Women Are Sharing The Things They Had No Idea Other Women Also Go Through, And I Feel So Seen

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“The complete lack of maternal desire. I thought I was crazy when I was younger.”

“My entire life, I’ve never felt any sort of desire to be a biological mom. Pregnancy and childbirth repulse and terrify me. I was glad to find out I’m not alone! It was always treated as ‘abnormal’ to be a woman who doesn’t want children, where I’m from. I remember thinking how strange it was that my friends in middle school were so excited to have babies. No, thank you!”

–caoimhe_gaidhlig