This is interesting. I also have been adamant about not wanting children. But every now and then I do think about it (my fiance' would be a great dad!).Originally Posted by batgirl2good
I have a disease called neurofibromatosis. It causes me to have little (and some big) tumors all over my body. I am fortunate in that I do not suffer from the other mental and physical handicaps that often come with this, but I would NEVER have had children. There is a 50% chance that any child would have developed this disease. NO WAY would I ever put a child through this.
However, we're currently in the preliminary stages of determining if he has Lupus or a similar disease, and we have talked about the chance of passing this on to any children we do decide to have. (as these are primarily geneticly passed on, especially if we had a girl as it seems that whatever he may have seems to be much more prominent in women than men).
I used to coach a swim team for several summers and there was a 6 year old girl and two 11 year old boys that I just adored. They were amazing children, funny and squirrley and sweet, but they would listen to you and honestly tried to do their best in every event. If they could be my kids, well, I'd have them right now!
But alas, the universe doesn't give out guarantees like that...
~Julia