We live in the land of the fertile!

This area that we have moved to is a new development on the edge of a lovely Hampshire country town. The new development has a name which describes it very well, but for anonymity’s sake, I’ll call it "Paradise Park". Paradise Park has about 5,000 residents and has been properly planned out with large areas of parkland and woodland, interspersed with modern detached/semi detached housing. In between are walkways, cycleways and paths leading to the amenities - namely sports fields and shops, etc. The shops are in the middle of Paradise Park together with other local amenities eg newsagent/local shop, hairdressers, fish & chip shop, pub, doctors, primary school, pharmacy and Vet (us!).

It is perfect for families because of the amenities and every morning when we go into the surgery, a lot of families are walking their children to school, together with the family dog (normally our patients!) and it really and truly paints a happy picture.

But for an infertile couple like us, we’ve moved to the worst area that we could! Everyone has kids and we feel very left out indeed!

Pat seems to be taking it worse than me - over this last year, I think I’ve dealt with things well. I keep telling myself that we will soon be joining in with all the other parents - either with our own biological child or with our adopted children. All Pat sees are families - parading around with what we want so badly.

Let’s hope we can join the "club" SOON!

Sarah
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