“I’m getting my tubes tied,” Rachel said.
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Mean Mom (and Step-dad)
Posted in Making Babies, Uncategorized, tagged "tubes tied" mean, baby, chardonnay, hammock, sadness on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’re having a baby. We’re not. We are. We…
Posted in Making Babies, Uncategorized, tagged "Downs Syndrome", "genetic abnormality", baby, death, decision, doctor, fertility, funeral, medical, pregnant, spermatozoa, statistics, womb on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rachel and I are sitting across from a fertility doctor. A big, smooth mahogany desk stretches between us . The doctor is a young woman with a confident demeanor. Want a baby? She can make that happen. We’re in the doctor’s office even though, two months ago, Rachel decided, finally and definitely, that she did not want to have [...]
Instead of a Baby
Posted in Making Babies, Uncategorized on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m convinced that if I hadn’t surprised rachel with this puppy, we’d still be considering having a baby.
Rachel’s Womb: Closed for Business
Posted in Making Babies, Uncategorized, tagged baby, cement a marriage, genes, honeymoon, infant, nursing, sleepless, stepfamily, wedding on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
She told me that in the animal kingdom, the only animals that mate for lilfe were those that have offspring togetehr, and that the same was probably true of us.
