Don’t try to convince them to go to baby showers or celebrate pregnancy announcements on Social Media
Even though you may be worried that they are withdrawing too much, it’s important to allow them to take a break from these kinds of things. Baby showers, pregnancy announcements and seeing pregnant women or babies are triggers that activate strong feelings of loss, grief, jealousy and anger in those dealing with infertility. They won’t always feel this way, it’s a temporary thing.
Kim Kluger-Bell, LMFT
Kim Kluger-Bell is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She consults with major fertility clinics nationwide and provides counseling and assessments for egg donors, gestational carriers and patients using these procedures. She is the author of Unspeakable Losses: Healing from Miscarriage, Infertility and Abortion, as well as a series of books for donor conceived children entitled The Pea That Was Me and a surrogacy series called The Very Kind Koala.
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