Deciding when to have a baby
Life Kit
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🗓️ 1 March 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is NPR's Life Kit and I'm Sarah McCammon. |
| 0:03.0 | Some people are born knowing they want to be parents. |
| 0:06.5 | Others are sure they never do, |
| 0:08.4 | but for a lot of folks knowing when it's the right time to have a baby |
| 0:11.9 | and if it's even the right thing for your life, |
| 0:14.5 | is a tough decision. |
| 0:15.9 | I know I love kids. |
| 0:17.1 | I just don't know if I want to do the 24-7 of parenthood. |
| 0:22.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:22.6 | There's no return policy on kids. |
| 0:24.9 | And I didn't want to be too old to have an active lifestyle |
| 0:29.4 | with my kids, so I want to be able to play sports with them |
| 0:31.8 | or go snowboarding or do you rest back to the, |
| 0:35.1 | I don't really know. |
| 0:36.1 | Like I think that I do want kids, |
| 0:39.6 | but I don't know if I want kids in this world. |
| 0:41.8 | Ultimately, when I reach all of those goals, |
| 0:44.1 | then that would be a time where I know I can start pursuing adoption |
| 0:47.7 | or creating a family. |
| 0:49.0 | It's just like, well, you know, what if that's not what I want? |
| 0:52.8 | What if I don't want to have that? |
| 0:54.8 | I wasn't the kind of woman who was wanted to be a mom |
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