First and foremost, I am sad for my daughter. When she says things now like "I'm going to be the best mommy!" as she cradles a doll, I feel that pang of knowing that someday she will know she can't (or shouldn't) carry a biological child and that it may make her very sad. We've started talking early about there being several ways to have a child, like adoption, and that having a child is a choice, not something you have to do. Oh sure, I'd like grandchildren. I hope someday one of my three will have a child, but it wasn't my first thought. I also agree with a previous poster, that just because you have any child doesn't mean you'll have grandchildren. I would definitely not want Leila to risk her health in order to have a child. After all, she's still <b><i>my</i></b> little girl, and always will be.
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A question for all you parents of CFers
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First and foremost, I am sad for my daughter. When she says things now like "I'm going to be the best mommy!" as she cradles a doll, I feel that pang of knowing that someday she will know she can't (or shouldn't) carry a biological child and that it may make her very sad. We've started talking early about there being several ways to have a child, like adoption, and that having a child is a choice, not something you have to do. Oh sure, I'd like grandchildren. I hope someday one of my three will have a child, but it wasn't my first thought. I also agree with a previous poster, that just because you have any child doesn't mean you'll have grandchildren. I would definitely not want Leila to risk her health in order to have a child. After all, she's still <b><i>my</i></b> little girl, and always will be.
First and foremost, I am sad for my daughter. When she says things now like "I'm going to be the best mommy!" as she cradles a doll, I feel that pang of knowing that someday she will know she can't (or shouldn't) carry a biological child and that it may make her very sad. We've started talking early about there being several ways to have a child, like adoption, and that having a child is a choice, not something you have to do. Oh sure, I'd like grandchildren. I hope someday one of my three will have a child, but it wasn't my first thought. I also agree with a previous poster, that just because you have any child doesn't mean you'll have grandchildren. I would definitely not want Leila to risk her health in order to have a child. After all, she's still <b><i>my</i></b> little girl, and always will be.
First and foremost, I am sad for my daughter. When she says things now like "I'm going to be the best mommy!" as she cradles a doll, I feel that pang of knowing that someday she will know she can't (or shouldn't) carry a biological child and that it may make her very sad. We've started talking early about there being several ways to have a child, like adoption, and that having a child is a choice, not something you have to do. Oh sure, I'd like grandchildren. I hope someday one of my three will have a child, but it wasn't my first thought. I also agree with a previous poster, that just because you have any child doesn't mean you'll have grandchildren. I would definitely not want Leila to risk her health in order to have a child. After all, she's still <b><i>my</i></b> little girl, and always will be.
First and foremost, I am sad for my daughter. When she says things now like "I'm going to be the best mommy!" as she cradles a doll, I feel that pang of knowing that someday she will know she can't (or shouldn't) carry a biological child and that it may make her very sad. We've started talking early about there being several ways to have a child, like adoption, and that having a child is a choice, not something you have to do. Oh sure, I'd like grandchildren. I hope someday one of my three will have a child, but it wasn't my first thought. I also agree with a previous poster, that just because you have any child doesn't mean you'll have grandchildren. I would definitely not want Leila to risk her health in order to have a child. After all, she's still <b><i>my</i></b> little girl, and always will be.
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TonyaH
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There are so many options available to CFers today. I am not saddened by the thought of possibly not having a biological grandchild. What does cross my mind is how the news might affect the woman Andrew falls in love with. Will she be able to accept other forms of conceiving, or adoption? But I believe that this issue will work itself out. I am happy to be talking about Andrew's adulthood instead of wondering if his adulthood will be possible! This site is full of successful family planning stories and I enjoy every one!
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TonyaH
Guest
There are so many options available to CFers today. I am not saddened by the thought of possibly not having a biological grandchild. What does cross my mind is how the news might affect the woman Andrew falls in love with. Will she be able to accept other forms of conceiving, or adoption? But I believe that this issue will work itself out. I am happy to be talking about Andrew's adulthood instead of wondering if his adulthood will be possible! This site is full of successful family planning stories and I enjoy every one!
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TonyaH
Guest
There are so many options available to CFers today. I am not saddened by the thought of possibly not having a biological grandchild. What does cross my mind is how the news might affect the woman Andrew falls in love with. Will she be able to accept other forms of conceiving, or adoption? But I believe that this issue will work itself out. I am happy to be talking about Andrew's adulthood instead of wondering if his adulthood will be possible! This site is full of successful family planning stories and I enjoy every one!
T
TonyaH
Guest
There are so many options available to CFers today. I am not saddened by the thought of possibly not having a biological grandchild. What does cross my mind is how the news might affect the woman Andrew falls in love with. Will she be able to accept other forms of conceiving, or adoption? But I believe that this issue will work itself out. I am happy to be talking about Andrew's adulthood instead of wondering if his adulthood will be possible! This site is full of successful family planning stories and I enjoy every one!
