I didn’t get to hold my husband’s hand before treatments or distract myself with a girls night out. And I never once got to see my nurse’s smile.

Nothing prepared me for the loneliness of infertility during the pandemic

I didn’t get to hold my husband’s hand before treatments or distract myself with a girls night out. And I never once got to see my nurse’s smile, despite having sat across from her twice a week for a year.

Nothing prepared me for the immense loneliness of infertility during the pandemic

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