Leftovers

Been reading a bit today on Mississippi’s proposed legislation to have it on the books that legally, life begins at conception.  As someone beginning the in vitro journey, this frightens me.  Oddly, I can and do see both sides of the argument, but that doesn’t mean I agree with the premise.  Something definitely begins at conception, but I do think at its very core, life needs to be living.  It’s a long journey from the romantic interlude between sperm and egg to a place where the result is actually able to live on its own.

But still, I hesitated a bit when signing the bit about what to do with embryos voted Least Likely to Succeed.  There aren’t a lot of choices, only destroy or put ‘em in and let them do what they will do.  I admit I kind of wanted donate them as a choice, but they would have to go for research as, if they weren’t cut out to grow in me, they certainly aren’t cut out to grow in another woman. 

I’d like to give the little bunch of cells a chance, even if it is a slim one, but what if that means they’re putting five or six embryos in me, leading to the possibility of having a litter rather than a baby?  It’s a tough call.

And not one I want anyone else making for me.