The thread about the woman powerwashing her child sparked the idea for this thread.
I am 22 years old and at age 17 began medications that I knew could potentially keep me from getting pregnant.
What makes my situation different than those of infertility is that my situation is a personal choice so to speak. I am not infertile and my medications do not make me infertile. But to get pregnant I would have to stop my medications--something I am not sure I am prepared to do. The biggest concerns are my health (physical and emotional) and whether or not it is a safe and healthy environment for the baby that would be inside me.
So now as a married woman at age 22 almost 23 I am spending my time with a zillion doctors determining what is safe for me and a baby.
For those women dealing with infertility or perhaps a situation like mine (which I have not found many) how do you deal day to day?
Does it break your heart every time you hear someone is pregnant? Do you question whether or not there is a bigger reason and that perhaps you just aren't meant to give birth? Do you like me feel like you are letting your husband and/or family down?
I felt that I was letting people down--especially my husband, but I'm slowly getting past that. I do know one person who thinks less of me, my mother-in-law. She thinks I should just go off the medication and deal with what comes.
**I take 3 daily medications for migraine headaches.
Leslie
I am 22 years old and at age 17 began medications that I knew could potentially keep me from getting pregnant.
What makes my situation different than those of infertility is that my situation is a personal choice so to speak. I am not infertile and my medications do not make me infertile. But to get pregnant I would have to stop my medications--something I am not sure I am prepared to do. The biggest concerns are my health (physical and emotional) and whether or not it is a safe and healthy environment for the baby that would be inside me.
So now as a married woman at age 22 almost 23 I am spending my time with a zillion doctors determining what is safe for me and a baby.
For those women dealing with infertility or perhaps a situation like mine (which I have not found many) how do you deal day to day?
Does it break your heart every time you hear someone is pregnant? Do you question whether or not there is a bigger reason and that perhaps you just aren't meant to give birth? Do you like me feel like you are letting your husband and/or family down?
I felt that I was letting people down--especially my husband, but I'm slowly getting past that. I do know one person who thinks less of me, my mother-in-law. She thinks I should just go off the medication and deal with what comes.
**I take 3 daily medications for migraine headaches.
Leslie