Dear GhanaWeb: I discovered my fiancé and I are both AS

Dear GhanaWeb, I was in a toxic relationship for eight years. I loved the woman I was with, but over time, her attitude became unbearable and eventually pushed me away. Then I met another woman in the most unexpected way. I say it was a weird way because she actually stole from me. Surprisingly, she later returned what she had taken, apologised and asked for my forgiveness. I forgave her, and somehow, that incident became the beginning of something I never expected. We started talking, and she made it so easy for me to love her. She gave me peace, cared about me, never made my wealth the centre of our relationship, and for the first time in a long time, I felt genuinely happy with someone. I eventually ended my eight-year relationship and moved on with this woman. My former girlfriend thought she could somehow trap me because she is influential, but I had already made up my mind. I wanted a different kind of life, and I wanted to be with someone who brought me peace. My new relationship became everything I had hoped for. We loved each other, supported each other and were genuinely happy. Last week, I proposed to her, and she said yes. We were both excited about starting our lives together, so we went to the hospital for our premarital checkups. That was when everything changed. The tests showed that we are both AS. The doctor advised us not to get married because of the possibility of having children with sickle cell disease. That information has left both of us devastated. The painful part is that we both want children of our own. We have already talked about our future and the family we want to build together. We love each other deeply, and neither of us wants to walk away. After everything I went through in my previous relationship, I finally found a woman who gives me the peace and happiness I had been searching for, only to discover that our genotype may stand between us and the future we want. I don't want us to make a decision based only on emotions and regret it later. At the same time, the thought of losing her because of something neither of us chose is breaking my heart. We are both confused and don't know what to do next. Would you give up on the relationship because we are both AS, or is there another way for us to have healthy biological children together? What do I do now? FG/EB NSA identifies key challenges hampering sports development Source: www.ghanaweb.com
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