“I Regret Having Children” – Various Mothers Interviewed (via NY Post)

“I Regret Having Children” – Various Mothers Interviewed (via NY Post)

(Link): “I Regret Having Children” – Various Mothers Interviewed (via NY Post) by G. Wilson

….Here, a handful of women who have shared how they wish they could turn back time and do it all differently.

…Single-mother hardship

“I regret having my daughter.

“She is now 12 and it is easier as they get older, but sometimes I look at her and wish she had never been born. I was/am a single mother and right from the start the moment the midwife gave her to me I didn’t feel this instant love that people talk of, all I felt was the huge weight of regret.

“Being a single mother with a baby that hardly slept and screamed all the time was awful, I was constantly exhausted, but I never told anyone about how I really felt for fear of being judged, I couldn’t give her to my parents for a night or two because of their drinking.

“It was no better when she was a toddler the terrible two’s were a nightmare not until she turned three did I start to get a break and she finally went into a routine and finally started to sleep at night.

…Ready to walk

“I have 10 month old twins, and I hate my life.

“My husband is in the Army, so away a lot. I hate the monotony and the constant CONSTANT crying and battles for attention. I’ve hated it since they were born.

“Since having them I’ve become increasingly bitter, depressed and angry. I want to start over but my husband will not sacrifice his career and won’t have full custody.

“I do not want to be a single mum as this would just increase in the intensity.

“I’m not keen on adoption as I’m in the UK so they would just be taken into the care system and I wouldn’t know if they were okay, open adoptions are not legal here.

“Does anyone have any other options or advice? Starting to feel like my only option is to suck it up or hand them over to social services.”

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