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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You don't know me. I am acutely aware that this life is the only one. I would be intensely resentful and bitter if I suffered such a horrible misfortune.
But, I have a relative who was, shall we say "slow" as a result of a birth issue. Em's been in a very nice care facility for a long time and its been very little trouble to anyone (except the cost - we chose to pay rather than try to fuck the govt into paying for em's care). So there are ways around it.
My life ain't stopping or slowing for shit. Its all you got.
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Of course I don't, and yes, I expected that to be an answer. Of course I don't have a counter to it, which is fine by me.
(Birth defects or "slowness" comes in a lot of variations, just as an aside).
If we're assuming severe birth defects here - I would never, ever want to have that happen to a child of mine, and when I got back a test result that led to an amnio (no problems, thank God - I'm not posting a personal story), I certainly felt I could not handle a severely disabled child. Wouldn't want to, couldn't, whatever. Pretty sure what I would do. Having had the benefit of a few years as a parent, though, what you think you can or are willing to handle really often does morph. No, ltl/fb, not transformed through the magic of childbirth, but it shifts. If you know it won't, then you're right not to go down that road at all.
