***VENT***

***WARNING WARNING***

My goodness, talk about people with opinions.

Now, Heath and I started our relationship off with a mutual agreement that neither of us wanted children.

Along the road, as you do, we started joking about 'one day' maybe thinking about it.

This then lead to 2 dogs (furbabies) and NOW a human baby on the way...my how things change.

BUT

We really only want one child. I am 34 so have started this baby making business a little 'later' in life...and am exhausted already thinking about raising one child. We feel extremely blessed to have been given the opportunity to be parents.

Anyhow...my vent is...I am already copping the guilt trip and negative comments by declaring that we would prefer to only have the one child.

"Yes we are finding out the sex"

"Why??"

"We are only planning on the one child and we would like to be prepared for it."

"Oh how can you only have one child!! The poor thing will be lonely."

I have already had comments bordering on rudeness, such as "I think people are weird for only wanting one child."

Weird??

Isn't this just another choice women/couples have to make:

To: stay at home - return to work - cloth - disposable - breast - bottle the list goes on.

I havent even given birth to my first child, or experienced motherhood at all yet, yet already i am being guilted into thinking that only wanting one child is wrong.

You never know..we may end up with 7 kids....but for now...please repect my choice.

grrrrrr

Thanks for listening.