This is all about ideas re different ways to create a family

This could be seen as a controversial post and I apologise now if the content upsets you. Although I know it is a very personal topic and there are probably things involved that I have not considered, I thought it was worth posting.

I hope you find it useful in some way.

The world is a huge place, it is overpopulated and more of us are making babies. It may sound strange to link materialism to having children but I think there are people out there who are materialistic in a different way. They feel the need to have a child as a possession. Something to tick off the things to do list. There are others who have children and it’s not planned. There are others who had no choice in the matter and of course there are those who look after children in the family because the ‘birth’ family could not manage for whatever reason.

Some couples have difficulty conceiving or seeing the pregnancy through. There can be a number of reasons or causes but often the result is that they cannot have their ‘own’ child. Can you hear the materialism, issue of ownership creeping in here? The popular alternative is IVF. That way it can be ‘their’ child regardless of how it comes about.

I am going to ask an ‘out of the box’ question. Why? Why bother? Why not manage a different way? Why am I saying this?

Well, there are so many things to consider. Some of these are: -

Money spent on the procedure
Having to undergo so many internal examinations
Harm caused to the body of the mother
Stress and anxiety every step of the way
Pain endured
The lack of certainty re whether it will work or not
So why do so many people go for IVF or another method that will mean the child is biologically theirs?

Does it stem from what Margaret Thatcher instilled? The attitude of mine mine and mine! Excuse the politics!

Anyway, why not adopt? There are so many children who are without parents.

I’ll leave you with a radical thought. Why not go one step further? Why not adopt from the onset regardless whether you can or cannot have your ‘own’ child/children?

http://www.heenamodi.com/2010/02/21/get-pregnant-the-natural-way-or-have-ivf-or-is-there-another-way/

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