Secondary infertility is the red-headed stepchild of the reproductive world. Secondary infertility gets no love at all. It is confusing and maddening. This is an ache. Yearning. There is nothing logical about wanting a child or children. We just want it. The pain and obsessiveness of the chase is very similar to primary infertility with one big difference: people are fresh out of empathy for you. Even people who are trying to make their first child don’t quite understand your distress.