03.12.07

Trying to Have a Baby: The Old-Fashioned Way

Posted in Dawn's Life, Dawn's Writing at 5:20 pm by Dawn Miller

I’ve got a new column out today offering advice we gleaned from navigating the puzzling world of infertility treatment options and our decision to schedule a vasectomy reversal last year for my husband.

One thing I didn’t mention in this column is our age difference. My husband is 13 years older than I am. Assuming I get pregnant sometime this year - by the time our child is graduating from high school, my husband will be in his late 60s. We like to joke that he’ll be hobbling in on his cane at the graduation. But truth be told - he doesn’t look his age and has a lot of energy. I’m already envisioning a mega-birthday bash for his 50th later this year. After all - the half century mark in one’s life should be noted in grand style. I’m thinking balloons, music, all the relatives, no ex-wife, and hopefully a pregnant me waddling around.

My stepkids are excited about the idea of us having a child together - and ask about it from time to time - they seem to be worried that we might have given up or forgotten the whole notion. Nope - we haven’t forgotten - it just takes time and yes, we are working on it - but we just leave it at that for now. Discussing the intricacies of basil temperature readings, ovulation charts, and peak fertilization times with them would be oh-so uncomfortably weird. Nope, no thanks, we’ll keep our cycle-tracking and deployment schedule to ourselves. It’s way more fun that way.

Permalink