tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36482823.post4036542056908747200..comments2023-09-24T19:27:21.303+10:00Comments on The Baby Bump Project: Keep the egg timers in the kitchenThe Baby Bump Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024119762215442318noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36482823.post-35461652819246356142010-02-23T01:17:15.617+11:002010-02-23T01:17:15.617+11:00I realize that I'm looking at this as a 35 y/o...I realize that I'm looking at this as a 35 y/o woman dealing with infertility*, but I do think that any woman who thinks that she might want to have children someday should be aware of her fertility. Now, to me, this does <em>not</em> mean pushing women to have children before they are in a place in their lives to do so. It <em>does</em> mean being aware that waiting to have children may increase the odds of facing infertility and present another set of hard choices: Pursue expensive and invasive infertility treatments? And if so, how far (IVF with own gametes? Donor gametes?) and for how many cycles? Pursue adoption, with its own risks and rewards? Or live child-free and become a kick-ass "aunt" to others' children? Both IVF and adoption can be incredibly expensive, so a woman who might end up pursuing one of these options will want to save accordingly.<br /><br />I am a feminist, and I believe strongly in women's rights to pursue their ambitions and dreams. But if those ambitions and dreams do include children, it does women a disservice to pretend that biology has kept pace with sociology.<br /><br />*My own infertility is a combination of endometriosis and sub-optimal sperm on my husband's part, so while waiting until age 33 to start trying to have children probably didn't <em>help</em>, my problems are not primarily age-related.lauramichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13727504978311790291noreply@blogger.com