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Originally Posted by celstu1  Katherine, I hear what you are saying, and I somewhat agree, but like missJ said also, sometimes the good qualities that we pass on outweigh the bad! I may or may not ever have a child, Im not sure if I want one! To tell ya the truth Im comfortable with my life as it is, come and go as I please, do what I want, take vacations, spend my money as I want, etc... Kids are great too for those that want them! I love my friends kids! Noone in my family has kids, we ALL come from divorced parents and I think we all have 'issues' stemming from that, committment issues, fear of divorce and having kids to raise on our own, etc... I do have a friend who feels that her gene pool is not quality enough to have her own children. I respect that! Also its much easier said than done, I mean you DID have kids, and who is to say that you know for CERTAIN that you would not have had any had you known what you know now. You can SAY it, but you don't know bc it didnt work that way!  |
For sure... who knows what I "would" have done.. I would like to think that had I waited that I would have chosen not to reproduce.. but seeing that I didn't.... I did bring two amazing children into the world, one affected by my own medical history as well as that of my family.
Hindsight is 20/20 I just wish they would have taught a section on family history in my high school health class so I could learned the importance of my medical past and how it could affect my future and that of my possible children...
I could have prevented the life that my son is going to have to deal with... It was irresponsable for me to have had children with my history, I just was uneducated and didn't know it... I wish I had... and I really feel that anyone who knowingly takes that risk... well I don't even need to say it... I live with the guilt of doing it unintentionally, I can't even fathom the guilt one would live with having known the risk and having done it anyway.
