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Parenting & Pregnancy > Fertility & Infertility Issues What not to say to a woman dealing with infertility

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1. Take a vacation. If I was going to get pregnant from taking a vacation, I think I'd have quite a large family by now. I live in France, we have FIVE WEEKS of vacation a year. And let me tell you, we have had some quite pleasurable attempts at baby-making on many, many of said vacations. 2. Relax, just stop thinking about it. Does a doctor tell a patient with a hernia or heart problems or cancer to stop thinking about it? I think not. Infertility is no different from any other medical conditions, there is usually a medical explanation. 3. Why don't you just adopt? 'Just' adopting doesn't...

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