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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP: If you are disappointed about not having children, I don't think this is the proper validation. [b]Many of us mothers are in superior physical shape shortly after having children[/b] and still decades later. And I don't want to sow further concern for you but in fact, there are many reasons that having children actually benefits women from a health standpoint, mostly because of hormonal changes. The exposure to higher levels of estrogen for a period of time offer greater protection from ovarian cancer, breast cancer, and heart disease. My identical twin, who was never pregnant, died from a rare type of uterine cancer, which, according to her specialists, almost never afflicts women who have been pregnant. I know you're looking for ways to be happier about not having children, but I don't think you should look to physical advantage. If it's any consolation, I am the mother of two teenagers right now, and I love them with all my heart, but it's a nightmare. I do think the mental toll is pretty serious.[/quote]

Hey OP, some good advice is NEVER take advice from anyone that says anything like this. Ever. This is seriously one of the most annoying things I've ever read on this board.

Positives of not having kids...no stretch marks, no saggy belly skin, no potential C-section scar. Actually carrying a kid is not kind to your body, regardless of what kind of "superior physical shape" you think you are in. Its hard, hard work and its not guarantee that it ever goes back to what it was before.

You don't have kids, you get to do things like sleep. And you have time to focus on your physical health, whether that is time in the gym or outdoors or whatever floats your boat. I think just having more time that you can dedicate on you is the biggest thing that allows you to work on maintaining physical and mental health.

And despite this crap this non-medical-doctor is posting on here to justify her own life choices, the OVERHWLEMING majority of childfree women do not suffer from any of the afflictions she's mentioning. Cancers are, despite what we hear, still typically considered rare diseases. Most people will not get these in their lifetime, although obviously some certainly will. And some of those will be women that are married with children.

Now if we could only address the problem of married women being threatened by single women and needing to crap on them all the time...[/quote]

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