Children. Having them means love, dedication and work. However, wanting to have children and simply not being able to get pregnant means a lot of pain, sadness and anger. This is exactly what Sarah and Timo experience every day. The Hamburg couple has wanted a child for many years, so far without success. Nevertheless, they are constantly surrounded by children from their circle of friends and acquaintances – and that often hurts like hell.
IVF and ICSI treatments, insemination, monk's pepper, Chinese herbs and Co. – Sarah and Timo have already tried a lot on their way to having a child. Nevertheless, it just doesn't want to work so far. Sadness and anger are constant companions after every failed attempt. Their families and friends support them wherever they can. But this support, as sweet as it is, is sometimes unbearable for Sarah and Timo. The reason? The children of the others!
Especially as a couple with an unfulfilled desire to have children, it is often incredibly difficult to meet up with friends who have a lot to do with children. For this reason, they regularly turn down invitations to children's birthdays, christenings, family barbecues and the like. The birth of a new citizen among friends and family and the extensive assessment afterwards is of course a reason to be happy, also for Sarah and Timo. And yet the feeling often creeps in, "Why does it not work for them and us?"
Sarah and Timo give in their video a very personal insight into their emotional world and report openly and honestly about the experience with the children of the others in the middle of wanting to have children.
Sarah and Timo are part of our family who want to have children YouTube series ELTERN like us. The two report regularly in personal videos about their path to having the desired child. They tell openly and approachable how difficult it is to have an unfulfilled wish for a child. They report very specifically and with many details, for example, about how many hormones Sarah has to inject for the next ICSI treatment and how Timo as her partner feels with it.
This article originally appeared on Eltern.de.