I Am Going To Become A Dad, Finally!
Today is a good day, in fact it is a very good day. After so many frustrating years we finally have the news we have been dreaming of – my wife is pregnant! This most certainly is a joyous day in our household – you see me and my wife have been trying for a baby for over three years and there were many a time when you start to think that it just might not happen – but happen it most certainly has.
I met my wife Tracey twelve years ago and we became married five years ago. Tracey is a wonderful, loving, loyal, fun and caring person who I doubt has a bad bone in her body. The one main characteristic that has always impressed me about Tracey is her positive attitude – this is something that has certainly helped us through some of “the bad times” and is probably why she is such a successful person in both her business and personal life.
About two years after we became married we decided that the time was right to start thinking about children. We were both very excited about the prospect of becoming parents and we were sure that a child would enhance our lives. After about a year of trying we had no good news to share and we then started to think and to discuss what might be the problem. There was no point, in reality, attempting to guess therefore we both went to see a fertility specialist to see whether he could provide us with any answers. I have to admit that this was a rather scary experience for me, being a typical bloke! Luckily there was nothing medically amiss with either one of us therefore it was just a case of continuing to try.
Another year and then yet another year passed to again no success. To say that this was frustrating would have been the understatement of the century! Tracey, as is her way, kept telling me that everything would be fine and that we just had to be patient etc. I could not help thinking that something, medically, must be wrong – as is my way! I have to admit that I even started to contemplate egg donation and fostering at one stage.
But now we have the news that we have both been waiting so long to hear and boy does it feel good. I would like to personally thank my wife – firstly as she is going to become the mother of my first child and secondly for helping me through this difficult period.