JaneSmith
Brilliant_Rock
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I do not regret having my daughter. At all. I have become a much better person, thanks in part to motherhood, and she is the most wonderful, funny, intelligent, caring, frustrating person I know.
There were times when she was a wee babe and not sleeping well that I wanted to drop kick her into a paddock at 5am, and I thought that I had made the worst mistake of my life by having a baby. But when she night weaned and I did a little gentle sleep training, things got better.
Before I made the decision to become pregnant, I would have been happy to stay child free or become a mother. The important thing is that I knew, as much a child free person can, that I would be a good parent and wanted to raise a child.
I regret circumstances and choices that make having a second child impossible, yet I do not regret that my daughter is an only child.
There were times when she was a wee babe and not sleeping well that I wanted to drop kick her into a paddock at 5am, and I thought that I had made the worst mistake of my life by having a baby. But when she night weaned and I did a little gentle sleep training, things got better.
Before I made the decision to become pregnant, I would have been happy to stay child free or become a mother. The important thing is that I knew, as much a child free person can, that I would be a good parent and wanted to raise a child.
I regret circumstances and choices that make having a second child impossible, yet I do not regret that my daughter is an only child.