Posted by shadows721 on May 21, 2004, at 0:16:13
In reply to Never going to be a mom-Pegasus, posted by tootercat on May 20, 2004, at 15:15:38
I too was raised in a very abusive home and have suffered mentally majorly for it. I am on a medication regimen that is seeming to help me now. My husband of 13 years and my mother have been constantly pushing me to get pregnant. I have no interest, because I can't function without my medications. They keep saying, "Well, you may not be on medications in the future." The medications that I am on cause birth defects and I do not want to chance it. In addition, I have a serious depression problem. My mother says I am messing up my whole life. I am 36 and I know that ole clock is there, but I feel that my mental and physical welfare comes first. My husband does not want to adopt. He is the only boy in his family and that it. You have to continue the name. I told him that he may have to just get another woman to have children with, but I don't think he believes me. I do mean it. I know what it means to him, but I simply can't. I don't have millions of dollars to do the surrogate thing either. I feel sad about all this.
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