DH/SO support

[finzel]

How supportive and into getting pregnant is your DH/SO? Did you have to wear him down over several months (maybe years?) to get to this point? Or is he very happy to be at this point in his life and the relationship the two of you have?

[pegbaden]

My DH is very supportive. He wasn't at first since I have Lupus and there were some major health issues at one time. Now I'm in remission, he's all for it since the doctors are too!

[notdamama]

We've been married about 2 years, and decided together that this year would be good. DH has always wanted kids, he just wanted to wait until our finances were a little more secure, we had decent health insurance, stuff like that. And he got a new job last fall that has really helped with those things!

Chris

[bunkie68]

Well, when Kevin and I were at this point, it was pretty funny - we'd been married for almost six years when we finally decided to TTC. Before that, there was always something - I lost a job, he went back to school, I started a new job, he got a job, and on and on. We'd go back and forth, one of us would think kids were a good idea, the other wouldn't, and then we'd trade places. :lol: In 2000, I'd started a good new job, and Kevin had, too, and we felt like we weren't getting any younger.

And once we realized it wasn't going to just happen, that infertility was an issue and treatments would be involved, Kevin was pretty supportive. He went for all the testing with a minimum of griping (he wasn't the problem, as it turned out - I was), and he tried to encourage me when I'd get down when AF showed up yet AGAIN. I think he got frustrated seeing me so down, and I think he had a little bit more of an "it will happen when it's meant to happen" mentality, but overall he was as supportive as he knew how to be. :)