Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to.
The decision to have just one child was not one I thought I would ever have made. I felt it was a decision made for me by my body.
In the year 2000, I had an ectopic pregnancy and the resultant medical intervention made me question whether or not I should try for another baby.
We had one beautiful child already and the idea of risking another ectopic was something I could not even consider. The doctor told me there was a 10% chance of another ectopic but that was too high a risk for me.
It’s so distressing to see states in America making rigid and unscientific rulings about women’s bodies including restrictions on medical intervention in miscarriage and ectopic pregnancies. My own ectopic pregnancy almost killed me and my doctor assured me that it was in no way a viable pregnancy, no matter what they or we did.
Leaving behind my plan to have a big family was very hard to do. I am sure few women take decisions about their fertility and their bodies as lightly as governments seem to think.
