He was the third, fourth?, doctor I had visited to see if it would be okay to for me to get pregnant. I had had my first grand mal seizure probably six months before this doctor visit and was now on strong anti-epileptic medicine (Dilantin). I was looking for a doctor to tell me “Yes, it’s safe.” or “No, it is not safe.” Instead I had doctors recommending other doctors and finally this doctor. All of the doctors actually told me the same thing, there are risks but many women have had healthy babies.
You seem to be ambivalent… Hmmm. That word had a fuzzy meaning in my head, but I went home and looked it up: ambivalent: adj. exhibiting ambivalence. Ambivalence: n. 1. the existence of mutually conflicting feelings or thoughts, such as love and hate, about some person, object or idea. 2. uncertainty or indecisiveness as to what course to follow.
Well, yeah! But, that statement stopped the doctor train. I had done my research, I had asked the right questions, I felt the risks were low; the result, a successful pregnancy and now 13 plus years later a teenage boy.
Fun word places:
Online Etymology Dictionary
ambivalence: from Latin ambi- "both" (see ambi-) + valentia "strength,"
PrefixSuffix.com English Language Roots Reference
MyEtymology.com
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