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walkitoutSometimes, when I’m feeling fidgety but want to read, I read samples I have downloaded to my kindle. If something is terrible, I usually leave it because maybe later it will be better. But if it is amazing, sometimes I buy it and read the whole thing.
Today, I’m reading a sample of Regretting Motherhood, which is qualitative research involving just under two dozen mothers who, well, see title. Either they see nothing good at all about having become a mother, or the negatives outweigh the positives. In the description of some of the macro characteristics of this group, the author notes: “Five of the women had used assisted reproductive technologies in order to get pregnant”.
Five.
Out of 23.
That is a really, really high fraction. ART probably should come with a warning label along the lines of, “Some research suggests using ART is associated with an increased rate of regret of becoming a mother”.
Today, I’m reading a sample of Regretting Motherhood, which is qualitative research involving just under two dozen mothers who, well, see title. Either they see nothing good at all about having become a mother, or the negatives outweigh the positives. In the description of some of the macro characteristics of this group, the author notes: “Five of the women had used assisted reproductive technologies in order to get pregnant”.
Five.
Out of 23.
That is a really, really high fraction. ART probably should come with a warning label along the lines of, “Some research suggests using ART is associated with an increased rate of regret of becoming a mother”.