T
TonyaH
Guest
There are so many options available to CFers today. I am not saddened by the thought of possibly not having a biological grandchild. What does cross my mind is how the news might affect the woman Andrew falls in love with. Will she be able to accept other forms of conceiving, or adoption? But I believe that this issue will work itself out. I am happy to be talking about Andrew's adulthood instead of wondering if his adulthood will be possible! This site is full of successful family planning stories and I enjoy every one!
I wouldn't feel guilty. Your parents don't even think about this sort of thing I'm sure (whether or not you give them grandchildren). Their first thoughts are for you. Your parents love you first and foremost. They don't know the grandchildren that weren't.
I don't know that my kids won't have kids (two girls with CF). My hope is that they will, but the reality is that it might not happen. It might not happen because they make a choice, a choice that hopefully won't be forced upon them by their condition. I am hopeful that by the time they're of childbearing age there will be something that will treat CF, and that I can keep them healthy until that time.
I don't know that my kids won't have kids (two girls with CF). My hope is that they will, but the reality is that it might not happen. It might not happen because they make a choice, a choice that hopefully won't be forced upon them by their condition. I am hopeful that by the time they're of childbearing age there will be something that will treat CF, and that I can keep them healthy until that time.
I wouldn't feel guilty. Your parents don't even think about this sort of thing I'm sure (whether or not you give them grandchildren). Their first thoughts are for you. Your parents love you first and foremost. They don't know the grandchildren that weren't.
I don't know that my kids won't have kids (two girls with CF). My hope is that they will, but the reality is that it might not happen. It might not happen because they make a choice, a choice that hopefully won't be forced upon them by their condition. I am hopeful that by the time they're of childbearing age there will be something that will treat CF, and that I can keep them healthy until that time.
I don't know that my kids won't have kids (two girls with CF). My hope is that they will, but the reality is that it might not happen. It might not happen because they make a choice, a choice that hopefully won't be forced upon them by their condition. I am hopeful that by the time they're of childbearing age there will be something that will treat CF, and that I can keep them healthy until that time.
I wouldn't feel guilty. Your parents don't even think about this sort of thing I'm sure (whether or not you give them grandchildren). Their first thoughts are for you. Your parents love you first and foremost. They don't know the grandchildren that weren't.
I don't know that my kids won't have kids (two girls with CF). My hope is that they will, but the reality is that it might not happen. It might not happen because they make a choice, a choice that hopefully won't be forced upon them by their condition. I am hopeful that by the time they're of childbearing age there will be something that will treat CF, and that I can keep them healthy until that time.
I don't know that my kids won't have kids (two girls with CF). My hope is that they will, but the reality is that it might not happen. It might not happen because they make a choice, a choice that hopefully won't be forced upon them by their condition. I am hopeful that by the time they're of childbearing age there will be something that will treat CF, and that I can keep them healthy until that time.
I wouldn't feel guilty. Your parents don't even think about this sort of thing I'm sure (whether or not you give them grandchildren). Their first thoughts are for you. Your parents love you first and foremost. They don't know the grandchildren that weren't.
I don't know that my kids won't have kids (two girls with CF). My hope is that they will, but the reality is that it might not happen. It might not happen because they make a choice, a choice that hopefully won't be forced upon them by their condition. I am hopeful that by the time they're of childbearing age there will be something that will treat CF, and that I can keep them healthy until that time.
I don't know that my kids won't have kids (two girls with CF). My hope is that they will, but the reality is that it might not happen. It might not happen because they make a choice, a choice that hopefully won't be forced upon them by their condition. I am hopeful that by the time they're of childbearing age there will be something that will treat CF, and that I can keep them healthy until that time.
I wouldn't feel guilty. Your parents don't even think about this sort of thing I'm sure (whether or not you give them grandchildren). Their first thoughts are for you. Your parents love you first and foremost. They don't know the grandchildren that weren't.
I don't know that my kids won't have kids (two girls with CF). My hope is that they will, but the reality is that it might not happen. It might not happen because they make a choice, a choice that hopefully won't be forced upon them by their condition. I am hopeful that by the time they're of childbearing age there will be something that will treat CF, and that I can keep them healthy until that time.
I don't know that my kids won't have kids (two girls with CF). My hope is that they will, but the reality is that it might not happen. It might not happen because they make a choice, a choice that hopefully won't be forced upon them by their condition. I am hopeful that by the time they're of childbearing age there will be something that will treat CF, and that I can keep them healthy until that time.