I am not sure if it's normal, but I want a baby as badly as my wife wants one. I have talked with other guys, and most of them seemed somewhat indifferent about fatherhood. But honestly I can't see my future without some little ones running circles around me and the missus.
Statistically, about 20% of couples will have some kind of problem conceiving a child the first time. Four couples that we are close to have children, so I guess it shouldn't have come as a surprise for us when, after 2 1/2 years, we still weren't pregnant.
We went to the doctor for infertility therapy. I dutifully provided my 'sample', which checked out okay, and my missus went through a series of tests clearly devised by a mad scientist, and those all checked out fine. "Your infertility is unexplained", the doctor told us. That was, until they decided to put us on some powerful drugs to help the process along, and they found a growth in the area of my wife's reproductive organs.
"It's not cancer, but it has to come out. You're going to need surgery."
Fast forward five months, and the Doctor has just wrapped up a laproscopy to remove this "thing" from the love of my life. I've been a ball of nerves for months leading up to this procedure, but my wife went in as calm as if she was getting ready to take a nap. My fear had been that the Doctor was going to come out of the OR and tell us that it was worse than he thought, and that he had had to remove my wife's ovaries or uterus.
"Thing's went great," he said. "We took it out, and although it was the size of a grapefruit, she's going to be just fine now. Her organs all look healthy and textbook. See you in a few weeks for the follow-up."
After hearing that, I broke down. Finally, some good news and a chance for my wife and I to breathe life into the child we've wanted for so long.
Stay tuned...I will let you know how it goes....
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