She told me her plan to either go part time or even take a much lower paying job, to read all the books, find all the support groups and resources, get a therapist. When it would probably be bullied, need years of expensive medical care and other developmental assistance, and require that one or both parents sideline their careers to take care of him/ her.Īfter the diagnosis my wife grieved but then got out of bed and said the child would be loved, and we would make it work. Yet I thought about abortion and I thought regardless of religious implications, I'd choose it if the child was disabled. Except it's not going to be some miracle- the baby's life was going to be a nightmare for itself as well as for his or her parents.įunny thing is I grew up Southern Baptist ( born in Mississippi) and I am still very involved with the Southern Baptist community here in Nevada where my wife and I have lived for our entire marriage.īetween the two of us, my wife is actually the one who was very much pro choice. We tried for 3 years before the miracle baby happened. My wife and I have been married 11 years yet even though I was ready at 24 and was willing to compromise by waiting 3 to 4 years she insisted on waiting until we were 31 and she had gotten promoted to start trying. To say I was crushed is an understatement. Apparently the tests are more than 90 percent accurate or something. My (35M) wife (35F) and I found out that our baby would have Down syndrome.
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