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Day light at the end of the IVF nightmare: Infertility saga

One of the deepest fear my wife had was the fear of not being able to conceive. The fear wasn't baseless. She had a history of physical abuse by her brother who used to beat her on a regular basis. Hits to the stomach and abdomen was parts and parcel of the whole ordeal. I always tried to downplay the issue and never invoked this as a reason for our problems. Maybe what I did was right or wrong, thats a discussion for a different day.  I never wanted a kid just after getting married. I always thought of having some time to ourselves after marriage, get our finances sorted before bringing a baby to the world. After 3 years of marriage, my wife finally convinced me that it was right time to have a baby.  We started trying for one(you know how its done). And we failed. Months after months and her fear was slowly turning into reality.  Somewhere deep inside I knew something was wrong as well, but I wasn't agreeing on the fact. Finally against all my wishes, we went to see a d...