Some family members tried to encourage me to change and as I got into young adulthood, some of them tried to say I’d change my mind. I refused baby dolls and I didn’t like actual babies either. "I knew from childhood I didn’t want children. "I didn’t want to lose myself as an individual. I may consider fostering or adoption in the future but physically having my own child is just not something I want."ĩ. The fact that I'm disabled and on benefits means that if I ever had children, they would not have the same opportunities that I did and their lives would be infinitely harder.Īlso, this world just isn't a world I would want to bring children into. Not to mention the pregnancy and how I would have to come off my pain meds to have a healthy pregnancy. I find it SO difficult to look after myself that I can't imagine how much harder it would be raising a child. All the extra stuff I have to constantly do that just came naturally before made me realize that I need far too much of my own attention to share it with anyone else. I thought there was no chance I could ever consider not having children, and then I had a life-changing head injury. "At one point, I was the most maternal person ever. "I thought there was no chance I could ever consider not having children and then I had a life-changing head injury."
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