{"id":63,"date":"2011-10-11T22:23:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T22:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clients.tablexi.com\/fd\/?p=63"},"modified":"2019-03-04T19:54:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T19:54:30","slug":"and-baby-makes-threeand-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/blog\/and-baby-makes-threeand-four","title":{"rendered":"And Baby Makes Three\u2026and Four!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-86\" title=\"Brehm Twins\" src=\"http:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Brehm-Twins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brehm-Twins.jpg 178w, https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brehm-Twins-53x68.jpg 53w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/>Whether or not they say it out loud: \u201cWill I still be able to have children?\u201d is a common worry for men with new spinal cord injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the dream of having a family was fulfilled for Darren, who was injured in 1993 and married in 1996, when his wife gave birth to a beautiful pair of twins, a boy and a girl.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Darren and his wife decided to give each child a middle name from Homer\u2019s epic \u201cThe Odyssey.\u201d Darren explains that they did that to remind their children that \u201cit\u2019s important to appreciate what you have instead of lamenting what you don\u2019t, and to remember that life is a journey worth celebrating along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re wondering: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/facingdisability.com\/expert-topics\/how-does-a-spinal-cord-injury-affect-male-fertility\/diane-m-rowles-ms-np\">How does a spinal cord injury affect male fertility<\/a>?&#8221;Take a look at the detailed answer from Diane Rowles, an expert in sex and fertility at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ric.org\/\">Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So what\u2019s ahead for Darren as a father? Here are some voices of experience on our website from parents with spinal cord injuries and their spouses: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/facingdisability.com\/questions\/marriage-and-children\/how-has-the-injury-affected-your-parenting-\">How has the injury affected your parenting?<\/a>\u201d Click here to hear more from <a href=\"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/video-interviews\/darren\">Darren<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d love to hear about your own experiences with parenting\u2014your issues, your problems, and how you solved them. \u00a0Please leave a reply below.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether or not they say it out loud: \u201cWill I still be able to have children?\u201d is a common worry for men with new spinal cord injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":236624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[644],"tags":[5145,5146,6176,5137,5135,5263,6174,5393,6173,6177,5148,5136,5257,5255,5150,5139,5227,5351,6175,5149],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}