tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post4747076488319807841..comments2023-10-20T09:04:45.829+01:00Comments on My New Notebook: Family planningCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14103529618681254875noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-24905743824384006472009-02-22T13:16:00.000+00:002009-02-22T13:16:00.000+00:00Noone can make judgements/decisions for others. We...Noone can make judgements/decisions for others. We are all so very different. <BR/>Your poem was immensely moving.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627338108089464863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-50854549041152123222009-02-21T06:55:00.000+00:002009-02-21T06:55:00.000+00:00Crystal, I was surprised at how low the statistica...Crystal, I was surprised at how low the statistical probability was for another child with autism. I know people are still being given similar figures if they have already have one NT and one ASD.<BR/><BR/>Megan - thank you and skulkers are always welcome here :o)Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103529618681254875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-27995275749691698582009-02-20T21:32:00.000+00:002009-02-20T21:32:00.000+00:00just wanted to say beautiful poem (please excuse t...just wanted to say beautiful poem (please excuse the skulking)Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08841687319208497757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-60748594092571552792009-02-20T18:15:00.000+00:002009-02-20T18:15:00.000+00:00Your reasoning for not having another baby is quit...Your reasoning for not having another baby is quite similar to my own - apart from not being able to cope (I am not at all maternal) I worried that another child may prove to be autistic or otherwise. I know various people who have 3+ children and cope so well yet I know others who have 2 and find it almost impossible.<BR/><BR/>CJ xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-38771915550891030592009-02-18T18:47:00.000+00:002009-02-18T18:47:00.000+00:00Liz - thanks.CB - you might have managed with mine...Liz - thanks.<BR/><BR/>CB - you might have managed with mine, they were smaller than average ;o)Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103529618681254875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-53491265451050279422009-02-18T18:39:00.000+00:002009-02-18T18:39:00.000+00:00I quite like babies, but I don't think I could eat...I quite like babies, but I don't think I could eat a whole one ;o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-55457484654784632542009-02-18T14:56:00.000+00:002009-02-18T14:56:00.000+00:00Cathy - the poem is beautiful and brought tears.I ...Cathy - the poem is beautiful and brought tears.<BR/><BR/>I was have been blessed with three kids an amount both of us felt comfortable with...I don't like the thought of the other people entering into family life to dictate their decisions in anyway.<BR/>lxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02744937536946299450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-74028083571355195912009-02-18T12:46:00.000+00:002009-02-18T12:46:00.000+00:00No, doesn't sound mad at all. We'd been together w...No, doesn't sound mad at all. We'd been together well over 7 years when the first one was born...and it was planned like that!<BR/><BR/>CxCathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103529618681254875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-1483512689292078912009-02-18T12:20:00.000+00:002009-02-18T12:20:00.000+00:00By the time we get round to it, I think we'll be s...By the time we get round to it, I think we'll be stuck on one or maybe two by sheer logistics of fertility :s <BR/><BR/>Thinking about babies wasn't really possible any earlier, for various reasons, but I still wish we'd started well before now. We've been together nearly 9 years now! Sounds mad, doesn't it?Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12523875341438470968noreply@blogger.com