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After my struggle with pregnancy issues, I was surprised by how quickly I found out I wasn’t alone. Friends, relatives and co-workers came out of the woodwork to share their own stories people I’d known for years suddenly telling me a vital part of their journey that I’d never heard.
I also hear some of these whispered conversations when I tell people what I do for a living. “Oh, you’re a financial adviser? Can we go somewhere and talk?” I quickly become their confessor for some very personal parts of their story.
Infertility and finance two topics we talk about with hushed tones, if at all. But what happens when these two streams come together? The cost of infertility, purely on a financial level, not to mention the emotional burden, is a painful reality made even sharper by its polite secrecy.