Comments on: Regretting Motherhood – Babylune Post http://www.blisstree.com/articles/regretting-motherhood-babylune-post-28/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:58:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: maternity » Regretting <b>Motherhood</b> - Babylune Post http://www.blisstree.com/articles/regretting-motherhood-babylune-post-28/comment-page-1/#comment-5038 maternity » Regretting <b>Motherhood</b> - Babylune Post Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:25:13 +0000 http://www.blogfabulous.com/regretting-motherhood-babylune-post/#comment-5038 [...] came across this post - Regretting <b>Motherhood</b> - Babylune Post - and thought it was worth sharing. I hope you find it interesting too and take the time to read [...] [...] came across this post – Regretting <b>Motherhood</b> – Babylune Post – and thought it was worth sharing. I hope you find it interesting too and take the time to read [...]

]]> By: Violet http://www.blisstree.com/articles/regretting-motherhood-babylune-post-28/comment-page-1/#comment-4182 Violet Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:15:46 +0000 http://www.blogfabulous.com/regretting-motherhood-babylune-post/#comment-4182 I don't have children, but it isn't by choice. I have struggled to know what my role and value in life is supposed to be without motherhood. Can I have a fulfilling life without kids? It's been with great interest that I have watched my friends become mothers. For some, it has clarified their identity and purpose in life. Others feel their individual identity overwhelmed and lost in the role. Nearly all of them say motherhood wasn't what they expected. When I was struggling with infertility, I was appreciative of a friend (a man) who told me that parenthood wasn't all it was cracked up to be, and he sometimes wished he had not had children. That kind of honesty is hard to come by in our culture, practically blasphemy to the glowing parenthood ideal. I have several friends who are childless by choice, and I think they are very wise to know their own limits and desires. I don’t have children, but it isn’t by choice. I have struggled to know what my role and value in life is supposed to be without motherhood. Can I have a fulfilling life without kids?

It’s been with great interest that I have watched my friends become mothers. For some, it has clarified their identity and purpose in life. Others feel their individual identity overwhelmed and lost in the role. Nearly all of them say motherhood wasn’t what they expected.

When I was struggling with infertility, I was appreciative of a friend (a man) who told me that parenthood wasn’t all it was cracked up to be, and he sometimes wished he had not had children. That kind of honesty is hard to come by in our culture, practically blasphemy to the glowing parenthood ideal.

I have several friends who are childless by choice, and I think they are very wise to know their own limits and desires.

]]> By: Motherhood Solutions » Regretting Motherhood - Babylune Post http://www.blisstree.com/articles/regretting-motherhood-babylune-post-28/comment-page-1/#comment-4412 Motherhood Solutions » Regretting Motherhood - Babylune Post Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:53:59 +0000 http://www.blogfabulous.com/regretting-motherhood-babylune-post/#comment-4412 [...] anonymom wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptKate over at Babylune has a great post called Regretting Motherhood about a new book circulating in France, No Kid: Forty Reasons Not to Have A Child. It’s difficult for me to understand it’s cultural context, so take my analysis with a … [...] [...] anonymom wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptKate over at Babylune has a great post called Regretting Motherhood about a new book circulating in France, No Kid: Forty Reasons Not to Have A Child. It’s difficult for me to understand it’s cultural context, so take my analysis with a … [...]

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