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Petrina

Updated 10mo ago

Dealing with Childfree Stigma from Family Members

I went to visit my family in NY over the holidays, we got to talking about me having kids, I asked my dad if he was upset that I wasn't having kids... and he said he was. I felt really bad about that, he KNOWS I have endo and if I chose to have a kid, it would be high risk... a possible result would be a still birth or miscarriage. However, I CHOSE not to have kids, my bf doesn't want kids either... we're happy with our dog. I'm feeling sad and a bit angry that he can't accept the fact that I will never have kids. I'm just tired of getting stigmatized for being childfree.

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Lupa

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It's your body and your choice, but I will say, I also have endometriosis and I did experience two early chemical miscarriages, but I just gave birth to twins (spontaneous, we didn't do IVF) and they're 11 weeks old today. If it was something you wanted, you have the ability, but it's also okay to not want that for yourself. Just do what is best for you, mentally, physically, emotionally, all of the -allys

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