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“If I don’t even enjoy babysitting, I certainly shouldn’t be a mother.”

Lexie, 29, USA

“I thought motherhood was inevitable since that's all I knew.”

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I am the oldest woman of 20 cousins, so I was surrounded by children growing up.

Weekends and weeknights from ages 11-16 were always taken up by babysitting young cousins and siblings. I thought motherhood for myself was inevitable since that’s all I knew.

I’m not sure what clicked, but one day I just thought, ‘You know…I really hate babysitting. I don’t want to do that ever again.’ If I don’t even enjoy babysitting, I certainly shouldn’t be a mother.

TAGS:20s Motherhood USA

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