28th June 2013
I’m 46 yrs old reviewing my life with some regrets about having waited too long to have children. After one failed marriage and years spent raising my second husband’s 3 children, when I was 41 my husband told me he’s changed his mind and doesn’t want any more children. He’s done and I’ve never even started. In some sense I feel like I’ve wasted ‘my’ life to raise someone else’s children. Now that my clock is ticking or more likely TICKED I am wondering how to deal with the uncomfortable silence in my heart?
Written by a member of our site development team, Emily Koert – Registered Clinical Counsellor and PhD Candidate. Read more about Emily here. When you’ve always wanted to have children, it can be incredibly painful to reach the point where you realize you might have missed the opportunity to become pregnant. It can also be […]