Infertility
My Husband Resents My Success And Is Jealous
(As told to Joie Bose) When a woman continually feels ‘my husband resents my success’, the dynamics of even the happiest, most secure couple relationships can change for the worse quickly. Even though jealousy is a common human emotion, it is known to wreak havoc on the human mind and relationship. We all experience it …
I know I’m being abused but I live in hope
(As told to Sidharth Bharati) Ours was a typical arranged marriage I am suffering. Yet, I live in eternal hope. That is the best way to describe my current state of being. I am a woman. I got married to this gentle psycho ten years ago, and forgot what peace feels like. He was 31 …
What is it like for a Married Couple Not To Have Kids?
“In a kingdom far away there was a queen who did not want to have children. So, she told the king and he understood. And they lived happily ever after.” A few days ago, I came upon an inspirational Scoopwhoop article that listed fairy-tale endings (like the two-liner here) for the modern woman – if she …
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Here is a list of ways to deal with societal pressure to get pregnant
In cultures that value family and children, the social pressure to conceive a baby within the first year of marriage can be rather overwhelming. This is especially true in India, where the pressure is most often on the woman to conceive a male child, for her to be accepted and integrated into the marital family. …
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Why having a baby is not the solution for every relationship problem
The common expectation from any couple in India is marriage and babies. While we understand that this is the only way to take our race forward, haven’t we come a long way from blind belief? We live in a world full of solutions and yet we stick to the problem as if our identity depends …
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She doesn’t want to adopt, she wants to give birth
(As told to Malini Misra) Have you ever wanted something so much that, after a while you stopped wanting it at all? I married in my late 20s and all I wanted was to reach my goal before I touch 30, which was being a mommy to three chubby children. But life had other plans. …
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Sperm Donors in Indian Mythology: Two stories of Niyog you Must Know
Niyog was an ancient practice of begetting a child from someone other than one’s husband, especially when the latter was unequipped. Effectively, this meant that if the husband was impotent, then the wife, with the permission or the knowledge of her husband (and/or her family members) could allow some other male (often from the same …
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