I really wasn't planning to chime in here (my first thought was "oh no, not again..."), but, I'll just tell you a bit of our story.
We started trying to get pregnant in '93 or '94, because my dr told us that if I wanted to see my child graduate, I had better start now. I was about 23.
Fast forward to 2003. I'm 33. Still no baby, several IUI's and infertility shots, tests, etc. I finally said (in a nutshell) "Okay God; If this would be a bad thing for us, or a bad thing for our child, then okay, I don't like it, but you know better than I do- but what am I supposed to do with my life, if not be a mom?" Which, btw, was one of the hardest prayers I've prayed, because it took so long to <i>mean</i> it <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> .
And then I kept seeing commercials for adult reading tutors needed, and it was appealling (I was going to be a teacher for the first 2 years of college). So I signed up for that, and sewing classes <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">. We did one more round of IUI (we had discussed it, and were both feeling like it should be our last try), and low and behold, she is now 3 1/2 years old.
So I think that it is a <i>very</i> personal subject, and best evaluated on a personal, individual level, with a lot of thought, research and prayer.
We started trying to get pregnant in '93 or '94, because my dr told us that if I wanted to see my child graduate, I had better start now. I was about 23.
Fast forward to 2003. I'm 33. Still no baby, several IUI's and infertility shots, tests, etc. I finally said (in a nutshell) "Okay God; If this would be a bad thing for us, or a bad thing for our child, then okay, I don't like it, but you know better than I do- but what am I supposed to do with my life, if not be a mom?" Which, btw, was one of the hardest prayers I've prayed, because it took so long to <i>mean</i> it <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> .
And then I kept seeing commercials for adult reading tutors needed, and it was appealling (I was going to be a teacher for the first 2 years of college). So I signed up for that, and sewing classes <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">. We did one more round of IUI (we had discussed it, and were both feeling like it should be our last try), and low and behold, she is now 3 1/2 years old.
So I think that it is a <i>very</i> personal subject, and best evaluated on a personal, individual level, with a lot of thought, research and prayer.