amonkie

It's amazing how a person's feeling on this subject can change as soon as the possiblity may have been taken away.

Some background: I had spinal meningitis when I was a year old, and was in the hospital for six months. Immediately noticeable effects of the disease was a 75% hearing loss (which also brought along balance issues), dizziness, numb fingers/toes, and stiff neck, as well as relearning how to walk/talk, and all the essential functions.

Now, almost 21 years later, I'm doing research on the disease for my class and finding out that quite a few ladies who had the disease at such a young age are finding themselves infertile, with causes being pointed at the meningitis.

At the moment, I'm not married or in a position to have kids, so running to the doctor and doing fertility tests is not exactly something I can afford as a nearly broke college student. However, I know this is going to bug me, since one of my big goals in life is to be able to experience pregnancy and having a family. On the side, having to put up with the monthly period seems pointless if there won't ever actually be a possible point of conception.

Thanks for reading this long post, I was just a little upset to find out that after all I've already dealt with in aftereffects, this could also be an issue.

Are there any others of you who feel that being able to have a baby is just as important to you? I know there's adoption if it really comes to that, but it just won't be the same.

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Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna