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[quote=Anonymous]It sounds like the one child you have really rocked your foundation. I feel like there is a huge spectrum for people - some aren't rocked at all, some families break up, some are able to regain the stability they had before children, some never had a solid foundaiton to begin with. If yours was rocked I can see why you wouldn't want another child. There is a tremendous amount of pressure especially on women to have children. People don't talk much about all the costs involved or if they do it's framed as a worthwhile sacrifice. It's ok to decide that it's not worthwhile. We live in a society with no support system for raising children. It's relentless, exhausting and stressful. There are tons of headlines in the news lately about how stressed out people are by all the demands of modern life. A child adds to that for potentially 20+ years. Give yourself permission to grieve, and kudos for knowing your family's limits and respecting them.[/quote]
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