I was never able to father a child due to defective equipment.  I have no need or desire to give birth to a child.

That is subject to change in my next life.

Wing Walker

if you see not being able to give birth, as an advantage, you my friend, are not a female of the species...
finding out you cant be a mother is devestating news for a natal female, why is it any different that ts women generally already know?
R

absolutely,  but not "just for the sake of having children", but  as the fullfillment of a loving relationship. 

Quote from: Rachael on January 05, 2008, 11:09:46 PM
if you see not being able to give birth, as an advantage, you my friend, are not a female of the species...
finding out you cant be a mother is devestating news for a natal female, why is it any different that ts women generally already know?
R

Now Rachael, not every woman, natal or otherwise, has a desire to have children. You and I may wish it, but without living another person's life we can't say what is right for that person.

my 2¢
Karen Lyn

Probably...yes, I would.

theres a difference between not wanting children, and not wanting to be a complete, whole woman. Natal women who decide not to have kids have a choice,
but women dont pick and choose thier bodily functions and aspects? being a woman is a package deal, you dont get the buffet option.
actively saying your glad that you cant give birth, and dont menstruate is literally saying your glad your not all woman... why the hell did you transition then?

its like a m2f keeping her penis, because she wants to still pee standing up...
R

Quote from: Rachael on January 05, 2008, 11:09:46 PM
if you see not being able to give birth, as an advantage, you my friend, are not a female of the species...
finding out you cant be a mother is devestating news for a natal female, why is it any different that ts women generally already know?
R

I do not agree with that at all. Even if I had been born a genetic female I still would not give birth.  Just because you do not see being able to give birth as an advantage does not make you any less of a woman. Frankly, there are too many people in the world as it is.

I would love to be able to give birth to my own children...even though I know it's one of the most painful things a woman to do...but the joy of holding your child for the first time...hearing their heart...ect...are all great things in life to experience!

Peace and love,
Isabelle St-Pierre

Quote from: Laura91 on January 06, 2008, 12:30:32 PM

Quote from: Rachael on January 05, 2008, 11:09:46 PM
if you see not being able to give birth, as an advantage, you my friend, are not a female of the species...
finding out you cant be a mother is devestating news for a natal female, why is it any different that ts women generally already know?
R

I do not agree with that at all. Even if I had been born a genetic female I still would not give birth.  Just because you do not see being able to give birth as an advantage does not make you any less of a woman. Frankly, there are too many people in the world as it is.

international populations are not what inspires women to want a child... it is not so black and white...
R

Yeah, I know that. I was just saying that there are way too many people around. The world would be better off if they followed their brain instead of their libido.

again, its nothing to do with labido... its the desire to be a parent, a mother, to bring life into this world, to grow that precious gift inside you, and raise and nurture it. I want children more than anything...
i see babies, and i feel a deep pain in myself, that i may never create life, that i may not have the gift that my peers have. I could be happy sure, maybe even live a good life without it, but being a mother is every womans right, and something that betters you, that changes you for the better. I want to continue my family, i want to have my own, a husband, two children, two beautiful babies, my own... im crying writing this... i never knew how strongly i felt.
R

QuoteRe: Would you like to give birth to a child?

are you kidding me?  and let this body go to waste?

Quote from: Natasha on January 06, 2008, 09:24:02 PM

QuoteRe: Would you like to give birth to a child?

are you kidding me?  and let this body go to waste?

~laugh~  I'd like to give birth to a child through a C section.

To conceive and give birth to a child I would love to experience. My last child, a little girl that I could love to death and probably spoil her some as well, ya that would even make getting the periods worth it. Oh yes I love children I had 11 of them go under my roof through the years.

Cindy   

Yes I would in a heartbeat. It is my one regret that I will never be able to give birth to a child.

MaryEllen

Hi Tink I will be the one on the other side of the stream sitting in the tall grass holding my baby a little girl wearing a frilly mauve dress and she has long black hair with a pretty pink flower and eyes, oh my, like black purls. Yep much like the little girl I had in my care for a while, a little Ojibwa girl, yep my little native princes. 

Well I had 11 children go under my roof through the years, My little native princes, three were my own and three nieces and one nephew my own three children two girls one boy and the last three children were left in my care by a friend I had them in my care for 2 years 5 years ago. I would still love to have one more if I could.

Cindy

Having raised a few I wish now I might have had one or two more.  However, at the is point in my life (and for the rest of it) no way.  While I might enjoy being pregnant I've gone through the end of that twice with my wife, once with a close friend, and that last little bit is not easy, so pregnant yes, give birth, more than likely no - and give up another 20+ years of my life, I don't have that to give anymore.  Though I do look forward to grandkids (BUT NO RUSH THERE BOYS!!! so don't go out just to make me a grandma). 

As to it being a right.  Wow, that's loaded.  That we license people to drive mo-peds, or to be electricians, but not to be parents creates social problems beyond all other social problems.  And I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that the best parents I've ever seen didn't have enough kids, and the worst had too many.  Some of the women I know, the majority at that, found it the best thing they ever did, but I know more than one who thinks that it was the worst mistake they ever made (at least at the time they made it, and the person they made it with).

definitely.  not being able to give birth is probably the hardest thing about being trans that i've had to come to terms with.  when i see a mother were her baby, i get tearful just thinking about what can never be.  i know i can adopt but, it just doesn't feel the same

jenny
x x

That its not the same does not make it any less worthwhile.  Lots of kids need good parents, even if they are not yours.  They might just love you back.  Lots of natural kids hate their parents, and what a heartbreak that must be.

Yes I would later on in life and hopefully that'll be an option for me eventually.