Do you plan to have children or be childfree?

[Fearthecuteness]

I would love to have at least a child one day, I feel like it's my duty as a woman to have a child. I feel like if I never have one I will truly miss out on something so special in life lol


For women, I really don't think disliking kids has ANYTHING to do with having a child of your own. The love that you feel once you have your child in your arms is nothing like seeing or being annoyed/awkward by children or being near your nieces/nephews or not being able to take care of yourself. Hormones kick in and you feel this motherhood for your child that is indescribable.
I remember my friend told me she never thought it was possible to love a human being so much as she loves her baby girl. The baby revolves around her life because she loves her and wants to always be near her, I think all the selfishness you feel fades away once you hold your child.

Not for me. I only disliked kids before I had one and now I hate them so much. I don't even like my own child sometimes. I know it sounds horrible but it's true and I'm not the only one. Also you do need a lot of patience, seeing as you're around your child all day you will have more patience for kids you don't see very often because they don't play up around you as much.

 

[Colour Bandit]

Childfree...
It is very unlikely I'd be able to have my own child- My health problems mean it would be highly unlikely that I'd be able to carry a baby to full term and even if I did I'd be facing significant health risks for both myself and my would-be-child. I wouldn't want to go through a surrogate mother as it probably wouldn't feel like the child is actually mine and most of my health problems can be passed on to my child so I wouldn't want to put a surrogate at risk either...

I would adopt though, not sure what my reasons are but I'd like to give some child/teenager a chance at a better life with a family- plus I'd most likely get to skip the yucky toddler years But overall, depending on my boyfriend's stance I'm most likely going to be childfree- I'll fill 'the gap' with pets since my boyfriend and I can both agree on us adopting some rescue shelter animals!

 

[Mylin]

Childfree, or have only one child with someone that I truly love.
I honestly don't think that I would be a good mother.
I'm just really awkward with kids and I'm way too selfish/self-centered currently to handle taking care of another person.

 

[RhinoK]

Childfree
I'm stressed too easily and after living with infants and having to look after some I'm just not having any
But I want my mum to have grandchildren so unless my sister doesn't have a child I'll probably get one and love them anyway
otherwise no i wanna be free wild and travellin the world

 

[RoughInTheDiamond]

Me and my bf wanna have kids. Maybe 2ish. And we want to adopt 1 kid as well.

Idk about him, but I definitely don't want more than 3 kids though. I'd actually prefer only 2, but. I dunno.

 

[Lotte]

I'd like to have at least two kids in the future. I think it'd be wonderful to have a little human being that resembles you to take care of and help grow into a lovely person.

I'm actually surprised the poll is half and half. Never met so many people that didn't want children! Not that it's bad or anything, but whenever I ask people in real life their answer is usually yes haha.

 

[Mao]

I'm surprised by how many people said childfree! I can understand why though. But I'd like to have children. I'm pretty bad at looking after stuff but maybe I'll learn~

 

[RayOfHope]

I'm too young to say; I couldn't possibly speak for my future self. I refuse to make any serious decision on that until a long time from now, probably a decade.

Right now I could only see myself having one, maybe two...at the absolute maximum.

 

[Starlight]

I love kids a lot, so I'd love children. However, not anytime soon, I'll have to be closer to being an adult to make that decision. But most likely, yes. I love them so much sometimes I consider being a teacher, but I'd rather do other things with my life, although that really is something I feel like I'm missing out on.

 

[Aryxia]

I'd like to have 1-2 kids, so long as I can adopt them. Childbirth scares me o.o I could never be a single mother, however. I have an incredibly tough time saying no, so they'd probably become spoiled brats without someone else in the house ^^;

 

[Idfldnsndt]

no. i would never want to have a child.

 

[Waluigi]

I've minded triplets full time for a few years and No, No kids for me.

For those of you talking about genetics or whatever; A kid isn't a document of your life. A kid is their own person who has a lot of financial, and emotional needs you need to see to, and not just for 18 years. Pretty much until you die. If you want your genetics recorded, donate your body to science when you pop your clogs.

This. Stops all the silly genetic arguments.

 

[Brackets]

I want to have a husband and kids some day, but my career comes first as I want to be financially stable before I have them.

 

[Alyx]

I want children one day. I often daydream of having a baby girl or a baby boy and being pregnant even though I know once the baby is born everything will change, but that's just fine, because I don't really sleep that much anyway. I'm so excited to experience all of the joys of having little ones around, but I'm not even sure if my body will be able to handle a pregnancy and I don't know how poor my health will be in the next 5 years. I'm 20 and want kids before I'm 30. I even already have tons of name ideas for little girls but not very many ideas for little boys.

 

[sugargalaxy]

I want to have at least 3 kids, just because I'm an only child.

 

[-Apples-]

I do not want kids. I'm not good at responsibility.

 

[Mega_Cabbage]

I hate children.

 

[12345]

I plan to be childfree.

 

[Opal]

Wether I have kids or not massively depends on wether I find the right guy or not, because I'm defiantly not planning on raising them up on my own :/

 

[Chibiusa]

I used to want two, then it became me not wanting any because of how much the world has been going to ****, and now I'm thinking I'll either stick to none or only have one. For some reason I keep feeling like I'll end up with one daughter.