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@mercuryash Yes!! No one talks about this and it’s really challenging. When we’re around other kids, I can have adult conversations and I love seeing her act silly. I live far from family, so it’s a real challenge. The second thing is a weird perception that I’m not a mom because I “only have...

@debbs3692 Sometimes, and mine is 5. The sad thing is, it makes me feel like less of a mom somehow. Everyone in our new parents group has more than one, some are going on 3. Like, why was it so hard for me? But… I don’t have the support they do. I had very little help, no family close & my...

@jlkuhioe I do not have a village, live far from family and have few friends, post-pandemic. My family is absentee, his family is on the judgey side. It is hard & sometimes I want to move closer to family, but we just bought a house here. So I’m feeling stuck and like I have to rebuild the...

@yunus061 Too burdensome? My company put a chair in a freaking closet and a sign on the door. What was burdensome was me coming back to work exhausted, depressed with zero sick or vacation time and a whole lot of pressure to be like I was. Then, as soon as they could, they laid me off. That was...

@walid373 No real support system around. It’s my choice to live far but it made those first few years super hard, especially when he was traveling for work a lot.

@j90 I feel like losing a child, whether I have one or another would destroy me. I have a close family friend who lost one of her 3 kids very suddenly. It was heartbreaking for all & she’s never been the same. I would have a very difficult time even existing and raising my other kids. They would...

@reporter94 Yes, thank you! My husband traveled 14 times in a year when my baby was about 2. I have no family nearby. It.was.hell. I don’t have the support for more. The pandemic was easier for me because he was home. A global disaster was easier than doing all of that.

@jimbobby2021 Thank you! This is so true. There’s this weird perception that having one is like being half a parent. Or like dipping your toe in. It’s full time irreversible parenting, no days off. You said it perfectly.