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[quote=Anonymous]A lot of the responses on this thread are really cruel, even for DCUM standards.  To those of you who felt the need to take cheap shots at Sad Mom, well, you all really need to take a break from DCUM for a while, I'd say.  Sad Mom, I'm sorry you had to deal with those responses, and I am really happy to hear you're in therapy and I encourage you to stick with it.

OP, I will be the first to admit on this thread that I don't just get sad every now and then, I am absolutely in the throes of sadness right now as I try to accept that I will be the mother of an only child.  I am 37 and I have an amazing DD who is almost 5.  She talks a lot about wanting a sister, she has imaginary sisters with whom she has imaginary adventures that she then recounts to me.  I want to have another child, but I have a medical condition that has made it very difficult and I am fairly certain it isn't meant to be.

And, like Sad Mom, I grew up horribly lonely.  I planned for a life filled with lots of children.  I know that isn't the one and only perfect solution, but is hard to let go of that vision.  Friends who had their first babies around the time my DD was born are now welcoming their 2nd and even 3rd children.  I am jealous and weepy in private, and I am not sure how to work through this feeling.

And no, my desire for more children is not the equivalent of me saying my DD is "not enough."  She is an incredible little girl and I feel honored to be her mom.  In fact it's the absolutely breathtaking feeling I get when I think of how much I love her that really reminds me why I wish so badly for the chance to have another child.

OP, I feel for you.  It is hard.  All the best to you.[/quote]

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