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In reply to the discussion: Are you planning to have children (procreate)? [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)who was a total surprise btw, I was terrified. I had my first two kids before 9/11 and after that wasn't planning on more kids, at least for a long time (I was young at the time). Then, an oops!
I was pregnant with my third during the run up (and start of) the Iraq war and was due right when the SARS outbreak started here in Canada. I wondered what the heck I was thinking, having another baby.
I got over it, and went on to have a fourth (also a big huge oops - I have a condition that is related to infertility and it took me forever to have my first 2 kids - both planned - but as I got older, I got MORE fertile, not less. After my 4th, I went on the pill, LOL.)
I'm acutely aware of how scary the world is now, and how having a large family impacts on the environment. But I wouldn't have it any other way. We do what we can to lessen our impact on the environment and we try to do good in the world. We are lucky to live in a great country and my kids have a good life. I do worry what their future will be like though.