Easier decision for transition down to sibling’s procreating like rabbits?

[RachelH]

Did anyone else feel that they could happily give up the burden of procreating as ONE of the reasons they could finally except their transition, as their siblings have produced enough nieces and nephews' to fill the gap!!?
I have just had my forth niece /nephew born and one of the reasons I felt I needed to have children was to ensure my family would continue... it seems strange but it has worried me for a long time, and was one of the postponements in my life!
I now have my 2nd niece and have 2 nephews' and I feel that I can be selfish and finally do what I want and need now? I know it's a strange decision  but is has affected how I have thought for a long time!

[VeronikaFTH]

Well, I never felt the need to procreate, but I do have a daughter as a result of a prior marriage.

However, my brother has two sons. I have thought that if anyone in my family cared at all about someone passing on the family name, at least my brother has passed that on. My daughter has already told me that she doesn't want children, but that might change.

I'm not so sure that my genes deserve to be passed down though. The members of my family are not exactly prime examples of mental health.

[RachelH]

Genetics aren't always the cause of an interesting mental states! There are so many other Influencing factors, and to write your family and your self off, on that side, seems rather harsh on yourself. Don't be!! I could list so many things wrong with my own family, but ultimatly, we function.... sort of! Variaty is the best part of life and I love how wierd my family can be sometimes.

[Karla]

Dear Rachel,

Feeling evolutionarily obsolete is just part of the price I've been made to pay and I'm in peace with it. I want nothing more than to be able to carry the children of the man I love and feel them alive inside of me and love them as an extension to my own soul. And since that's the only way I really lost little to nothing.

Remembering that human bodies are just a vessel for the more higher level us is some consolation, once someone's dead their only legacy is the difference they made in other people's lives not how much they contributed to the gene pool.

As for maintaining the 'family line', my sister will just have to do the job on her own if she wants to...

** If the above fails, then switch to plan B: adoption. 

[RachelH]

I agree the whole wanting to carry a child is something that has at times driven me to despair, but I have accepted that as unattainable, unless the scientific breakthrough comes in our life time, I wish! So that is why I accepted my nieces and nephews as the go between.

P.S. Love the avatar, Fallout is amazing!

[Janet_Girl]

I have done my part.  Three sons and a daughter.  And from them I have 11 Grandchildren.  So not being able to procreate is not even a thought.

[Cindy]

I couldn't procreate even when we wanted to. Not only are they ugly but they don't work either.

[Illusionary weapons]

Did anyone else feel that they could happily give up the burden of procreating as ONE of the reasons they could finally except their transition, as their siblings have produced enough nieces and nephews' to fill the gap!!?
I have just had my forth niece /nephew born and one of the reasons I felt I needed to have children was to ensure my family would continue... it seems strange but it has worried me for a long time, and was one of the postponements in my life!
I now have my 2nd niece and have 2 nephews' and I feel that I can be selfish and finally do what I want and need now? I know it's a strange decision  but is has affected how I have thought for a long time!

I know all about siblings procreating like rabbits haha.  I personally never felt a burden, I don't know if I ever could, but that's just me.  The wish to have a child of my own was postponed because all around me were children I love, but in my heart I always wanted a child of my own.