I remember thinking that I couldn't be a parent because I didn't "possess" that motherly instinct. However, when I look back with the benefit of hindsight, I was able to see the decisions I made with that instinct and how, by the end, I really did have it. Furthermore, when I became an everyday parent to my second born child, I saw how that motherly instinct come part and parcel with mothering itself.
And yet, for those experiencing an unplanned pregnancy and particularly for those for whom the pregnancy comes at a difficult time, learning to trust that motherly... [...] Read more!
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[Source: Crisis Pregnancy Blog]