I was born in '56

[mercuryblues]

13. I am sorry for your pain.

And your Mother's pain. She had more children than she could handle. Instead of abortion, it would have been nice if she could have had access to other means of birth control to prevent pregnancies to begin with. Because of church taboos and secular laws, she was denied that choice. She had no choices.

It is not just the physical aspect of pregnancy that harms women. The emotional strain of having too many pregnancies bears a greater toll. Your Mom reached that point decades before you were born and has absolutely nothing to do with you personally. I suspect Post-partum depression was in play, which was also pretty much ignored by the medical profession and discarded as the "baby-blues."

That is why Barret must not be confirmed, she will gleefully bring women back to those days.

I am the 4th of 5 children. My mom had 4 of us within 8 years, then Griswold vs CT was passed. My younger sibling is almost 10 years younger than me. The only child she had a choice to conceive was her youngest. The rest of us were unplanned.

Please don't let your Mother's mental illness define your life. And completely cut out those who do not have your best interests at heart or a negative impact on your soul. You deserve better. I had to do that, interestingly enough with the sibling that is directly older than me.

Peace.