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re: re: I wouldn't know........ Feb. 26th, 2008 8:57am
I wouldn't know because I could never convince myself to go forth and get pregnant again. Do I have regrets? HUGE ones. The first five years I spent enveloped just with my daughter. Another child never entered my mind. I was too busy trying to understand the world of CAH. The next five years I was slowling climbing out of my fears and then when I did, I spent the rest of those five years convincing my husband to agree. It is now ten years later. I am 40, and financially we couldn't afford it. Regrets? Tons. I am still waiting for that moment when I could have twenty thousand people come to the hospital to get a peak at my newborn. I am waiting for that moment when I could take pictures upon it's arrival, and to get lots of cards of Congratulations. When my daughter was born, my camera was the last thing on my mind. The list goes on. I missed out on that birth fun. Sure I was thrilled I had this beautiful baby in my arms, but worry outweighed my joy. To be able to have another child and experience that joy would be wonderful. To be able to spread this love I have inside to another child would have been nice. A friend of mine that adopted said, "I used to sit and look at our chairs at dinner. One would aways be empty and I had always known there was someone waiting to fill that space." The list of regrets goes on. Think of it this way. You already know CAH. And if you don't, trust me one day you will. And perhaps that one day you finally realize it, it will be too late.
