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 | 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...
by The Center | Jul 13, 2005 | Reproductive Stories
I don’t remember thinking about how many kids I wanted or anything like that; I just knew I wanted a family some day. I do remember thinking, sometime in my teens, that I would get married at 25 years old and start a family at 30. For some reason it just seemed right....
