So when we did not get pregnant after a year, my husband and I began artificial reproductive treatment (ART). I have spoken with people in various support groups I have joined throughout my infertility and pregnancy journey about the next child anxiety. AdvertisementNext child anxiety is a fear of being retraumatized. It is a scale where we weigh the benefits of giving our child a sibling and the joys of having another child to love against the crushing reality of infertility and its treatments. My body has not been my own for two and a half years of treatment and nine months of pregnancy.

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