Would you have a child................

[Amanduhpanda]

To save your other childs life?

I could never imagine what kind of pain I would feel to think that my childs life would end before mine. The thought itself makes me want to breakdown. My daughter is my world, and I know that all of my future children will be my world as well.

I have always planned on having a large family, I want atleast 5 kids. So the decision of having another child to me is a simple one. I would gladly have another child. The touchy part of this question is having another child specifically to save my other childs life. Some may say that this is not right. That you are using a child for a gain in your life. However I disagree. A child to me is a miracle in and of itself. They are angels in disguise (even though they sometimes may act like little devils). If I could have a child that would truly be an angel, and a savior to its sibling, then I don't see where the harm is in that. It's not like I would treat either one of them differently from eachother. Both would be my children, both would be my world and the loves of my life. Both would be my little miracles. The only difference is that they obviously had different purposes for their life.

The one part that worries me is the pressure that would be put on my second child. This is obviously a big responsibility that they did not choose. An infant born and using cord blood is one thing, and an older teen to young adult donating a kidney is a completely different story. I would hope that my second child would want to do it. That they would want to donate, however, if they were old enough to choose and they said no, I could not force them.

I could be completely unrealistic and say that this is something I would never consider, but to be honest, I have never been put in this situation, thank God. I can not completely say what exactly I would do in this situation. We can all say what we think. I know there are people out there that are completely against this. They think its cruel, and wrong. But have they ever looked into the eyes of their dying child? Had they ever had to sit and plan a funeral for their precious child? Until you're in the situation you are never going to know exactly what you would do. Thats just how life is. But I can admit, that I would consider it. I would not shut it out. I would do anything for all of my children. Life is so delicate and so fragile, and I know I would do whatever it takes to ensure that my children fulfill their purpose in life.

[youngandafraid]

Jun. 2, 2009 at 10:38 PM

i agree

[Sweetmami07]

Jun. 5, 2009 at 11:08 PM

Job Well done I understand where your coming from!

[BellaKp]

Nov. 15, 2009 at 10:45 AM

I agree, I lost a child in 2004 so if there was something like that to do to save Ulysses right now if something was wrong I WOULD SO DO IT! Nicely put by the way!