...and particularly to those whose partners have been the reason why you only have one child, how do you come to terms with the fact that you will never have the family set up that you dreamed about?
I have always wanted 2 children, or more importantly have never wanted just one child and i have no reason to believe that years ago my DH felt any differently. We have a wonderful DD who is 22mos and in an ideal world I would love to have another child within the next year. However, DH has made it clear that he doesn't feel he is capable of having any more children and the subject is pretty much closed.
Now I am not looking for help in trying to persuade him to change his mind as he has valid reasons that I don't want to go into, I'm looking for help in how I can start to try and come to terms with his decision.
Does the pain of not being able to have more lessen over time, am I always going to be hit by reminders throughout life of the
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ellymae · 03/02/2009 20:03
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