Name: Anita London
Age: 29
Marital Status: Married 7 years
Occupation: Supervisor at a Dental Office
Place of Residence: Toronto, Canada
Some of my Personal Struggles
When I first found out that I had Turner's Syndrome, at the age of 15,I was devastated. I have always wanted to have children of my own. Even when I was a little girl, I thought I would be a mother some day. I still plan to be, one way or another. It was kind of hard at times in high school, even though I had a lot of friends. Some of them were at times quite insensitive and said some stupid things, but they didn't really know any better, and had they known that I had Turner's, they might have thought twice about saying some of the things they did. At the same time, I think they treated me just like anyone else. I think most young people tease each other, and joke around. They aren't necessarily trying to be mean. When I realized this, it was easier to take some of the things that they said and did.I have been lucky in that I have had very few actual medical problems that are associated with Turner's Syndrome. I am however, like almost all women with Turner's, unable to have children natrually.
I have tried in-vitro fertilization twice, and it failed both times, but my husband and I plan to try maybe one more time. It CAN take 4-5 tries before it works, or for whatever reason, it may not work at all. Even so, it was very disappointing for me when the in-vitro didn't work, but with the support of my husband and family, I got through it. My suggestion to anyone looking at invitro-fertilization is to take the week after the procedure off work, and just rest, so as to keep those "what if?"'s to a minimum, and to have someone around that you can talk to when you find out the test results.
Adoption is another option that we've looked at, but we want to try the in-vitro one more time before going that route. It isn't that I don't want to adopt, but I would like to have to "whole" experience of having a baby, including pregnancy and childbirth. Everyone is different however, and there are no wrong or right choices in this particular case. It's a matter of what is right for YOU.
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