READ: 26 women struggling with infertility share their biggest secrets, hopes, and fears

It's rude to ask “what is infertility like?" when a couple is struggling to conceive, but it's something we should all know more about.

Which is why these heartbreaking confessions are a must-read.

Taking to Whisper, the site where people share their anonymous confessions, twenty-six brave women have opened up about what it’s like to be told you can’t have children.

From how it makes them feel, to the things they’ve been driven to do or say, the Whisper users have painted a very compelling picture of what it’s like to struggle with infertility.

Are you ready for this?

![Just discovered that I am infertile. I have never felt so awful.]

![I want a baby so badly it hurts...sometimes my thoughts are consumed by the thoughts of pregnancy and all the joy that comes with it infertility is a silent heartache I am sick of people saying it will happen we struggled too]

![I am infertile. I get jealous when people around me are pregnant. I hate people that have kids & leave them for a party on the weekends. ]

![I pretend my teddies are my babies/kids. I'm infertile and it helps me cope]

![I am infertile, and have lost both of my pregnancies. Nobody knows about my first. I was married to an abuser, who caused me to lose it the day I found out. Not even my mother knows.]

![I'm infertile and I'm scared that my future husband will be disappointed to me as his wife. ]

![The one thing I've wanted more than anything in my entire life is a baby. I just want to have a baby. I would be a wonderful mother, but struggling with infertility is making me absolutely miserable.]

![Im finding it really hard to cope with being infertile...especially when my friends are all getting pregnant. ]

![Nobody understands the pain of infertility. Ever since I was a little girl I've dreamed of having a big family. Kids were all I ever really wanted. Now I'm 38 and been trying for 9 years. ]

![Doctors just told me I'm infertile. I don't know what to do, I've never imagined myself without my own children. This is life altering.]

![My infertility has not been an issue for me. I don't like kids and now I know God never wanted me to have them anyway. ]

![When I shared with my friends that I was infertile they laughed and said I was so lucky that I could have sex whenever I wanted and not get pregnant.i've wanted kids since I was nine.]

![My husband keeps telling me how much he wants kids... He knows I'm infertile. ]

![Before I was infertile, I suffered two misscarraiges.... I don't know if my brain is playing with me, but I sometimes feel movement in my womb. Oh how much I miss that feeling.]

![I'm infertile and it's been the best thing for my marriage. No one judges me for not wanting kids anymore. ]

![Everyone asks when we're going to have kids and I lie and tell them, "When we have money." I don't know how to tell them about our infertility. ]

![I see kids as a burden instead of a blessing. I'm happy to be infertile. ]

![I'm happy I turned out to be an infertile woman. I can focus on me and my husband only. ]

![Im happy being infertile. I dont want to bring another being into this horrible, painful world.]

![I'm infertile and my long time boyfriend knows about it yet lately he keeps talking about having a baby, I'm scared because I think he'll leave if I can't have one ]

![My husband and I have been battling infertility for almost 5 years. Our 1 chance to conceive through IVF failed. Why am I not able to do the one thing a woman is supposed to be able to do? ]

![Infertility is killing me on the inside ]

![Just found out that I'm infertile. I don't feel like a woman anymore. I don't know who would want that. ]

![Being diagnosed as infertile has rocked my world. My personality, my demeanor, my hopes/dreams, my future plan -- they all changed in a 2-minute phone call from my doctor. ]

![My infertility has caused me to hate everyone who's pregnant. ]

![My doctor just told me that I'm infertile I'm not sure whether to break down and cry or call my mom or both]

![I take it personally when teenagers keep their babies. I am struggling with infertility and am too young to adopt, and I know I can take care and support their baby on my own, more than they can. ]

Some of those were absolutely heartbreaking, weren’t they?

However the women, after opening up, have found a wealth of support from others online.

One commented: “I understand the pain. It almost broke me. I did 4 IVF cycles and ended up with twins. Keep hoping because I stopped believing and somehow a miracle happened.”

“I'm so sorry to hear this,” said another Whisper user. “I know that it probably not the same but adoption is always an option. There are many kids out there who wish to be part of a family.”

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