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IN THIS CHAPTER

Defining secondary infertility

Weighing the decision to have another … and another!

Climbing back on the infertility treadmill

Understanding why having one child doesn’t always reduce the emotional pain of infertility

In the immortal words of Baseball’s Yogi Berra, “It's déjà vu all over again!” For many, Yogi’s words perfectly describe the struggle with secondary infertility, or difficulty getting pregnant a second time … or a third.

Although exact numbers are difficult to pin down, according the most recent U.S. government statistics, (HHS.gov accessed November 2019) one in ten women ages 15–44 experience infertility. This means that 6.1 million women in the U.S. experience infertility, and 12–13 out of every 100 couples experience infertility.

In this chapter, we define secondary infertility and then take a closer look at its emotional impact, as well as what you can do to deal with the merry-go-round of infertility — take two.