Maja Sever

I'm an artist from Slovenia, 37, having painted for about 20 years.I have a 3 year-old son, which was concieved normally, or let's say naturally with my partner. I had a strong desire for baby for about 2 years before it happened.

Iam now divorced, and having lived 2 years in Switzerland, I now decided to move back to Ljubljana with my son.

I understand the wish of a woman, wanting to have a child and being with no partner. It is a strong desire, almost impossible to put it aside, to transform it, or to numb it. It is biological. Women who have this desire and don't have a chance to get pregnant, are suffering from it and would do anything to experience the biological (and emotional) changes of their belly, of their whole body system.

But I don't know if the artificial insemination is the solution to this.On one hand, yes, because the woman gets the experience. What she does with it, it's her life choice - or destiny. I don't know about its consequences for the biological, social, economical system in our world. It must have some.

Iam too romantic to have been able to do that. Or sentimental. Or naive. Or fatalistic. I feel if life doesn't bring you the partner, then it's not supposed to happen.

Although, if the artificial insemination would be less complicated and more easily available, more accepted and supported, maybe I would have gone for that as well. Luckily, it happened naturally already.

Maja