It was a sad process for me to become a mom, and a long process. I felt so embarrassed that I couldn't have a biological child.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was an unhappy child, and that puts me off having a child of my own.
I realized relatively early on that I had no desire to be a mother whatsoever. I actually love children, but specifically other people's.
Sometimes I regret waiting so long to have a child, but I don't make the rules. The universe decided it was going to take me a while to get to be a mom!
Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before.
I was not allowed to talk about being adopted when growing up. I walked around feeling like I was going to explode.
I just ultimately wanted to be a mother. I love children.
I still feel like a kid sometimes myself so hard to believe that I'm a mom. Now I'm an adult! It only took 38 years!
I wasn't mentally prepared to take care of them, I was focused on my career. And then when I got to be in my 40s and I thought about having kids, I wasn't able to have kids naturally. I don't regret it.
I took a long period off to be a mom.
Becoming a mother was the single defining event of my life. It felt like the whole world shifted.