Key points

Stopping fertility treatment is tangled in identity, hope, and deep emotional reasoning.

Cultural pressure and internal timelines make pausing feel like personal failure.

Letting go is not surrender but a return to yourself and what truly supports you.

Ending fertility treatment or even pausing for a while is a complex tapestry of many threads. Even when we are exhausted and know deep down what is happening inside us and between us is no longer healthy, stopping can still feel impossible. Loosening our grip feels risky, frightening, and at times unthinkable.

The Way We Roll

There is often shame in the question, “Why can’t I let go?” Many people are not actually searching for the true answer, but instead focusing on the shame of struggling to stop. When we look deeper, th

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