By His Grace

I'm a little tired of reading about celebrities who are pregnant.

I just read that Mariah Carey and Khloe Kardashian are both expecting. Yay. Yipee. Joy. Hooray.

Pregnancy is a beautiful thing but I am just sick of people (including celebrities) who have not been trying for that long getting pregnant so easily. Khloe has been married to her husband for under a year and they are already expecting. Don't get me wrong, Khloe is my favorite Kardashian and all but it's just kind of discouraging. Mariah and her husband have been married for two years and they are expecting a bundle of joy as well.

Celine Dion is also expecting - twins. To me, hearing that Celine Dion is pregnant is like rubbing salt in my wound. I know that sounds so selfish and bratty because last year Celine also went through a miscarriage which I definitely sympathize with her about and feel so sad for her that she had to go through that. While it's great news that she is pregnant I am reminded that next month it will be a year since I lost my baby and I am more barren than ever. Celine lost her child in the early part of fall and already she is 14 weeks pregnant with the help of invitro. I personally know someone else who miscarried and became pregnant just two months later. I should be so happy for these people but part of me is asking, "Why them and not me?" I guess I just keep feeling sorry for myself which I need to stop doing! Also, to go back to the whole Celine thing...IVF is how she became pregnant. That is fantastic that she was able to afford 6 rounds of IVF that costs anywhere from $10,000-$20,000 per round. She is a celebrity and can do whatever she wants with her money. Where my problem lies is that people (celebrities and non-celebs) will spends thousands of dollars taking a chance with IVF and all of the many rounds when they are not even guaranteed a baby. For the price of IVF or even less in some cases like Celine's, these couples could adopt a baby or a child. Now, I know it's their money and they can do what they want to with it, but at the same time I can't help but think that they could put their money toward adoption. If they really wanted to be parents bad enough why don't they just start the adoption process instead of spending so much money on multiple rounds of IVF?

I could sit here and go on and on with my selfish thoughts but that is all for today.