[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Livia

I remember stories like this when people say to me that I couldn't possibly understand because I'm not a mother... like being one gives you some kind of heavenly maternal gift.

I agree...it's not a gift, there's no hand book and it's a learn as you go effort. When suffering through infertility, I must have read every book on pregnancy and parenting....nothing prepares you for the stark reality of it and I guess sometimes it can break people? Having children does not give anyone the right to think they know more or feel more than people who dont