by The Center | Aug 28, 2025 | Reproductive Stories
I am 28 and my husband is 29. I am one of 8 and I have 15 nephews and nieces; it was supposed to be easy for us… Every doctor said “It will be easy for you — You are so young” I hate that because a piece of me really believed it. I know when I sat in the RE’s...
by The Center | Jun 9, 2025 | Pertinent Articles
Because my best friend had gone through many years of painful and expensive ART before having their son, my husband and I, two years into our marriage, started trying to start a family with some knowledge of what could go wrong. We never truly believed, however, that...
by The Center | Mar 29, 2018 | Reproductive Stories
Having a child is supposed to be your natural right as a woman. Or so I‘ve always thought. From as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to have children – at least 2, maybe 3 or 4. I was the first born in a close family of many cousins. I was the built-in...
by The Center | Sep 8, 2008 | Reproductive Stories
I honestly didn’t think about having children a lot while growing up. I definitely had a good childhood and felt loved and appreciated by my parents, but I think overall it sort of scared me to be a parent. I think that when my wife and I started dating we sort of...
by The Center | Oct 10, 2006 | Reproductive Stories
I usually write very well and express myself intelligibly so I apologize if my story seems disjointed or not well written. My state of mind is not what it normally is. For many reasons that are unimportant, mainly a bad first marriage, I held off on having a child...
