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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why wouldn’t you want to have at least one child?[/quote]

Huge repsonsility and major life change, less focus on my career, lack of sleep, strain it puts on many marriages, worry of caring for another human life, etc. I’ve always been very nurturing but I don’t know if I have what it takes to be a mom. I feel a child will be more of a career ender than a gift at this point. I may change my mind, but the thought of having children right now is very overwhelming and dreadful. [/quote]

I understand this perspective. I was 33 when I got pregnant and not overwhelmed with joy by it. Being a mom is a life-changer. If you feel this way, I probably would take having kids off the table. [/quote]

I am so very glad there are people having children who are ready and willing, and who find joy in it.

I took care of elderly parents through my childhood and young adulthood, trained in a time-intensive caring profession, and have depression easily triggered by sleep-deprivation. Having children would have been a bad choice for me. I would have found a way to make it work, I hope, but there would have been such a cost. I am happily involved with my family and in children's lives in other ways, and that is more than enough for me, even though it isn't the same. That was the point.[/quote]

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