Dear Care and Feeding: I Am Absolutely Disgusted by Pregnancy. Is That Normal?

I think I want to be a mother, but pregnancy deeply disturbs me.

My partner and I recently got engaged. As part of our conversations about the future, we have naturally gotten into the topic of having children. He has been back and forth on whether he wants kids over the course of his life , whereas I sort of always vaguely envisioned myself having a kid or two but realistically being on the fence.

I don’t have any ideas about what that might be, but if you approach your fears with friendly curiosity, you can often learn a lot.Meanwhile, with your partner, table the discussions of future kids as much as possible. If you decide much later on that you are interested in having a family, you will be in a much better place to contemplate the myriad ways you could potentially get there that don’t involve pregnancy and birth.I really need some help with my daughter, who is almost 5 years old.

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