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How being childless not by choice shaped these people's lives
ABCMichael Hughes and his wife underwent infertility treatment for 15 years. "This last Father's Day, for the first time since we stopped IVF 16 years ago, my wife turned to me and said: How old would our child have been if they survived that miscarriage? 'My grief was twofold' Pamela Rowland, 70, Victor Harbor, SA Pamela Rowland says she's lived a fulfilling life that perhaps she may not have with children. 'To say I feel alone in my grief is an understatement' Casey, 39, Melbourne/Naarm Many readers shared that the grief of childlessness has never left them. 'I formed a subconscious belief that motherhood equalled misery' Katherine Baldwin, 52, Dorset, England Katherine Baldwin says she tries to embrace her life without children.
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