Moment #1: We are at a restaurant having lunch and our discussion goes towards a video game husband is playing. It is based in a medieval society. My husband is playing a woman character and it is at a critical stage where his character meets the queen and manipulates things to be behind the power of the throne. At one point he discusses how he had a member of his team (a man) marry the queen. And a discussion on why his character could not marry the queen ensued. And we explained one of the more obvious reasons why it was a hetro bias -- that in medieval times and especially for a royal family, one needed offspring and heirs. And, without skipping a beat, my son said “Oh, cuz they couldn’t do sperm donations back then.”
My son—an enlightened child because of infertility treatments…
Moment #2: I am starting to plan her 2nd birthday party. And while I will write tons and tons about the progress she is making and how wonderful she is (cuz it is all about her), tonight as I sit printing out the invites, I remember and feel a sense of pride. WE did this. We made it happen. We went against the odds (2% to have a child the “normal” way) and the odds of treatments (40%) and we have her. I am proud of that.
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Gotta love perfect IF Moments!
Both moments are well earned.
She's almost 2?? Unbelievable.
I love your son's response!
Congratulations on making it so far, through such a hard journey.
Oh Delenn, those are truly wonderful moments.
Your son's response has me laughing!
Wonderful, beautiful moments!
Those are just beautiful and your son's comment made me chuckle.
That is really cool your Dh is playing a female character in his game, it sounds also enlightened.
#1 gives me hope that we can raise our son to think outside the narrow worldview of our little town.
#2 gives me hope that we, too, can be on the other side of this secondary infertility someday.
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