I thought our brief conversation about infertility was quite interesting. Almost everyone in the class knew a couple who was having problems conceiving. However, we still seem to criticize couples about how soon after marriage they will have kids.
In my family, my cousin got married and they had a number of problems conceiving before turning to invitro by which they conceived twin boys. They decided to try invitro again the second time and during their consultation the doctor said he couldn't help them.....because she was already pregnant!
In my sociology class right now I am writing a paper on parenting magazines and one of the criteria I have to talk about is infertility, if the magazine covers it, and what they say. Infertility is becoming a common place occurrence and it happens more often than we think.
We as a society need to back off and realize that it does happen and that it is normal.
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