Motherhood – it will change your life
We are sitting at lunch when she casually mentioned that she and her husband are thinking of “starting a family.” “We’re taking a survey,” she says, half joking “Do you think I should have a baby?”
“It will change your life,” I say carefully, keeping my tone neutral.
“I know,” she says, “no more sleeping in on the weekend, no more spontaneous vacations…” But that is not what I meant at all. I look at my friend, trying to decide what to tell her.
I want her to know what she will never learn in child birth classes. I want to tell her that the physical wounds of child bearing heal, but that becoming a mother will leave her… Continue reading
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