Good article about grief of not being able to experience child birth or have a child. This type of loss is not a direct loss but an indirect loss of a particular experience which can be sorrowful as well
The article, Does it still hurt that I can’t have a baby?, by Danielle Ripley-Burgess states,
“I quickly entered the world that all new moms with babies know – the exhausting world of translating looks and grunts, cries and smiles. The world of praying the swaddle holds and changing shirts every few hours so you don’t smell like spit up. The tiptoes out of the bedroom once you finally get the baby to sleep.”
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