My DH has zero sperm count and obviously this means conceiving children naturally is out.
One option is to have a baby using donated sleek via IVF. The child of course wouldn't be DH's biologically.
The other option is adoption but I really don't think I want to do this (DH is fine either way.) the reasons are:
I do want a baby and I can't pretend this isn't important to me, being pregnant and breastfeeding and giving birth. Naming our child. Seeing all the important milestones.
I hate how invasive adoption is; I fully understand it has to be but I just shudder at the thought of past partners being probed and colleagues!
I feel it's confusing for the child as they are encouraged to maintain some sort of relationship with birth parents and siblings and I'm not sure I like this.
But is this selfish? Someone on another forum said it was
I'm definitely not anti adoption and I think people who are adopt are amazing but aibu to say it's not for me?
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Redpolkadots2 · 14/08/2014 17:21
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