This is the longest shortest time from WNYC. I'm Hillary Frank and this is you guys.

Hi Hillary, it's Danielle from Canada and I'm 29 years old. Right now I'm 50-50 straight

down the middle of both weather and not. I want children. One negative is that my husband

is older than me. He already has a child and he doesn't want any more children. Another

thing which maybe selfish is that I like my freedom. I like to sleep in. I like to travel.

I like to do whatever I want, whatever I want. On the other hand, when I'm older and I've

done everything I want to do in life, I'm very fearful of not having a family around

me and being all alone and having that regret in the future.

This is Natalie from Austin, Texas. I am very worried about possibly becoming a parent

in the near future because I see parenthood as a huge responsibility and although some of

my friends who have children say you can't prepare for it, I have chosen to go ahead and

read books on parenting. I've read several parenting books. I listen to parenting podcasts,

I read blogs, all in preparation for this eventual event and I'm also afraid that because

I do suffer from depression and anxiety, that that is going to get genetically transferred

to my children. Hi, I'm Kate and I live in Mobile, Alabama. I've always wanted children.

However, I became more indecided about children when I came out to my family as a lesbian. I

worry that my family won't acknowledge any child that my partner and I have together.

I also worry about all the different difficulties surrounding being a gay parent. Do I adopt?

Do I carry my partner's biological child? Will she carry mine? And what about the medical

procedures? And how will we be treated as a family? What obstacles will my child face

by having two moms? The only thing I know is that my life will feel incomplete without

children and I'm just waiting for everything else to fall into place.

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