In July 1996, I was diagnosed with Turner's Syndrome and as a result, I was told that I am completely infertile with little to no ovarian tissue. Moving forward to 2011, after much soul searching, my husband and myself have decided to look at our family building options and track our experience not only to demonstrate what it has been like facing this hurdle and to offer support but to give an account of how the NHS and other organisations are helping us.
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
My changing relationship with my sister
I have decided to let my sister get on with things. The reality is that she will probably have a million questions and she will need a mother's advice. I have realised that my position as the childless older sister is going to dictate my relationship with both my sisters' future children. I have to confess that I just can't really face my husband's growing extended family. Moreover, as an infertile woman, it puts me between a rock and a hard place. If I come on too strong then I am regarded as the desperate childless woman whose clock will soon start ticking and if I completely ignore the situation then I am a hard nosed selfish career woman. Everybody else will be analyzing what I do. I won't want to be all huggy kissy over the baby because lets face it, if a childless woman picked up your child, would you not think she was creepy?? I will only approach the child if given permission and I guess I will reluctantly hold it like I did with my SIL's son. It took me a fortnight to meet him and I only briefly held him very tentatively at the end of the visit. This is the worst aspect of infertility, not being able to have a child is bad enough, but to be constantly judged and having to explain your every move is a nightmare. The fact that my situation has affected the way that my sisters can tell me what should be extremely happy news is so unfair on them. I just can't believe I haven't cried yet.
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