having a support group would be very helpful.[/quote]

OP - I am with you! 35 and also going through secondary infertility (TTC for two years). We have lots of friends who had their children through IUI and IVF because of primary infertility (including ALL of my nieces and nephews). But this thread underscores why I can't talk to any of them about it, even though the treatments, the grind, the uncertainty, and the financial burden are the same. I feel so alone. A support group is a great idea. [/quote]

It isn't the same though. Primary and secondary infertility may both be extremely difficult but your burdens are totally different. You are burdened with the inability to add to or complete your family. Someone with primary cannot have that family at all. AT. ALL. Why is this so unclear?[/quote]

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