lshultz218

I’m not sure if this is an original take because I couldn’t get through all of the comments but I felt compelled to share. I don’t know anyone with kids that regrets having kids. I know people with kids who regret their circumstances or partner as a result of the stresses of parenthood highlighting red flags or fractures that were likely already there. If there is even a small part of you that does want kids I think that is the deciding factor. I was scared for the impact on my marriage and my self and disrupting my nice quiet life. In the the full scope of life, Twenty years of caretaking and tiredness and vibrancy and fun and teaching and learning feels like a blip. When she is grown, I expect to still have multiple decades to travel and enjoy the peace but for now I am embracing the hard. Usually the most fulfilling things are.

Comment regarding the prenatal vitamin post. The post focuses on cost and quality but doesn’t hit on ‘type’ of vitamin — aka gel cap vs capsule vs gummy. Are we to assume there is also no difference in effectiveness between those? I have an aversion to capsules for some reason and gummies have been the only kind I can stomach during TTC, pregnancy and now post partum (which my OB and pediatrician have told me to keep taking); but the gummy version is heavily scrutinized online. Any data here? Thank you as always!