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I guess I'm probably also an "other" in that we never tried to concieve. I haven't really seen anyone who didn't at least try to have bio kids before adopting, and I wish there were some people... I feel very misunderstood by people who have been through all the tests and treatments and stuff. I have PCOS, and the only way my symptoms have ever been under control is when I'm on birth control pills. I can go off them a maximum of two months without feeling totally awful. I don't think, where I don't ovulate regularly, there's much chance of getting pregnant in those two months. We just couldn't see being off them and trying for two months, then having to go back on them for probably 4 months to get feeling really good again, then back off for two, etc. for all time, and never knowing if it might work or not. At my age, I didn't figure I HAD years to keep trying. I'm lucky that my DH isn't one of those people with a lot of hangups about having biological kids, and neither am I. (Not that there's anything wrong with wanting bio kids -- there isn't.) I cannot tell you how many times people have told me I'm wierd for not having at least tried to get pregnant. Obviously, they don't know how truly crappy being off the pills makes me feel. I wish there was someone else here who didn't try to get pregnant, either. If there was, maybe someone would finally understand my reasons.
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