MARRIED WITH NO KIDS
I haven't blogged for years, and I am tempted to write a tasty title for this new blog I am writing after several years. Yes, I am married for almost 9 years now and my husband and I have no kids because I have endometriosis. I have cysts in my ovaries and I am also suffering from hematosalpinx. No, I am not 100% infertile. In fact, I still ovulate regularly. Fertilization is just challenging because the cysts are aggressive (though they are not cancerous). I have been reading “Barren among the Fruitful” by Amanda Hope Haley, and like Amanda and the rest of the women in the book, I was motivated to tell my story. Bearing no children while being married is still very challenging in this modern world. Despite advancements in science, technology, and even culture (yes, we now have what others call “modern culture”), women are still expected to bear children. Or to say it bluntly, women are still deemed as “baby-makers”. Married women with no children are still looked upo...