Becoming a Parent
The Emotional Journey Through Pregnancy and Childbirth
Chapter One
Deciding on parenthood
What are we letting ourselves in for?
The mess, the chaos, the disruption, the expense, the loss of personal
space! So why do we do it! Having children is for many people the single
most important experience/event of their lives. For many prospective
parents it is an irreplaceable part of how they want their lives to be. It
may bring great joy and personal fulfilment or it may bring challenges,
conflict and sadness at times. For some, the prospect of children is
daunting and certainly not an inevitable choice: to have children will be a
decision they consciously make after much exploration of their feelings
and motives. For others, pregnancy is a situation they collide with - an
unexpected event possibly in a less than ideal situation. For increasing
numbers of people today children will arrive with a new relationship itself
where the partner is a single parent.
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