Isn't it true that the fault of birth rests somewhat on the child? I believe it's we who led our parents on to bear us, and it's our unborn children who make our flesh itch.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The birth mother is placing the baby out of love. I still believe that. Well, the ones we've dealt with who were actually pregnant, anyway.
We think birth is a miracle and death is a tragedy, but really they're flip sides of the same coin - anything born is gonna die.
I do not believe having a baby is punishment.
There are unwanted emotions and pain that goes along with any birth.
The guilt of newborns is immense.
No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying.
Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.
There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then.
To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.
Having a child is sowing the seeds of your own obsolescence: birth is the fuse that leads to that other thing. You appear, you replace yourself, you die.