“Life may not look exactly as we expected, but our family, friends, and community… they all need loving on. And that’s what a mom does. I am a mother. Just a different kind.”
‘We don’t know why it isn’t working, but we DO know you can’t get pregnant.’ I understood what she meant was, ‘And you never will be.’: Couple candidly share infertility journey
‘Holy cow, I don’t want to do this whole mom thing, ever.’ My eyes were opened.’: Woman embraces being child-free, ‘Live YOUR best life’
“I thought once I found a husband, I’d get married, and BOOM! I’d have a desire to have kids. I’m coming to terms with the fact I’m not like everybody else.”
‘If we’re meant to have a baby, God will make it happen.’ My calling wasn’t to carry the title ‘mom.’: Woman reflects on ‘childfree’ life, ‘This is the path we were called to’
“One morning, we got a surprising phone call. Our IVF date had been moved up, cutting out time in half. Saying no wasn’t easy, but I knew it was the right choice.”
‘My miscarriage crushed me. I screamed and cried in the nursery closet, clenching my son’s wubby so hard my palms bled. I was inconsolable.’
“Now you’re left exhausted, thinking what the hell did we just do? Am I an imposter because I failed? I flipped my mindset. It felt good to dive into something again, which started with ripping up all the carpet in the upstairs of our house. There was no sense in avoiding a room meant for a nursery when I could change it into a usable space.”
‘We’re labeled ‘career women.’ It’s assumed we’re ‘being too picky.’ Passing by a new mother and her infant would rattle my womb.’: 42-year-old says ‘I have to defend why I’m not a mother when it’s all I ever wanted’
“When you’re over 35 and heartbroken over a breakup with the guy you hoped would be ‘the one’ or watch your close friends go on to their second or third pregnancy, it’s unbearable. The grief over never becoming a mother is one I will never get over.”
