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Infertility

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If you've discovered that infertility is part of your story, the pressure to conceive can be even greater.

Pressures can mount and questions develop when a couple decides to have a baby. If you’re a parent, you may have asked: How can we afford daycare? Is our insurance adequate to cover the costs for the delivery? Do we need a bigger house? Where should we send our child to school?

However, if you’ve discovered that infertility is part of your story, the pressure to conceive can be even greater as another set of questions emerge: Does God hear me when I pray? What other options are there for a couple who can’t conceive? When is it time to give up and when should we look for other alternatives?

We don’t take your questions lightly. Here at Focus on the Family, we’re sensitive to the pain you may be experiencing because you haven’t become parents like you hoped. That’s why this series of articles is designed to help you navigate your way through infertility and relieve some of the pressure.

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